As you indicated in the title, the second edition of the Lachine Canal takes off is now complete. It is time for us to reveal the numerical results of the project for 2010!
Two plantations were carried out with help from volunteers at Morgan Stanley, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Pro-Vert Sud-Ouest. There are now 132 native plants were planted and provide shelter and supplies for birds and pollinating insects. These trees, shrubs and perennials are also helping to expand the biodiversity green on the banks of the canal and improve the environment of the Southwest by absorbing dust and CO2.
In sixteen shoreline cleanups, 629 kg of waste was collected and whether it includes chores Canal Blue, this is 762 kg! The articles are predominantly found in the first place tobacco (4677), second in food packaging (1947) and in third place polystyrene (1753) which includes the styrofoam and plastic # 6. Such data tell us what kinds of interventions can be undertaken by site managers but also by organizations such as Pro-Vert Sud-Ouest in terms of environmental awareness. One can also think about all the good that removing these wastes from the environment to make it.
I want to thank everyone who came to help us in our activities. We could not do the same without them! Harvest waste requires patience and perseverance even! The more we are, the more we can collect waste and over greater distances. Planting vegetation may seem easy when we have to put a plant in the ground but if you repeat it more than once in a sometimes rocky land that must first sod, you will feel the implications in the next day your muscles!
I would also like to thank our generous contributors for their financial support, materiel, technical and field: Pro-Vert Sud-Ouest, the Comité ZIP Ville-Marie, Price Waterhouse Coopers, H2O Adventures, Soverdi and Parks Canada.
Next year we hope to explore new parts including control of invasive alien plants. Join us!
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