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PLANTING FOR CHANGE

Last fall, 1200 students in Peel and Halton helped ACER set up their Planting for Change schoolyard monitoring sites. Ninety trees have been added to ACER's monitoring list, as well as 870 native shrubs and wildflowers. Students and teachers are committed to monitor and care for these planting plots, and have made a positive contribution to the effort to understand climate change.

ACER created planting sites act as mini-climate change laboratories - complementing curriculum relating to climate change. Students in Oakville Trafalgar H.S., Robert Bateman S.S., Appleby College, Christ the King C.S.S., Applewood Heights S.S., and Herb Campbell P.S. will collect data on the health and yearly growth of their tree plantings as they explore issues surrounding climate change locally and globally.

We would like to thank our funder EcoAction from Environment Canada, as well as TD Friends of the Environment Fund, the cities of Burlington, Mississauga, Caledon, Georgetown and Oakville, and Burloak Home Depot for supporting our efforts in their communities.

Contact us at acerinfo@rogers.com or call 905.275.7685 to learn about getting involved with ACER

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ACER in the News

ACER Summer Institute 2008 in the Oakville Beaver

Planting for Change Stories with:

• Appleby College in the Oakville Beaver
• Robert Bateman H.S. in the Burlington Post
• Christ the King C.S.S. in Snap Halton Hills
• Applewood Heights S.S.in the Mississauga News

Measure & Mulch Stories:

• 8C Helps the Trees from Humberwood Downs J.M.A.

ACER Newsletters

• Annual Report 2007
• Winter 2008
• Fall 2006

Previous ACER News

• Measure & Mulch (Fall 2008)
• How an Organization grows (Summer 2008)
• Measure & Mulch (Spring 2008)
• ACER goes to Panama (Winter 2008)