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GREEN WOOD COALITION 

Historical Blog Archive


Popular demand has been insisting that Green Wood host another Pie-Off in Port Hope, so we're happy to say that we're going to make that happen on Sunday, September 25, in partnership with Cultivate: A Festival of Food and Drink.

We're also very pleased that Juno Award-winning, singer/songwriter Catherine MacLellan--herself a Pie-Off veteran--will be on hand to host and perform, for this fourth Pie-Off. Click here for Pie-Off registration form.




Participants in our UNITY Project, this past weekend, at the Port Hope Arts Festival were intrigued, surprised, delighted, and moved by the experience--one person said, "When I walked into the space, I started to cry. It felt like a spiritual space, connected to so many things."



With over 100 people telling their personal story through yarn webs, the art installation was a great success on many fronts. Green Wood organized this event as our gift to Port Hope, believing that it would present a striking visual image of the kind of community we are seeking to build in Port Hope, connecting relationships across imaginary barriers that seem to separate us. ​


UNITY is the brainchild of Nancy Belmont who created the first project on June 2, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia, encouraging other communities, like Port Hope, to repeat the model. It's a participatory, community art project in the form of a circular arrangement of 32 poles in a 40-foot field. Each pole is labeled with an identifier--for example, “I’m a parent,” “I speak English as a Second Language,” “I identify as LGBTQ.” With yarn, participants tie onto each pole with which they identify. A canopy of interconnectedness forms as more people participate.


Here is a link an Upworthy video about the original UNITY Project


The UNITY project celebrates diversity and the uniqueness of each individual while raising awareness of how labels impact our perception of, and interactions with, the world.


By all accounts, the Port Hope UNITY Project was a success on a number of fronts. Big thanks to Nancy Belmont of #welivebig for the idea, and to Northumberland United Way for their support for this kind of project.





Our outreach staff installed a window fan for an elderly individual in poor health, this week, and were reminded of the vulnerability of many people living with few resources during periods of extreme heat. If you know of someone who is being put at risk by the inability to stay cool on hot days, here are a few suggestions.


1. If they are in distress, call for emergency help (9-1-1).

2. Ask about their fan/cooling situation. Would it help them if you could provide them with a fan?

3. Are they able to get to a cooling station, safely? Locate cooling stations in the area (see map below for Port Hope locations and offer a ride if needed.

4. Encourage drinking of more water, fewer alcoholic drinks.

5. Feel free to call us for more problem solving ideas (905-885-8700).





Rock and roll, great fashion and golf are always a great combo for a summer day. ​Get your Fab Foursome together ​and register for this year's

​Greens & Woods Golf Tournament Sunday, July 24, 2016 Cobourg Creek Golf Course (corner of Ontario and Elgin Streets) 1 PM Registration and lunch 2 PM Shotgun Start Package includes lunch, dinner and rock n roll with 'The Spirits' on the Mill Restaurant & Pub Patio $80 per player Dinner & Party Only Option $50 per person Of course, costumes and fun times are always welcome! Register by email greenswoodstourney@gmail.com



We would like to thank Northumberland United Way for their continued support with a recently announced Community Grant. Since the earliest days of Green Wood Coalition, NUW has encouraged and enabled our work among community members who are are marginalized and voiceless. In 2013, Green Wood was honoured to receive the Community Builder Award by Northumberland United Way.



​"The commons is our collective responsibility and our collective benefit." Water, air, seeds, food, health, education, communities, each other. Join us for a conversation which asks: How might our common world (or community) work better for everyone? What is our role in protecting the commons? Facilitated by: ​Jodi Koberinski, Community Activist With guest panelists: Nora Camps, Artist Bridget Campion, Medical Ethicist Greg Burns, Municipal Councillor Peter Vance, Community Legal Worker Dave Mowat, Indigenous Historian

​Saturday, June 11 9:00 am - Noon Green Wood Coalition 18 Ontario St., Port Hope ​Free Admission​

Re-Imagining the Commons is part of a community art project hosted by ​Green Wood Coalition, with the support of Northumberland United Way.

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