Green Venture is a founding member of Green Communities Canada and Hamilton Area Eco-Network.

Legal Entity: Hamilton-Wentworth Green Venture, Incorporated (1995).

Vision

A community where individual and collective actions protect future generations by balancing our environmental, social, and economic needs.

Mission

Connecting ideas and people to facilitate sustainable living and realize a cleaner, healthier community.

Green Venture Believes In

Practicality. We meet people where they live, work, and play. We design our programs and services to provide positive, measurable benefits to them and our community.

Respect. A gracious, optimistic approach to personal engagement helps us foster behavioural change.  We are honest and acknowledge differing viewpoints without judgement.

Partnership. Progress happens when individuals and organizations collaborate and learn together. We work with large and small businesses, governments, community-based groups and individuals to support and encourage change.

Innovation. We continually learn how to best engage our community. We welcome and promote new ideas, technologies, and willingness to change.

Quality. We care about our work and take a professional approach to everything we do. We are committed to delivering valuable programs and services with integrity and strong financial accountability.

People. Volunteers, staff, board members, funders, partners, community leaders and the public each play a vital role in fulfilling our mission. We work hard, always encourage one another, have fun, and celebrate our achievements.

Equality. We support members of our community from all social, ethnic and economic backgrounds

Profile

Green Venture is a community-based non-profit organization committed to helping residents live more sustainably at home, at work, and in their daily lives.

Green Venture grew out of a partnership formed in 1994 between:

• Region of Hamilton-Wentworth,
• Province of Ontario,
• Utilities,
• Private sector environmental companies, and
• Community organizations.

We provide information and services that help individuals reduce their impact on the environment and improve public health through improved air, water, and soil initiatives. Our activities can be categorized as energy conservation, water conservation, waste and toxics reduction, green gardening and alternative transportation.

Our programming aims to reduce the barriers to adopting more environmentally sustainable technologies or behaviours.

Since late 2004, Green Venture has been developing EcoHouse in East-Hamilton; a model home for the community to experience greener living. Visitors can see in action cutting edge products and technologies, in addition to time-honoured solutions for sustainable living. EcoHouse also serves as Green Venture’s storefront office, environmental resource center, and workshop facility. 

We want to hear from you!

If you have any questions, comments, information, or suggestions please call 905-540-8787 or Contact Us.