Category Archives: Clean North events

Gardeners: It’s time once again to MOVE – THAT – MULCH ! ! ! (trees, bathouses, rain barrels, worm kits, and coir blocks will be for sale, too!)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Abby

Come to Algoma University on Saturday, June 8, from 9 am to noon and get yourself some nice mulch produced from recycled Christmas trees! You will also be able to purchase trees, bathouses, rain barrels, worm kits, and coir blocks. … Continue reading →

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Watch the video of recent Clean North rain barrel making bee!

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Abby
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So how do rain barrels get made? New Clean North slideshow tells all!

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Abby

On Saturday, April 27, Clean North volunteers were hard at work building new rain barrels! See how it's done in this new slide show from Clean North!  Want to buy a rain barrel? Those built by Clean North are sold … Continue reading →

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3 great events coming up for Earth Week in Sault Ste. Marie!

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Abby

              Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Celebrate Earth Day event for families Art Gallery of Algoma “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk” – Thomas Edison Come learn … Continue reading →

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Clean North presents…in honour of Earth Week: The Story of STUFF (how our stuff is trashing the planet and our health!)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Abby
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Clean North feeling chipper after another very successful Christmas tree recycling season!

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Abby

You know the Christmas season is officially over when the tree collection at the Cambrian Mall disappears. The three-week collection of Christmas trees was reduced to a pile of mulch in under four hours thanks to Wilderness Environmental and a … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the season for giving…give back by volunteering to help with Clean North’s Christmas tree recycling!

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Abby

Clean North will once again be collecting Christmas trees for processing into garden mulch—and we are looking for volunteers to help with customer service at the collection depot. To get involved, or for more information, please contact Clean North at … Continue reading →

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Clean North and White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School team up for another round of tree planting

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Abby

Clean North has been involved with community tree planting since the mid 1990s, and White Pines Collegiate in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario was one of the first planting sites.  Behind the school, several dozen vigorously growing young trees are now … Continue reading →

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Clean North Salutes the 2012 City Beautification “Green Glove Award” winners

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Abby

On September 5 at the Sault Ste Marie Civic Centre, Councillor Susan Myers presented an engraved plaque along with a pair of green gloves and a gift prize to the 2012 Clean North Green Glove Garden Award winners of the City … Continue reading →

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Local gardeners say thank you very mulch to Clean North after Green Side Up Event

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Abby

On August 25, Clean North held its annual Green Side Up event at Lemieux Composting on Black Road in Sault Ste. Marie. Local gardeners were very happy to load up on mulch at this event. Clean North volunteer Don McGorman … Continue reading →

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