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Earth Day 2026
Celebrate Earth Day with Plant Pals and Bloom Boosters
Celebrate Earth Day with Plant Pals and Bloom Boosters
A Hands-On Earth Da...
Mothers for Mother Earth: We want to help YOU organize a litter cleanup for Mother’s Day weekend
This Mother’s Day weekend, we invite you to organize a neighbourhood litter cleanup to honour and celebrate the nurturing spirit of mot...
Don’t pitch it, fix it! Clean North hosts next Repair Cafe on April 11 (we’re accepting stuff for recycling, too!)
Got a busted electrical plug, wobbly bike, dull knife, pot-bound plant, or pants in need of some TLC? Don’t toss it—fix it! Clean North...
Fight the urge to be cynical about recycling
Recycling fails when we collectively give up on it
Since Circular Materials harmonized recycling collection across the province ...
What the new natural burial by-law will mean for Sault Ste. Marie
Honouring life, protecting the Earth
By Sisley Comish, guest blogger
A new by-law recently approved by the Sault Ste. Marie C...
Clean North Releases Free New Guide to Organizing Repair Cafes
By guest blogger Sisley Comish
Clean North has released Tears, Wears & Repairs: A Guide to Organizing Repair Cafes, a free r...
Want to grow native plants but can’t find any? Grow your own using winter sowing!
As part of our Invasive Plant Species Education Project, we urge gardeners to replace invasive plants with native ones. Native plants b...
Invasive plants cause harm: How gardeners and property owners can help stop them
Check out the Sault/Algoma Grow Me Instead Guide for a list of locally concerning invasives as well as native/pollinator plant alternat...
Fake or real Christmas tree? We help you weigh the pros and cons
Every holiday season, people ask us: “Is it more 'green' to buy a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?” The answer is...it depends...