Events

On Saturday August 12, join us for a Trash Trap Dive, a one-of-a-kind opportunity to peek behind the scenes of this important work. You’ll have the unique opportunity to: EventContinue reading "Trash Trap Dive"

Visit our Kicking Plastic’s Butt! table and learn all about our pollution prevention project to raise awareness of and reduce cigarette butt litter. We’ll be there ready to answer all your questions and chat about all things plastic pollution!

Join us Thursday, September 14 for an evening of talks and displays from organizations with the Toronto Inner Harbour Floatables Strategy, a collaborative strategy to reduce plastic pollution and other floating litter in the harbour. Speakers will share the collective work they’re doing to reduce plastic pollution from entering our waterways through cleanup, scientific data collectionContinue reading "Fighting Floatables: Preventing Plastic Pollution in Lake Ontario"

Celebrate the International Coastal Cleanup with the U of T Trash Team by joining one of our community cleanups. Hosted in neighbourhoods in and around the Toronto area, we’ll prevent litter in our watershed from entering Lake Ontario and its connected tributaries! Volunteers will collect data on the type and amount of litter collected, which contributes toContinue reading "Urban Litter Challenge"

Come swing by our table at this year's EcoFair Toronto, hosting its 15th annual event on November 5, 2023, at Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie St., Toronto)! 🌱 The EcoFair showcases environmental non-profits and eco-friendly businesses to celebrate their success and inspire everyone to join them in taking action. Come to engage in interactive activities,Continue reading "EcoFair Toronto"

Hart House Art Committee's artWORK Workshop Series and Conference: Designed specifically for students and recent graduates to exploring diverse careers in arts and culture.  Join the Hart House Art Committee for an evening of thought-provoking discussions with speakers Amanda White from the Centre for Sustainable Curating, Don Russell, Emily Chudnovsky from the U of T TrashContinue reading "artWORK Workshop and Conference Series: Harmonizing Environmentalism and Art"

Learn how to do your best waste management… at home! Ever find yourself staring at your waste, wondering what goes in what bin and what some strategies are to reduce waste at home? The popular University of Toronto Trash Team's Home Waste Audit returns and invites you to challenge yourself to reduce your waste as you increaseContinue reading "Home Waste Audit"

Drop by our table at this fair hosted by the Women's Healthy Environments Network. Guests will explore art & music, connecting with others around educational booths on environmental health as it intersects with racialization, gender and sex. You may register for one or both sessions (afternoon or evening).

Since 2017, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has been raising awareness, supporting local action, and developing tools to address the problem of land-based marine litter in North America. During this webinar, the CEC will present tools available to help communities, cities, and organizations take action locally and raise public awareness about the journey ofContinue reading "Engaging Local Communities across North America to Reduce Marine Litter"

Emily Chudnovsky, detail of the felting process for "Unwoven Strands A Visual Study of Microfibers," 2023. Hart House's Talking Walls provides a venue for our artist-in-residence Emily Chudnovsky’s newest series of artworks; Felt One, Felt Two, and Felt Three, made using sheep’s wool, invasive grapevines, and microfibers. Microfibers are tiny strands of microplastic that often end up in waterways. Continue reading "Unwoven Strands: A Visual Study of Microfibers"