Blog Posts – Page 3

16 August 202522 September 2025

BEA Launches 2025 Bramalea SNAP Project

The BEA has once again obtained a grant from the TRCA’s SNAP Bramalea Program to engage residents in the E, F and K sections of Bramalea in community building activities. This is the second year that the BEA will partner with BikeBrampton and the folks from the Community Bike Hub Different Spokes to deliver bicycle safety and skills training to residents in the identified Bramalea neighbourhoods, (see post of last years program delivery).

This year’s grant will be used for the following projects:

13 August 202513 August 2025

Invasion of the invasives

Here’s a quiz. What is Phragmites? Is it,
a: A mineral deposit left behind by dripping water in caves,
b: A children’s TV sequel to the Muppet Show,
c: A particularly itchy skin rash resulting from drinking too much red wine,
d: An aggressive type of invasive European grass or reed that grows in dense clusters up to 15 feet in height, crowding out native species and destroying wetland habitat throughout Ontario.

11 August 202512 March 2026

BEA presents a workshop on recycling, waste management and composting.

This past Thursday, July 24th, 3 members of our BEA board, including David Laing, Aneet Sandhu & Yarim Hinojosa, gave a presentation to the Knightsbridge Association in Brampton.

This presentation showed the benefits of proper recycling, waste management, composting and the benefits of eating more plants and how proper diversion of waste can help the region of Peel reach its waste diversion targets.

Did you know? The Peel Region has set a target to divert 70% of all waste away from landfill by 2036. Currently it sits at 50% and diverting more green bin waste would go a long way in helping the Region achieve their target.

13 July 202521 July 2025

Brampton to hold Public Consultations on the Future of Bike Lanes

Father and daughter ride along the Howden Bike Lanes

Brampton staff are organizing public consultations over the next few weeks to solicit feedback on the future of Brampton’s bike lanes particularly the protected bike lanes along Howden Boulevard from North Park to Dixie. See below for currently scheduled sessions.

4 drop-in public sessions at different locations/times so residents can learn more, review the data, and share their feedback in person:
- July 23 at BCC Terminal (2–6 PM)
- July 26 at BCC Mall (12–4 PM)
- July 29 & 31 at Chinguacousy Park Sandra Park Hames Centre (4–8 PM)
Online survey open from July 21 to August 7 on the City’s Let’s Connect page — we’ll be promoting this widely through mailouts, social, signage, and flyers.
We’re reaching about 6,000 households directly in the project area plus doing broader promotion to make sure people know how to get involved.

Whether or not you are a cyclist, or a support of active transportation, please come out to one of these sessions to learn the facts about how bike lanes affect traffic and road safety in our city.

If you are not able to attend one of the sessions, you can complete the survey on-line. First check out Dayle Laing’s BikeBrampton post for an analysis of the four options and more background information that will help you with your feedback.

This is more than just the future of a few bike lanes. It’s about the transportation vision for the City of Brampton that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.

7 July 20257 July 2025

Upcoming Environmental Events This Summer

Enjoy these events while thinking about the environment this summer.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

Come on out to Heart Lake Turtle Troopers Family Fun Night on Tuesday July 22nd. Participate in interactive activities for all ages. See where turtles lay their eggs and where they bask in the sun on a hot summer’s day. Visit the Brampton Environmental Alliance table and take the ONE-PLANET LIVING PLEDGE!

CARABRAM FESTIVAL

Carabram is Brampton’s vibrant multicultural festival, celebrating diverse cultures through music, dance, food, and lively performances from around the world. For an eco-friendly option travel to and from the pavilions by bike. See BikeBrampton.ca for suggested bike travel routes and other information on buying your passport to attend this great event.

9 June 20259 June 2025

Another Provincial Attack on Environmental Sustainability

Brampton's Sustainable Development Guidelines

The Provincial Government continued its attack on environmental sustainability this past week, by passing Bill 5 “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act” and Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025″. They did so despite strong opposition from environmental groups, opposition parties, and First Nations Peoples.

2 June 20255 September 2025

BEA Past Events April/May 2025

Bike Safety Seminar Conestoga Public School

The BEA has been involved in many events over the past two months. Those earlier in April were already documented in a previous post. Here are ones that happened more recently.

23 May 202526 May 2025

BEA Attends Business Excellence Awards Dinner

BEA Board members attend Business Excellence Awards

This past Thursday evening 7 members of the BEA Board, including: Pauline Thornham, Rajbalinder Ghatoura, Gauravi Sani, Yarim Hinojosa, Amisha Moorjani, Dayle and David Laing, attended a gala awards dinner hosted by the Brampton Board of Trade (BBOT). Each year BBOT recognizes individuals and businesses, large and small, across different categories for their work in growing Brampton’s economy and Brampton’s community through inspiration, innovation, dedication and, determination,

17 May 202523 May 2025

BEA Concerned about Ontario Government’s Bill 5

The Ontario Government is proposing to introduce another in a series of sweeping policies designed to streamline development application processes and energize Ontario’s economy at the expense of maintaining environmental protections. The latest initiative is Bill 5, “Protecting Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025”. Bill 5 aims to speed up development on projects including mining northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire, adding more landfill space in York Region, and exempting the Therme Spa development project from public consultation and review.

If passed by the Provincial legislature, Bill 5 would:

11 May 202511 May 2025

Paving Paradise, One Block at a Time

Comments provided to the City of Brampton Planning Department regarding a proposed development on the east side of Heart Lake Road located about mid-way between Sandalwood Parkway and Mayfield Rd.

I want to provide comments on the above application on behalf of the Brampton Environmental Alliance Board and its members. The property lot in question is located across the street from the Heart Lake Conservation Area which is a valuable tourism and recreational asset for the City of Brampton. A main reason this area is so popular is because of the large number and diversity of plants and animals that can be experienced there. Biodiversity flourishes not just because of the natural heritage amenities within the park itself, but because of the richness of the surrounding natural heritage systems that, historically, have been left relatively undisturbed by development. That pattern of isolation has begun to change, however, in recent years.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

CARABRAM FESTIVAL

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