Earth Week Challenge Don’t Mess with the Don will be holding their 2nd Annual Earth Week Trash Challenge. Facebook Event A great way to get outside and help clean up the Don or your local park with the chance to…
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Rally for Good: Trail Clean Up source: https://drinkrally.ca/journal/rallyforgood-trailcleanup Feb. 7 It was a brisk Sunday morning in February when the phone rang at Rally HQ. On the other end were legendary eco-warriors Floyd and Lawrence from Don’t Mess With…
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On November 18, DMWTD deputed to the executive committee on the importance of keeping industry from returning to the Don Valley. We used the city staff report on the Metrolinx Service facility as the base for our comments (in red). execDMWD1120-1
Our early morning cleanup was covered by Breakfast Television Toronto This morning we had a pop-up cleanup with many of our dedicated volunteers. We were covered live on Breakfast Television Toronto in 3 segments. A great demonstration of how much…
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Fall Trash Challenge Contest Don’t Mess with the Don is partnering with Salomon Toronto to run a virtual cleanup challenge. Grab some bags and hit your local park or much-needed spot in one of Toronto’s many ravines. For the week…
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This month, the Don Valley trail race “Muddy Buddy” (7K) will take place, organized by our friends at Urban Trail Racing in partnership with Muddy York Brewery. You can run the race anytime you want between August 15th and 23rd. What’s even better is…
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The Don’t Mess With The Don leadership team, from left, John Scott, Sean Symes, Irene Vandertop, Lawrence Warriner, and Floyd Ruskin. Due to the pandemic, the stewardship group has cancelled it’s large-scale clean-up events but is encouraging people to keep…
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January 30 2020 The City of Toronto voted unanimously to approve additional 2.7M annual investment into cleaning, restoring and protecting our ravines! We fought hard for this, together with dozens of groups and invested individuals. Additionally, several motions were adopted that…
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Happy Holidays to everyone, and thank you so much for your support of Don’t Mess with the Don. In this post you’ll find a summary of what we have done this year, and our plans for 2020 to keep the…
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Timelapse of our last clean up! See how 60 volunteers clean up 1.7 Tons of landfill in this small section of the Don. #trashtag #timelapse #cleanup #Toronto #trashtagchallenge . This would not be possible without the support of our amazing…
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A great piece was done by CTV on the threats the Don Valley is facing, and why it’s important we save this green space. Don’t Mess with the Don was lucky enough to contribute to this piece. With contributions from…
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