{"id":261,"date":"2023-10-22T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ljo.zhc.mybluehost.me\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:34:28","slug":"about-our-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/about-our-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"mobileWidthFormating wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-32dd67ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:71px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07579d57 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"hideColumn wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-figtree-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#00746b;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><strong>FROM LIFE ON THE LAND TO GLOBAL ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<nav class=\"has-text-color has-black-color items-justified-left is-vertical sideMenu wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-decb105f wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Our Programs Side Nav\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container has-text-color has-black-color items-justified-left is-vertical sideMenu wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/about-our-programs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/biodiversity-crisis\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>BIODIVERSITY CRISIS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/practical-learning-at-home\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>PRACTICAL LEARNING AT HOME<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/our-120000-acre-neighbourhood-the-united-nations-designated-beaver-hills-biosphere\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>OUR 120,000 ACRE NEIGHBOURHOOD &amp; THE UNITED NATIONS DESIGNATED BEAVER HILLS BIOSPHERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/tree-planting-for-our-lives-and-the-planet\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>TREE PLANTING FOR OUR LIVES AND THE PLANET<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/informing-municipalities-provinces-canada-and-other-countries-about-alternative-pathways\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>INFORMING MUNICIPALITIES, PROVINCES, CANADA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/incorporating-social-factors-within-programs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>INTEGRATING SOCIAL FACTORS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFoundation-4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GFoundation was created in 2003 by a group of Canadian environmentalist and trade unionists, some of whom were involved at the United Nations for the adoption and follow up of sustainable development principles, expressed in the UN&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un-documents.net\/a21-29.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Agenda 21<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, and today integrated within the UN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Millennium <strong><em>Development Goals (MDG)<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and similar goals of other institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basis of their work at the United Nations, prior to establishing GFoundation, was to add voice to the call for better integration of economic policy with environmental practice and social development:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GFoundation has been involved in a broad range of practical issues to better integrate sustainable development:  <strong><em>See Here<\/em><\/strong> and including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:2.5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Climate action and life on the land (MDG goal <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/climate-change-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>#13<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/biodiversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>#15<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Wetland and watershed protections<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Climate Change, Species Diversity &amp; 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