Amanda Seraphina

Leslieville’s low-cost recipe for building up local entrepreneurs with local resources

The Green Line team visited the East End Food Hub to see how Leslieville Farmers' Market Basecamp supports emerging entrepreneurs with business training, affordable kitchen space and opportunities to sell.

Beyond a food bank: Jamestown builds a third space with essential services

The Green Line team visited the Albion Food Space to learn how the unique partnership between a food bank and public library is helping Jamestown residents overcome food insecurity as well as social isolation.

Co-ownership in Bloordale Village helps Torontonians face the housing crisis

The Green Line team checked out a co-owned house in Toronto's west end to learn how three couples pooled resources and bought a property together.

How one Scarborough Village non-profit is helping formerly incarcerated women rebuild their lives

The Green Line team visited The Second Chance Foundation to learn how its food bank, thrift store and mental health programming are helping formerly incarcerated women find community and overcome reintegration challenges.

Mobile health unit rolls into Kennedy Park to deliver primary care at the doorstep

The Green Line team hit the road with Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities’ mobile health unit to see how it’s delivering care straight to people’s doorsteps — from blood pressure checks and diabetes education to harm reduction supplies and more.

How forest bathing can help improve mental well-being: Tips from Evergreen Brick Works

The Green Line team took a trip to Leaside-Bennington to learn how the Forest Bathing Club at Evergreen Brick Works is teaching Torontonians the history of the land and how to reconnect with nature to improve mental well-being.

How one shelter in Palmerston-Little Italy is teaching unhoused women creative employment skills

The Green Line team visited Spun Studio to learn how its textile program helps unhoused women improve their mental health while gaining additional income from their artwork.

How Oakridge women tackle family poverty with peer-to-peer job training

The Green Line team visited South Asian Women and Immigrants’ Services to learn how its workshops, built by immigrants for immigrants, are helping local women gain employment.

How to reduce waste in the suburbs: Tips from Scarborough Zero Waste in Malvern East

The Green Line team visited Scarborough Farmers’ Market to learn how Scarborough Zero Waste is teaching vendors, volunteers and shoppers to divert waste from landfills by reusing utensils and packaging.

How West Bend’s pay-what-you-can grocery store is diverting food from landfills onto tables

The Green Line team visited Feed It Forward, a non-profit organization, to learn how its pay-what-you-can grocery store on Dundas Street West helps residents overcome food insecurity and tackle food waste in the city.