Who We Are

From 2011-2025, Antler River Rally (ARR) was a volunteer group founded by Tom Cull and Miriam Love that organized monthly clean-ups of Deshkan Ziibi/Thames River within the City of London. 

Over the past fourteen years, ARR has organized well over 150 individual cleanups in garbage hotspots across the City of London and surrounding area. The group’s work also included advocating for people camping rough along the river, improving upstream/downstream relations with Indigenous communities and water protectors, developing greater ecological knowledge and wisdom, and facilitating collaborations among activists, artists, and citizens. ARR and its leadership group have been the proud recipient of Western’s Green Award, Mayor's New Year's Honour List, the Urban League's Green Umbrella Award, and Nature London’s Conservation Award. 

As of September 2025, ARR operates as a program under the London Environmental Network (LEN), but ARR's work remains the same. ARR continues to rally volunteers together for monthly clean-ups along the Antler River from April to November.

We believe that a healthy river is the lifeblood of a strong community. We strive to find the most direct way to help Londoners get involved in protecting our waterways and environmentally significant areas. We target one area of the river per rally. Volunteers are welcome to spend as much or as little time as they can afford.

ARR recognizes the many groups and individuals working towards ecological justice and environmental stewardship and seeks to build greater collaborative efforts with these initiatives.

ARR acknowledges that Indigenous peoples and Nations of this area are the original and contemporary land and water protectors. We strive to conduct this work in the spirit of gratitude and reciprocity. We respect the land, water, and all the life forms who call these places home. 

Antler River Rally: "Healthy River, Strong Community!"