Our History
In 2013, twenty-five groups gathered together to discuss the needs that a network might address. Thames Talbot Land Trust and ReForest London collaborated on a grant to Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) and were fortunate to receive funding to operate the network for three years. Many London environmental groups saw a need for a more organized way of getting our message out to the public, so we can make more significant progress in the environmental issues facing us, and believed a network approach would be the best answer.
The London Environmental Network officially launched to the public on March 27, 2015, as a program supported by Thames Talbot Land Trust and Reforest London.
The London Environmental Network was created to help protect our environment and build a sustainable community by supporting local environmental organizations to improve their internal capacity and ability to deliver on their missions.
The London Environmental Network supports organizations with shared resources, and training, outreach and collaboration opportunities so they can become stronger and work more effectively together. It also connects groups to the London community, recruits volunteers, and promotes environmental events, initiatives and successes.
The organization was officially incorporated as a nonprofit organization in March 2018. The three formative years that the London Environmental Network spent being supported by Thames Talbot Land Trust and ReForest London allowed for LEN to grow and shape our programming in a stable environment.
In April 2021, the London Environmental Network became a registered charity, which has supported the organization's ability to expand environmental program offerings in London.