Rise and Fall: Eco Council’s Favourite Recipes and Volunteer Opportunities
Thanks to climate change, this year's October weather is not what most people had hoped it would be. Instead of dropping to sweater weather the temperature has risen upward of 30 degrees; as a consequence, shorts continue to be in season for the majority of the population⸺with the exception of the ridiculous people who wear them in any climate to which this change does not faze. In the meantime, as we wait for autumn to approach, there are many things one can do in anticipation of the best season of the year.
Here are Eco-Council’s top 5 pumpkin-themed recipes to give you baking inspiration to foster a fall mood despite the weather, and top 5 volunteer opportunities where you can get involved in fighting climate change this season⸺and get some volunteer hours in the process.
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Fall Recipes
This recipe takes about 25 minutes to make and garners 40 small cookies, and requires only 10 ingredients! It is the perfect combination of crunch and crumble, all the while providing the optimal pumpkin flavor.
Do you like roasting fresh pumpkin seeds? Here is a super simple recipe that ensures fresh and perfect roasted pumpkin seeds every time. It only requires 5 steps!
Did you ever watch Harry Potter as a child and wonder what Hogwarts pumpkin juice tastes like? Here is the perfect recipe with instructions on how to make it. It is almost like pumpkin pie in a bottle!
Here is a simple recipe to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip bread that requires no mixer, is easy to make, and contains cinnamon spices and tons of pumpkin flavor. Not only is this recipe delicious in the fall, but it smells delicious while it bakes!
With a sweet crumb topping, and decadent cream cheese filling, this recipe provides its baker with creamy pumpkin and warm ground cinnamon all in one tender muffin! In fact, for such a delicacy, it only takes 1 hour and 10 minutes to make.
October Volunteer Opportunities
Run by the City of Toronto, this Langdale Court Tree Planting serves to use this popular greenspace to plant native trees and shrubs in order to expand an existing mature strand of oaks!
Brief Details:
When: October 11, 2023
Event Time(s): 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Langdale Court Greenbelt
Follow signs from the park entrance at 107 Driftwood Ave.
Cost: Free
For more information visit this event’s website at www.toronto.ca or mail them at greentoronto@toronto.ca .
No registration required unless the group exceeds 5, then, consult the website and/or link.
This event is held at the Anewen Greenbelt and is both run by the city of Toronto and supported by Don’t Mess with The Don. The aim of this tree planting event is to further help mature the existing forest in a ravine setting with an Environmental Significant location.
Brief Details:
When: October 15, 2023
Event Time(s): 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Anewen Greenbelt
Use the park entrance at 17 Anewen Dr. Follow signs to the west end of the park.
Cost: Free
No registration required unless the group exceeds 5, then, consult the website and/or link.
For more information visit this event’s website at www.toronto.ca or mail them at greentoronto@toronto.ca .
Supported by TD bank, TD Tree days work to build healthier communities both socially and environmentally through tree planting. These events happen a few times a month in urban and rural greenspaces.
Brief Details:
When: October 14, 2023
Event Time(s): 9:30 am - 12 pm
Where: New Forest North
Sign Up: https://www.tdtreedays.com/en-ca/events/date
Pre-Event Information: https://www.tdtreedays.com/en-ca/blogs/1491
Organized by the City of Toronto, this Lead Rake Trail Stewardship is run with the aim of keeping natural surface trails sustainable, visible, dry, and to prevent them from erosion.
Brief Details:
When: October 21, 2023
Event Time(s): 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Crothers Woods
Meet at the Thomas Hauser Memorial trailhead at the south corner of the Loblaws parking lot.
Cost: Free
No registration required unless the group exceeds 5, then, consult the website and/or link.
Similarly organized to one of the previously listed events, this TD Tree day at Paul Coffey park has the aim of building communities both socially and environmentally through tree planting. These events happen a few times a month in urban and rural greenspaces.
Brief Details:
When: October 22, 2023
Event Time(s): 9:30 am - 12 pm
Where: Paul Coffey Park
Sign Up: https://www.tdtreedays.com/en-ca/events/date
Pre-Event Information: https://www.tdtreedays.com/en-ca/blogs/1491
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And when finally the climate reaches what we know as autumn weather, the temperature appropriate for apple picking, pumpkin carving, gorging on miniature chocolates, and binge-watching the Scream movies, we will be prepared. But, as time passes, our once-lit in pumpkins will disintegrate⸺obviously composted⸺, the leaves will shrivel, and eventually, we will become the ghosts that once haunted us. This beautiful fleeting season will dissipate, replaced by the biting cold of November… if it arrives at all.
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