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Pointe-Claire joins the 2024 Dandelion Challenge in the protection of pollinating insects
The City of Pointe-Claire is proud join the 2024 Dandelion Challenge, an annual environmental campaign for the protection of pollinating insects. As part of the campaign efforts, the City will let dandelions grow in certain parks, to be identified shortly, to help provide pollinators with the food source and natural habitat that they need to thrive.
We encourage all our residents to also take on the Dandelion Challenge by letting your dandelions, wildflowers and grass grow throughout the summer.
How can I play a role in the protection of pollinating insects?
By simply holding off on mowing your lawn throughout the summer, you are already helping tremendously!
This small action allows the protection and preservation of the pollinating insects’ food source, environment and natural habitat. Dandelions contain nectar on which these insects feed, who then go on to pollinate other flowers and plants.
These insects are crucial to our ecosystem, as about 35% of our food is dependent on them, and yet the extinction rates are about 100 to 1,000 times higher than other animals.
Their protection is our responsibility. Let’s all make take on the Dandelion Challenge to protect the animal world’s hardest workers.
To learn more about this Challenge, visit their website.
The City will continue to focus significant efforts toward ecological sustainability and resilience in accordance with its 2023-2023 Strategic Plan.