Fields On West Lake .: Our Environment :. Truly as Unique as your Event. Event Planing, Prince Edward County, West Lake Events, Enchanted Beginnings, Red Barn Floral Design, weddings, Fields Cafe, West Lake Orchard Marketplace

Our commitment to the Environment includes:

A chance for you to participate as well. We have set up a program through www.offsetters.ca where you can choose to make your event 'climate friendly' for about $2.00 per guest. We invite you to scroll down to the bottom of this page to see what it might take to offset the travel portion of your 'climate friendly' wedding or special event.

Our pledge in 2007 was to plant 10 white pine trees for every wedding to be held at 'Fields'. In 2008 we planted 100 apple trees instead. With all the rain we have been having, the apple trees are doing very well.

Fields on West Lake is committed to the environment. We started by 'recycling' our circa 1860's buildings. We continue with careful reuse of our resources. For example although the main floor of our barn had to be replaced, we saved the flooring - you will soon see some of it on the first floor of the barn in Helga Boelen's studio (just 10 feet below where it served its purpose in agriculture for 140 years).

As of mid-May 2007 our new composter is up and running as is our full recycling program.

Our goal over the next 5 years is to decrease our carbon foot print and to adopt sustainable operating methods wherever and whenever possible. In 2008 we decided to stop selling water in individual plastic bottles.

Please contact us at info@fieldsonwestlake.com.

And please visit this page again. From time to time we will announce further initiatives undertaken to improve the way we impact the environment both personally and through our business - Fields on West Lake.

We still think the book 'The Weather Makers' by Tim Flannery is an important read. A good place to find the book is by visiting http://www.theweathermakers.com. It has changed the way we look at our planet.

Sincerely
Mark Henry and Lynne Ellis - July 2008

Make your visit climate friendly

Fields on West Lake has partnered with Offsetters to help you to reduce the climate impact of your trip to our facility.

Offsetters is Canada’s premier provider of high quality carbon offsets, investing funds from individuals and organizations in new energy projects with strong climate benefit. It’s as simple as entering the size of your party and purchasing high quality carbon offsets.

The whole process takes less than 3 minutes.

Number of Vehicles:


Purchase Offset by clicking on the logo below:

If you or your guests will arrive by air, please
offset your flight at http://www.offsetters.ca/calc.php

For more information about Offsetters and its climate
benefitting projects, please click here