GRAME works for a better environment in collaboration with citizens, communities and organizations, as well as governments, by intervening in the field, deploying education and awareness programs, and issuing recommendations rooted in the scientific rigor that has characterized it since its inception.
GRAME stands for Groupede Recommandationset d’Actionspour un Meilleur Environnement.
GRAME is open five days a week according to the following schedule:
Monday: 9am-12pm 1pm-5pm
Tuesday: 9am-12pm 1pm-5pm
Wednesday: 9am-12pm 1pm-5pm
Thursday: 9am-12pm 1pm-5pm
Friday: 9am-1pm
GRAME is open year-round, except for the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, as are the Lachine and Sud-Ouest Éco-quartiers. However, some of GRAME’s special services, such as greening and clean-up operations, are not offered in winter.
For more information about our opening hours and services, please do not hesitate to contact us.
GRAME is a public interest organization founded in 1989 in Montreal.
Did you know that? When it was founded, the acronym “GRAME” stood for Groupe de Recherches Appliquées en Macro-Écologie. This name was changed to the current one in 2018, at the same time as the logo redesign, as it was more indicative of the organization’s mission.
At a time when climate change is becoming humanity’s main challenge, and 75% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, GRAME is convinced that it is possible to build resilient communities that live in healthy, sustainable environments. This is its raison d’être, which it pursues with unabashed optimism.
GRAME recognizes that climate change amplifies social inequalities, and that the most vulnerable populations are the most affected, and often the first, by climate change; it takes this into account in its decisions and contributes to greater environmental justice.
With this in mind, GRAME is focusing its activities on four strategic priorities:
1. Encourage eco-citizenship from childhood
2. Thinking about and experimenting with cities that promote health and well-being
3. Promoting empowerment and resilience in vulnerable communities
4. Enabling citizens and organizations to take action
Whether you’re a private citizen or you represent a company, organization, authority or school, GRAME can help you make a greater impact and work for a better environment!
Are you a citizen who wants to get involved in improving your living environment? GRAME can help you reduce your impact through a range of services. You may be eligible for two GRAME programs: le Bon Mouv’ and subsidies for sustainable personal care products and diapers. We also have greening programs for residential properties. In addition, GRAME and Éco-quartiers Lachine and Sud-Ouest offer a range of activities to get you involved!
Do you represent a company? GRAME can help you reduce your ecological footprint, improve working conditions and enhance your image through services such as the ICI, on verdit!program, cleaning operations and customized team-building activities.
Are you an elected official or representative of a public body or organization? You could benefit from GRAME’s expertise, recommendations and awareness-raising tools. GRAME’s expertise and recommendations are recognized throughout Quebec, particularly in the fields of urban planning, waste management, greening and much more! Contact us to discuss our consulting services for citizen subsidies, customized greening projects and municipal rights-of-way.
Do you represent a daycare center? GRAME can help you organize clean-up operations or tree-planting days. We are also one of the sponsors of the Cycliste averti.
Through its two Éco-quartiers, Lachine and Sud-Ouest, GRAME offers many volunteer opportunities. What’s more, if your school offers a student involvement program, don’t hesitate to contact us to explore the various ways in which you can get involved in the community.
Greening means replacing the gray of concrete with the green of trees! GRAME’s greening services are designed to help nurture and nourish the urban forest by planting trees and greening streets, businesses and even citizens’ properties.
Why is greening important? Trees provide many benefits, such as air purification, heat reduction, water absorption and many others.
GRAME offers various greening programs. These include :
The Lachine and Sud-Ouest Éco-quartiers are actively involved in the Trees for My Neighborhood campaign. They deliver and plant the trees.
The Lachine Éco-quartier is part of the Regroupement des Éco-quartiers (REQ) of the City of Montreal. It represents a service offered to citizens by their borough.
The Lachine Éco-quartier program aims to mobilize and equip the Lachine community to actively contribute to the ecological transition, in particular by reducing the GHGs it emits. The program offers a wide range of services and activities, including clean-ups, greening operations, workshops and conferences.
The program also deploys patrols, including the Green Patrol. Directly in contact with citizens in the borough, patrol members aim to help them adopt more eco-responsible practices.
Éco-quartier Lachine also has an eco-boutique selling organic and local products and a drop-off point for small items not accepted in regular collections.
Visit the the Lachine Éco-quartier Facebook page to follow our activities!
Éco-quartier Lachine recovers empty ink cartridges, batteries, razors and razor blades, Brita filters, oral care waste (toothpaste tubes and caps, toothbrushes and their packaging, dental floss containers), audio, video and VHS cassettes, electronics, used pens and markers, corks, disposable masks, aluminum tabs, bread ties and expired car seats.
Please note that we do not accept light bulbs or household appliances.
Any Éco-quartier belonging to the Regroupement des Éco-quartiers de la ville de Montréal, like Lachine, must be represented and co-exist through an organization. Since 2011, GRAME has been the mandatary of the Lachine Éco-quartier.
If you’d like to get involved in the Lachine community and have a beneficial impact on the environment in the Éco-quartier, simply fill out this registration form!
For further information, please do not hesitate to the Lachine Éco-quartier team directly.
Éco-quartier Sud-Ouest is part of the Regroupement des Éco-quartiers (REQ) of the City of Montreal. It represents a service offered to citizens by their borough.
The aim of the City of Montreal’s Éco-quartier program is to promote eco-citizenship and improve living environments for Montrealers. It focuses on environmental education and awareness, as well as citizen involvement. The program offers a wide range of services and activities, including clean-ups, greening operations, workshops and conferences.
The program also deploys patrols, including the Green Patrol. In direct contact with borough residents, patrol members aim to help them adopt more eco-responsible practices.
Éco-quartier Sud-Ouest has a drop-off point for small items not accepted in regular collections (batteries, light bulbs, ink cartridges and many others).
Visit our Facebook pages and Instagram pages pages to keep up with our activities!
An ecocenter is a waste recovery center accessible to all Montrealers. You can drop off various types of residual materials, including hazardous materials, for proper treatment.
An Éco-quartier, on the other hand, is a local organization that offers environmental awareness services and activities related to environmental protection and responsible waste management.
Any eco-neighborhood that is part of the Regroupement des Éco-quartiers de la ville de Montréal, like Sud-Ouest, must be represented and co-exist through an organization. Since 2023, GRAME has been the mandatary of Éco-quartier Sud-Ouest.
If you’d like to get involved in the Sud-Ouest community and have a beneficial impact on the environment in the Éco-quartier, simply fill out this registration form!
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the Éco-quartier Sud-Ouest team directly.
GRAME is particularly interested in education and awareness-raising, focusing on schools and school-age children. The organization offers several conferences, workshops and programs, including :
The program Budding Readers program encourages a love of reading and nature in toddlers, fostering their overall development and helping to shape a generation that is responsible and connected to its environment. The program significantly enhances children’s language skills and ecological awareness, while actively involving their families and supporting equal opportunities in disadvantaged environments. It is available to children in day-care centers, nurseries, community centers and since 2024, to kindergarten students.
The program Cycliste averti program introduces children to active mobility and safe road practices for themselves and other road users. GRAME is involved in this program not only to promote safe behavior, but also to encourage children to adopt behaviors that are healthy for their health, as well as for the environment, by giving them a concrete alternative to car use: cycling!
The Lachine Éco-quartier and Éco-quartier Sud-Ouest are also organizing various workshops and conferences for a more eco-civic lifestyle for everyone!
Finally, if you’d like to find out more about environmental issues, whether you’re a citizen, a company, an organization or a public body, don’t hesitate to follow our our blog !
If you would like to take advantage of one of our services, simply contact us at ere@grame.org.