Corporate Engagement
ERCA’s Corporate Engagement program offers a unique team building experience focusing on stewardship work in local watersheds to build sustainable communities. Participants work together to understand their local environment, make a direct and visible positive impact, while building employee morale and relations.
There are many remarkable local businesses and organizations that we are fortunate enough to work with that embrace conservation work and contribute to boots on the ground effort and giving back!
Scroll through to learn about our programs to find something that fits with you and your employees. All prices are subject to change.
Locations are picked based on stewardship needs at the time. Participants must be able to travel offsite to locations across Windsor-Essex.
Time slots available: flexible half day morning: 9am to 12pm or half day afternoon: 12pm to 3pm. Bookings take place Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday.
CORPORATE RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP
Plant native trees, shrubs or wildflowers and restore natural heritage. We’ll provide a planting plan and guide staff or volunteers through the activity. Participants must be able to travel offsite to locations across Windsor-Essex.
When it’s offered: May & October.
Location: ERCA property
Best time to book:
May event - book by Feb 20th, 2025
October event - book by August 10th, 2025
Participants required: 25 to 50
Event Length:
Cost: $4800 to $6,000 (Price varies depending on planting plan complexity and tree/plant materials per project)
BECOME AN EARTH DAY
GREEN TEAM
Join Essex Region Conservation in celebrating Earth Day 2025 and represent your organization as a Green Team! Register a group of ten or more individuals and receive a recognition certificate and have a professional group photo taken of you in action!
When it's offered: Sunday April 27th, 2025
Location: Greenspace between Florence Avenue and Wyandotte Street east in Windsor
Best time to book:
Registration becomes available on ERCA’s website
early April each year
Participants required: ??
Event Length: 10am to 2pm
Cost: Free
INVASIVE SPECIES PULL
Garlic mustard is an invasive species that out competes native wildflowers by stealing light, nutrients, moisture, soil and space. This is devastating for native species as wildlife and insects rely on those early flowering plants for food and habitat. Further, garlic mustard can excrete a toxin into the soil that negatively impacts mature trees in a forest. As there are no natural predators for this invasive plant, and it reproduces quickly, they can spread quickly and take over sections of a habitat. We need your help to eradicate this invasive plant!
When it's offered: May 1 or May 8 2025
Location: TBD on ERCA lands needing stewardship
Best time to book:
Participants required: 10-25
Event Length:
Cost: $600
LITTER CLEANUP
According to the Rochester Institute of Technology, more than 22 million pounds of plastic pollution end up in the Great Lakes each year. Litter in the Great Lakes impacts wildlife, aquatic vegetation, degrades water quality and seriously impacts recreational values and aesthetics of our shared waters. This huge issue requires action. Come and join ERCA staff in a litter cleanup along a shoreline or tributary within Windsor Essex!
When it's offered: June, July, August & September
Location: TBD on ERCA lands needing stewardship
Best time to book:
Confirmation is required minimum one month in advance of target date.
Participants required:
Event Length:
Cost: $400 to $750
STEWARDSHIP AND INTERPRETIVE HIKE
Join one of our experts lead staff or volunteers on an interpretive walk at a conservation area near you! Your guide will help you discover many different native plants and animals that call Windsor-Essex home, while we work together to remove litter from these precious places.
When it's offered: June, July & August
Location: TBD on ERCA lands needing stewardship
Best time to book:
Participants required:
Minimum time requirement: 2-3 hours
Cost: $500
SEED COLLECTION
Participants will visit a location in the region that supports an important diversity of vegetation, sustaining a variety of plants and animals. Get close and personal with the native wildflowers and grasses and help collect seed for future restoration initiatives.
When it's offered: October 28, 29 or 30 (2025)
Location: Ruscom Shores Conservation Area
Best time to book: Confirmation is required minimum one month in advance of target date.
Participants required:
Minimum time requirement: 3 hours
Cost: $500
LUNCH AND LEARN
Foster stewardship among your employees or volunteers with a lunch time presentation by an ERCA expert. Presentations last 30-40 minutes with an opportunity for Q&A. Available topics include the Monarch Butterfly and 30 years of restoration and remediation of the Detroit River.
When it's offered: February, March, December
Location: ?
Best time to book: ?
Participants required: ?
Minimum time requirement: 30-400 Minutes
Cost: $400