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Online Event: Four-Season Beauty & Biodiversity (Sept 7)

EmmaDAmico — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:08:02 +0000

Learn how to create a habitat garden that works year-round with Blooming Boulevards! Discover how to extend the color and textural interest in your landscape through fall and winter with beautiful foliage, striking structure, and colorful branches, berries, seed pods that support the wildlife around you while you enjoy the show.

Saturday, Sep 7 @10:00 AM

Webinar: Climate Change, Love, and Seniors (April 30)

EmmaDAmico — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:12:43 +0000

Group of 78 invites you to this webinar

Tired of beating your head against the table when talking about climate change and climate action with the seniors in your life?

Join, April 30, 2024 at 1:00 ET for a webinar to learn how to communicate the urgency of our climate crisis and how we can most effectively affect change together from Dr. Louise Comeau.

Dr. Louise Comeau is a Senior Advisor at Re.Climate, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s centre for climate change communications and public engagement. She is also a member of the federal Net Zero Advisory Body. Louise has more than 30 years’ experience in climate change policy, communications, and solutions-related advocacy and programming.

Susan Tanner, Vice-President of G78 and CCEWG Chair, will moderate the discussion. While previously holding positions in both the Federal and Ontario governments Susan has maintained an active role in community organisations as both a board and staff member. She represented Friends of the Earth at the 1992 UNCED in Rio and in 1995, Friends of the Earth Canada accepted a UNEP award for work on the Montreal Protocol done under her leadership. While serving as executive Director (2007-10) Canadian Environmental Network, Susan was honoured as a United Nations Association of Canada “Championne” for her work on human rights and environment. Susan holds a Masters of Environmental Studies and a Masters of Law, is a member of the Ontario Bar, has consulted in the private sector on sustainability and taught as a sessional lecturer at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Online Event: Just Transition Guide Fireside Chat with David Suzuki & Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Jan 31)

EmmaDAmico — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:06:08 +0000

On Wednesday, Jan. 31, join for a fireside chat between two of Turtle Island’s most prominent environmental activists on climate change and Indigenous leadership.

This virtual event follows November’s official launch of the “Just Transition Guide,” a project led by Melina Laboucan-Massimo, in collaboration with Sacred Earth Solar, Indigenous Climate Action, the David Suzuki Foundation, Power to the People and RealWorld Media. The guide explores Indigenous-led pathways toward equitable climate solutions and resiliency in the climate crisis.

View the full guide here:

�³��:��Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 4 – 5:30 p.m. PT / 7 – 8:30 p.m. ET
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Online Event: Self and Collective Care: A Learning Circle on Holistic Approaches to Sustaining Activism (Dec 20)

EmmaDAmico — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:10:57 +0000

Are you an activist who wants to learn from other activists about how they foster relationships and practices of care in their organizing and activism? Are you looking for inspiration or support in implementing new care practices into your grassroots group? Or perhaps your group already does excellent care work and you want to share your magic with others? Join Climate Justice Organizing Hub on Dec 20 (Zoom) for this discussion-based, guided learning circle on how to integrate better practices of care into your organizing relationships, groups and spaces. You’ll leave with new ideas and practices about how best to weave meaningful practices of care into your social change work.

Event: Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library: Seed Giveaway!

EmmaDAmico — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:48:17 +0000

The Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library is proud to announce our free seed giveaway schedule. Now is the perfect time to sow native seeds. Join us to learn about native plant gardening and receive free native seeds for winter sowing. No gardening experience required!

Dates depending on your location:

November 18: 1:00-2:30 at Ray Friel Recreation Complex, 1585 Tenth Line Rd.

December 2: 1:00-3:00 at Elmvale Acres Library, 1910 Saint Laurent Blvd.

December 9: 1:00-3:00 at Manor Park Community Centre, 100 Thornwood Rd.

December 16: 1:00-3:00 at Kanata Beaverbrook Community Centre, 1002 Beaverbrook Rd.

December 27: 1:00-3:00 at Trend Arlington Community Centre, 50 Bellman Dr.

Visit the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library website for more information about events, to see the seed catalogue, and to shop for garden signs and magnets.

Ecology Ottawa’s Native Plantings Map

EmmaDAmico — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:43:15 +0000

Ecology Ottawa has created this map to identify publicly accessible plantings of native species in Ottawa. If you are involved with a project of this type that is not already included on the map, please complete .

They are hoping this map highlights efforts to increase biodiversity initiatives across our city—and, because these plantings must be publicly accessible, will encourage people to visit, enjoy, and learn from them.

If you have any questions or comments or would like to share photos of your garden, please email: biodiversity@ecologyottawa.ca.

Event: Solidarity in Sounds: A Concert for the Anishnabe Moose Committee (August 18)

EmmaDAmico — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:29:40 +0000

Join Climate Justice Ottawa and the Anishnabe Moose Committee (AMC) for a night of music, celebration and solidarity in their effort to protect their moose, culture, and lands on August 18 @ 6pm at Club Saw (67 Nicholas St, Ottawa). Tickets are on sliding scale of $15, $25, $35, and $50. A $50 ticket includes a free silk-screened tote bag with art by Isaac Murdoch and Christi Belcourt. All proceeds go to the Anishnabe Moose Committee. This evening will be all about celebrating and fundraising to support the AMC in their front-line research and community-building work! Click for more info.

RSVP on Facebook here:

Event: Tour of the Flutter and Buzz Pollinator Garden (August 12)

EmmaDAmico — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:20:33 +0000

Join the Wild Pollinator Partners for a Flutter and Buzz Pollinator Garden tour on August 12 at @10am. It is a much-loved community hub, attracting pollinators and various audiences – from a partnership with the adjacent elementary school to the wider community. This garden is an act of restorative kindness, a certified Monarch Butterfly Waystation, and a pollination learning space. This event is free, but please register. Click for more info.

Event Announcement: Beehive Collective Ottawa (July 15)

EmmaDAmico — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:05:51 +0000

Join the Beehive Collective on July 15th at 3pm in The Children’s Garden, Ottawa (321 Main St, Ottawa) for an afternoon of storytelling and arts-based cultural exchange! The workshop focuses on climate and environmental issues while emphasizing inspiring stories of community empowerment and solutions.

The Collective’s giant MesoAmerica Resiste graphic took over 9 years to complete and was a collaboration between 23 members of the collective and communities across central America. The event will also be a book launch for their recently released educational book project: The True Cost of Coal Kids Book.

Online Event: Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Dr. Bronwyn Lazowski (March 24)

veronikakratz — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:48:22 +0000

The Sustainable Energy Speaker Series is presented by the �Ӱ�ԭ�� Sustainable Energy Research Centre. For more information on the series can be found by clicking here.

Unlocking grid modernization for energy systems transformations and net zero goals with Dr. Bronwyn Lazowski

Grid modernization is a crucial component of the required electricity transformations to achieve net zero goals. In order to make these transitions, accelerated adoption of innovation at deployable scales is imperative; however, getting to deployment requires several stages in technical, policy, and regulatory domains. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), through innovation and deployment funding, is working to address these energy system needs and to develop innovation in this area. NRCan is advancing grid modernization and grid readiness through research and programming, such as the Smart Renewables Electrification Pathways Program, The Smart Grid Program as well as the Innovation and Electricity Regulation Initiative. In this presentation, Dr. Bronwyn Lazowski will share an overview of grid modernization, system transformation trends to meet net zero goals, and provide an overview of active NRCan programming to meet these system needs.

Event Schedule:

5:25 – 5:30 Login

5:30 – 6:15 PM Presentation

6:15 – 7 PM Q&A

Thursday, March 24th, 5:30-7pm EST

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