CAFES held its Keynote Speaker Event and 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 27th, 2025 to a large and eager-to-learn online audience. We opened the event with engaging presentations from our keynote speakers, Mike Ewall (Energy Justice Network) and Liz Benneian (Ontario Zero Waste Coalition) on the question of ‘A Solid Waste Incinerator for Ottawa?’ The presentations were highly informative and ignited a lively discussion during the Q&A session that followed!
If you missed the Keynote Speaker Event, don’t worry, you can:
- Watch the recording here
- View the presentation slides from Mike Ewall (Energy Justice Network) and Liz Benneian (Ontario Zero Waste Coalition).
Right after the keynote portion of the event we moved on the our 2025 AGM. Important topics about CAFES were discussed with members, such as our annual report, financial review, tabling of new motions including a change to our organization’s operating name, collecting member feedback, and renewing the CAFES Board of Director for 2025.
Some of the key outputs of AGM included:
- CAFES Executive Director, Angela Keller-Herzog presented the annual report: both the 2024 CAFES Impact Report and remarks regarding the year ahead. Response was positive:
- Electing new members to the CAFES Board of Directors. Read all about the 2025 CAFES Board here.
- Changing the the operating name of the organization to better reflect CAFES growing network. Going forward our name has be changed from Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) to Community Action for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES).
You can view the 2025 CAFES AGM recording here.
Lastly, please take 5-10 minutes to fill out our network survey HERE to share your thoughts on CAFES and express your priorities for the year ahead. Your responses are hugely appreciated!
