June 2025
Today, on Monday, June 30th, led by CAFES, the Peoples Official Plan Coalition (POP), submitted a rich set of recommendations to the City of Ottawa planning team on draft 2 of the New Comprehensive Zoning By-law. A major feat! The focus of…
After almost two years of community discussion and city committee and council votes, a second BESS project is likely to be coming to Ottawa. City Council voted to support a municipal support resolution for the Trail Road BESS project in late 2023,…
Invasive plant species are a serious issue threatening Ottawa’s biodiversity and ecosystems. Invasive plant species are classified as non-native plants that have been introduced, whether intentionally or unintentionally, from other geographical regions that outcompete native vegetation. Invasive species are problematic not just…
CAFES was present at the City of Ottawa’s Environment and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) meeting on June 17th, 2025, delivering public delegations to address concerns about solid waste incineration, and misleading fossil fuel advertisements (see presentations below). On the agenda was a…
On June 3rd, Angela Keller-Herzog of CAFES delivered an impactful presentation at the Finance and Corporate Services Committee on Capital Asset Management Plans and the Long Range Financial Plan for Water (Rate). CAFES pointed out that public infrastructure is extremely vulnerable to…
Calling on tree-loving volunteers! CAFES will be repotting over 20 trees into larger pots on Wednesday, July 2nd from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at 166 Glebe Avenue, Ottawa. We would love to have a few volunteers come help out if interested. These…
Call Out for Participation Calling all Community Associations! CAFES and Carleton University are once again partnering to hold the 5th annual Community Engagement Project with a 2nd year sociology/anthropology course this Fall (September to the end of November 2025). This year, the…
Until Monday, July 7th, 2025, Engage Ottawa is holding a public consultation survey on their Community Waste Reduction and Reuse Initiative – visit the webpage to complete the survey here. This engagement opportunity comes in response to Ottawa City Council approving the…
Come on out on Tuesday, July 1st from 9am – 2pm for Chief Pinesi Day in Edinburgh Park! This event will be the culmination of an incredible 8-day paddle from Deep River to Ottawa that will retrace Chief Pinesi’s traditional hunting grounds.…
CAFES had an excellent day at Fletcher Wildlife Garden on Saturday, June 7th at Pollinator Appreciation Day! Organized by Wild Pollinator Partners, this event was a wonderful opportunity for community members to come out and speak to local organizations, researchers, gardeners and…
Exciting! CAFES will be launching a Slack forum for our internal communications between CAFES network members this week! Keep an eye on your email for further information. This will allow members of the CAFES network to exchange information, post interesting resources, and…
CAFES’ Executive Director, Angela Keller-Herzog, met with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe on June 19th, 2025 as part of the second instalment of the Mayor’s Round Table on Environment. Also present were William van Geest from Ecology Ottawa and Laura Reinsborough from Ottawa Riverkeeper.…
CAFES was delighted to join our member organization Smart Youth Network and the Peace and Environment Resource Centre (PERC) for a community clean-up and dialogue initiative about climate action. On June 21st and June 28th, PERC and Smart Youth Network organized clean-ups…
CAFES had an invigorating day attending the Ottawa Energy Symposium on Tuesday, June 10th, organized by the Ottawa Board of Trade and supported by us as a community sponsor. This dynamic event explored the future of energy in Ottawa by hearing from…
Your CAFES team,
Angela, Mitzi, Erica and Sarah
