October 2025
At the Transit Committee meeting on November 24th, CAFES shared our input on the draft transit budget released on November 12th 2025. We argued that raising the bus fare when New Ways to Bus has reduced service and coverage is unacceptable. Many…
On November 14th, 2025, CAFES, Ecology Ottawa, and the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club, led by Ontario Nature and Friends of Stittsville Wetlands, sent a letter to the City of Ottawa urging Council and staff to strengthen municipal protections for Ottawa’s wetlands. Wetlands…
On November 26th 2025, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe announced that the City of Ottawa would move forward with a competitive bid to acquire the Taggart-Miller site in Carlsbad Springs. Ottawa is looking for a waste management solution once the Trail Road landfill reaches…
By: Harry Fischer, CAFES Board Member Gardening used to be simple – find some bare ground, stick a seed in and wait for Mother Nature to do the rest. Well, times have changed and so has gardening in Ottawa, especially with regards…
by Lynn Jones The site chosen for the giant above ground-nuclear waste dump upstream of Ottawa has been a point of contention since this saga began in 2015. First Nations, municipalities and many others object to the site because it is on unceded Algonquin…
Are you concerned about the impacts of climate change on your personal finances? Do you want to divest from financial products that support the fossil fuel industry? Do you want to learn about how you can re-invest for both returns and positive…
Dear CAFES Members, The CAFES Staff Team and Board of Directors warmly invite you to this year’s Annual Member Event on Monday, December 8th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Woodside Hall, 290 Lisgar Street in Ottawa. This seasonal…
From September to December 2025 CAFES once again partnered with Carleton University on the fifth annual Community Engagement Project with a 2nd year sociology/anthropology undergraduate course. This year, the theme was on Invasive Plant Species. Thank you to Kanata Beaverbrook, Hintonburg, Overbrook,…
By: Magdalene Carson The CAFES network is delighted to welcome one our very latest new organizational members, the Wild Arts Collective (WAC). As we continue to grow our network in exciting new directions, this partnership with WAC is a way to strengthen…
Your CAFES team,
Angela, Mitzi, Erica and Sarah
