On February 4th, 2025, CAFES Board Member Sara Washburn marched into City Hall to officially submit the CAFES Petition on Renewable Energy! We collected over 900 signatures and the petition was acknowledged at the February 12th City Council meeting. A huge thank you to everyone who signed! This petition began in 2024 and came in […]
CAFES has released our report documenting the outcomes of the Public Information and Stakeholder Consultation event that was held by CAFES, in collaboration with the City of Ottawa, on October 25th, 2024. This final report summarizes the key discussion areas, resident input and next steps that were highlighted at the event, which was held to […]
On January 30th, CAFES hosted a successful lunch & learn and networking event with about 100 attendees at Hub350 in the Kanata North Tech Park. Attendees learned about how innovations in battery energy storage systems (BESS) can help maintain our power reliability. The event brought together local residents, community leaders, not-for-profits, business leaders, tech people […]
Throughout the fall of 2024, CAFES and Carleton University partnered with six Community Associations (CA) and Fletcher Wildlife Garden to conduct our 4th annual CAFES-Carleton Community Engagement Project! The intent for this annual project is for students in a 2nd-year sociology/anthropology course to partner with CA representatives and create products and deliverables that will ultimately […]
A third judicial review concerning the Near-Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) of nuclear waste in Chalk River is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5th from 9:30am to 12:00pm, and Thursday, February 6th at the Supreme Court building (East Room) on Wellington Street in Ottawa. The Kebaowek First Nation, Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, the Canadian […]
On January 23rd CAFES attended the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) meeting to delegate in favour of the City of Ottawa's potential purchase of a 223-acre parcel of land at 5689 Ferry Road for the purpose of environmental conservation. We were joined in making our public delegation by support from Ecology Ottawa, Greenspace Alliance, […]
The Peoples Official Plan Coalition (POP) is organizing a Community Gardening and Green Initiatives Workshop on Saturday, February 8th, 2025. This important workshop will bring together representatives from organizations and groups with experience in community gardening, green initiatives and stewardship of public land including: food gardens; pollinator gardens; regeneration; invasive species identification and control; naturalization; etc. We will discuss […]
On January 16th, the City of Ottawa delivered an informative webinar to present updates on the Tree Equity Analysis. In the webinar, hosted by Clean Air Partnership, City Planning Foresters Martha Copestake and Zoe Bedford discussed Ottawa's approach to addressing tree inequity and demonstrated how the neighbourhood equity analysis scores are to be calculated. Urban […]
Membership Renewal & New Member Registration It’s that time of year again! As we gear up for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, we want to invite you to renew your CAFES membership or sign up as a new member to continue supporting and expanding our efforts in environmental leadership. Please reach […]
Ecology Ottawa, with several partners including Bird Friendly Ottawa, are calling on the City of Ottawa to obtain Bird-Friendly City status, a certification from Nature Canada. Please consider signing the petition to protect Ottawa's birds! Sign the petition HERE Birds play a vital role in Ottawa’s ecosystem by contributing to pollination, distributing seeds and maintaining ecosystem health. […]
