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 theme will be Invasive Plant Species. We are looking for 6-7 Community Association […]
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 the POP submission is zoning that supports a dense, liveable, walkable, green, 15-minute […]
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 Solid Waste Master Plan (SWMP) in June 2024. The SWMP provides a framework […]
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, and for the more controversial South March BESS on June 11th, 2025. Both […]
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. The Roundtable meeting discussed key issues to make Ottawa a greener, more sustainable […]
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 of the area surrounding the Albion-Heatherington Recreation Centre in Ottawa South. Before the […]
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 industry leaders, government officials and innovators as they discussed what local customers need, […]
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 because they outcompete native plants, but because native wildlife - including pollinator insects […]
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 discussion of the recommendations from the Waste Management Technologies Feasibility Study undertaken by […]
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 hazards from climate change and the financial impact of extreme rainfall and extreme […]
