On this page you'll find the CAFES Heat Pump Consumer Guide, links to other heat pump experts and resources like OREC and Electrify 613, and more. What is a Heat Pump? Heat pumps are a proven and reliable technology. They work year-round by providing cooling in the summer, and heating in the winter -- even […]
Addressing Climate Misinformation CAFES Climate Misinformation Volunteer Team CAFES Ottawa wants to equip and empower you to address climate misinformation in your everyday life during conversations with family, friends and co-workers. And then we would like you to consider speaking up in public dialogue and in municipal policy-making spaces. Climate change poses a dire, existential […]
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 […]
CAFES Caucuses serve to connect, inform and empower residents of Ottawa. You are invited to join! Currently CAFES convenes three caucuses: Trees and Greenspace -- Climate -- Waste and Circular Economy Schedule of upcoming caucus meetings: CAFES held a special Joint Caucus meeting on June 11th from 12-2pm via Zoom. The Caucus brought together members […]
During autumn 2023, CAFES Ottawa partnered with a 2nd year sociology/anthropology class from Carleton University, four local community associations and Safe Wings Ottawa to carry out the 3rd annual CAFES & Carleton University Community Engagement Project. This year's project was inspired by the research being conducted by Carleton University's professor and ornithologist, Rachel Buxton. Bird-window […]
CAFES is excited to share our final report on the Climate Resiliency Community Dialogues. The first document below is the main final report, the second document is the annexes.
In May 2023, with support from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, CAFES partnered with Forêt Capitale Forest, Forest Ontario, and the office of M.P. Yasir Naqvi to pilot a Mother’s Day Tree Give-Away planting project to promote backyard tree planting, with the purpose of boosting the City of Ottawa's urban tree canopy. Ottawa […]
As we continue to feel the impacts of climate change in the coming decades, it is critical that we prepare our communities. The City of Ottawa is currently developing a Climate Resiliency Strategy to identify Ottawa’s largest vulnerabilities and create an action plan to mitigate these in the face of climate change. The City’s Climate […]
There are many environment and climate related events happening across Ottawa – it can be hard to keep up with all the events and actions. This calendar makes sharing events easy! CAFES is now hosting this calendar on our website under the "Events" menu label. Initiated by Veronika Kratz and the Carleton Climate Commons, we are […]
On December 20th, 2022, we launched a Climate Action Survey to learn about what Ottawa residents know and think about individual and collective climate actions. We developed this pilot survey with the help of a Carleton practicum student. We received 337 responses, with the following highlights: You can find a presentation of the survey findings […]
