Ecology Ottawa

We believe that Ottawa residents are concerned about issues such as climate change, pollution and waste, and that they want sustainable communities where clean energy, air, and water, public transit, active transportation and greenspace protection take priority. We provide residents with the information and tools needed to understand local environmental issues and promote environmental leadership at all levels impacting the City of Ottawa.

Our Programs

Active City

An active city connects communities with world-class public transportation builds safe streets for all users, ages and abilities focuses on moving people, not just cars.

Breathe Easy

Vision Zero

Safe Streets

Living City

Integrates nature into the very fabric of urban planning, defend trees, plants, animals, rivers and greenspace, solves challenges by working with - not against - nature.

Renewable City

Knows that 100% renewable energy is 100% possible, says "no" to new fossil fuel infrastructure, creates clean energy jobs.

Electric School Buses

Ottawa Climate Equity

15 Minute Neighbourhoods

It's time to head back to the drawing board on Lansdowne 2.0

The $332 million proposed redevelopment of Lansdowne provides a city-wide, taxpayer issue, with long-term implications, just ten years after the City spent $175 million revitalizing Lansdowne. Calls for meaningful public consultation on this project must be even more important in light of the fact that Lansdowne is now predicted to generate far less money.

Let's get started on improving Ottawa’s air quality

Our friends at the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) are compelling the Medical Officer of Health to investigate air pollution around trucking routes passing through downtown Ottawa, following data collected by Ecology Ottawa volunteers in our Breathe Easy campaign.

Making a Home for Baby Bees

By Julianne Labreche

A few years ago, I made a pitch to city officials, asking them to officially designate Ottawa as a “Bee City.” Even though it didn’t happen, some good things emerged.

Citing Growing Evidence of Harm to Child Health and Learning Ability, Advocates Call for Faster Replacement of Diesel School Buses

On Healthy Environments for Learning Day, environmental and children’s health advocates call on all levels of government to accelerate the switch to electric school buses. Ecology Ottawa has signed on to a joint letter calling on communities, school boards and governments at every level to accelerate the electrification of school buses, replacing tens of thousands of diesel-powered school buses spewing toxic fumes that can seriously harm child health and interfere with learning.

Climate Change Master Plan Update

This week, Ottawa City's Environment and Climate Change Committee received the annual update report from City staff on progress under the Climate Change Master Plan, the ambitious strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation work needed in the Nation's Capital.

Our Approach

We Watch City Council

We watch over and engage closely with Ottawa City Council. We celebrate environmentally responsible actions, we bring to light the things that hurt our local environment, and we advocate for greater ambition across a range of local issue areas.

We Organize Communities

We work to create a mobilized constituency of Ottawans who demand action and leadership on the environment. We engage thousands of Ottawa residents each year at the door, at events and through their community associations. We do this so that we know – and they know – what local environmental issues are top of mind, and what can be done about them.

We Work in Partnership

The environmental crisis can only be solved by an engaged community working together across various sectors and levels of government. We work to engage and mobilize support from Ottawa residents, political representatives, local businesses, community associations, industry and professional associations, cultural groups and citizens groups.

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Media Releases

NIMBYism clashes with Ottawa housing goals

With a housing and homelessness emergency declared in Ottawa in 2020, it is no surprise that affordable housing was a major election issue last fall, with a campaign promise from Mayor Sutcliffe on creation of housing and a refreshed mandate for the Planning and Housing Committee that prioritizes housing affordability. However, when development applications for dense, car-lite residential buildings come to the Planning and Housing Committee, there is often a surprising amount of push-back.

Tree Giveaway Program Report 2019-2022

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We’re delighted to announce the publication of our Tree Report, a comprehensive overview of Ecology Ottawa’s tree program and its achievements over the past three years.

It's time to head back to the drawing board on Lansdowne 2.0

The $332 million proposed redevelopment of Lansdowne provides a city-wide, taxpayer issue, with long-term implications, just ten years after the City spent $175 million revitalizing Lansdowne. Calls for meaningful public consultation on this project must be even more important in light of the fact that Lansdowne is now predicted to generate far less money.

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Active City

Living City

Renewable City

It's time to head back to the drawing board on Lansdowne 2.0

Let's get started on improving Ottawa’s air quality

Making a Home for Baby Bees

Citing Growing Evidence of Harm to Child Health and Learning Ability, Advocates Call for Faster Replacement of Diesel School Buses

Climate Change Master Plan Update

Our Approach

We Watch City Council

We Organize Communities

We Work in Partnership

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Media Releases

NIMBYism clashes with Ottawa housing goals

Tree Giveaway Program Report 2019-2022

It's time to head back to the drawing board on Lansdowne 2.0

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