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Promising Practices: Non-Profits - Christ Church Cathedral

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Ecology Ottawa Turns Trash into Treasure with the Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale

5th annual event to raise funds for local environmental group and The Ottawa Food Bank

May 9, 2012, Ottawa—The national capital’s leading local environmental group, Ecology Ottawa, will be hosting its most exciting event of the year, the 5th annual Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale, on Saturday, May 26 at 680 & 690 Bank Street (at Glebe Avenue, in the Rogers Plus and Kunstadt Sports parking lots).

Community Associations, Ecology Ottawa ask Ottawa-area MPs to ‘Cut the Crap, Fund the Plan!’

Environmental organization says it is not fair to ask the city to choose between public transit and clean water

March 7, 2012 (Ottawa) – At a press conference this morning at Britannia Beach, Ecology Ottawa and Community Associations called on the federal government to help the nation’s capital clean up its rivers, and asked that it stop calling on the city to choose between public transit and clean water.

Environment Committee to Discuss Bold New Vision (or Total waste of Taxpayers’ Money)

City Council to decide the fate of “Choosing Our Future” For more information, contact Graham Saul, Chair of Ecology Ottawa, at 613-558-3368

Feb. 21, 2012 (Ottawa) — The City of Ottawa’s Environment Committee is set to discuss three plans today that fall under the heading of Choosing our Future. These plans are the result of a four-year planning process and, if fully embraced, they would save Ottawa residents billions of dollars a year in energy costs, increase support for local farmers, help protect our parks and rivers, promote high-tech businesses, and build a world class public transportation system, among many other things. However, the staff report to be approved at Committee today does not commit the city to do much more than “receive” the plans.

Ottawans Voice Support for the Federal Funding of the Ottawa River Action Plan Ecology Ottawa Disappointed in Lack of Response from area Conservative MPs

Feb. 14, 2012 (Ottawa) – More than 500 people across the city have written to Ottawa-area Members of Parliament (MPs) in recent days urging them to include funding for the Ottawa River Action Plan in the 2012 federal budget, but Conservative MPs have not yet responded.

While responses have been received from local NDP and Liberal MPs (see below), the signatories have not yet had the courtesy of an answer from the Government of Canada representatives— Hon. John Baird, Royal Galipeau, Gordon O’Connor, Pierre Poilievre and Pierre Lemieux.

Ecology Ottawa Praises the NCC’s Greenbelt Expansion Plan, Denounces Developers Opposed to the Idea

Jan. 26, 2012 (Ottawa) — Ecology Ottawa praised the National Capital Commission (NCC) today for its plan to further expand Ottawa’s greenbelt and denounced members of the development community who are already working to undermine this responsible move.

“The NCC’s intention to add a 10 per cent expansion beyond the existing Greenbelt over 50 years is exactly that type of visionary idea that Ottawa needs more of,” said Graham Saul, chair of Ecology Ottawa.

Ottawa River Action Plan Responses from area Members of Parliament

From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Subject: RE: Please commit to funding the Ottawa River Action Plan

Thank you for your email regarding the Ottawa River Action Plan.

I have repeatedly called on the government to take action to protect the Ottawa River, which is now designated a national heritage river.

Approximately one million people use the Ottawa River as their source of drinking water. However, the watershed is impacted by several sources of pollution including municipal sewage and industrial wastewater.

Annual Report 2011

Ecology Ottawa Congratulates Mayor Watson and City Councillors for one of the Greenest Budgets in Years

Community group hopes to make further progress with city hall in 2012

November 30, 2011 (Ottawa, ON) – Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa’s city councillors were congratulated today by Ecology Ottawa for passing a fairly good budget, from an environmental perspective.

“This is the greenest budget in years, but unfortunately it lacks a clear vision on the greatest challenge facing the world today: climate change,” said Trevor Haché, policy coordinator of Ecology Ottawa.

How Green is Ottawa City Hall Under Mayor Jim Watson?

 

Ecology Ottawa grades mayor and city councillors for 2011

November 23, 2011 (Ottawa, ON) – Ecology Ottawa today released the 2011 edition of its environmental report card of Ottawa City Council. This fifth annual report card is the first for Mayor Jim Watson and many first-time councillors.

The majority of councillors received grades in the B & C range. Only Councillor Doug Thompson earned a lower grade, coming home with a D. Councillors Chernushenko, Fleury, Holmes and Hume each netted an A. Mayor Jim Watson earned a respectable B, which represents a dramatic change from his predecessor, Mayor Larry O’Brien, who consistently scored at the back of the class. The closer grouping of grades in this year’s report card is reflective of a less divided, more unified council and the tighter governing style of Mayor Watson. Council members’ grades are based on how they voted on key environmental decisions made at City Hall during the past year.

Council Watch 2011 Annual Report - A New Council's First Year

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Ecology Ottawa Annual Dinner Address by Mayor Jim Watson November 10, 2011

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