I recently became an intern for Ecology Ottawa, working with their Renewable City campaign. As a student at the University of Ottawa studying Environmental Science I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Ecology Ottawa to facilitate local change in Ottawa and encourage others to do the same. While Ecology Ottawa might seem like a natural progression for a student in my program, my motivation for joining their cause runs much deeper than that.
Job description Ecology Ottawa Data Management and Communications Intern 40 hrs/week starting immediately for a period of 16 weeks
Ecology Ottawa is looking for a Data Management and Communications Intern to join a dynamic team for a sixteen-week position. Reporting to the Managing Director, the responsibilities of the Data Management and Communications Intern include:
Media Release
17 May 2016 (Ottawa) – The Water Environment Strategy is a multi-decade plan to manage and protect Ottawa’s water resources. The City Environment Committee will be asked to approve the Water Environment Strategy report today. However, the Strategy lacks ambition on the critical issue of green infrastructure.
“We welcome this Strategy because it is long overdue and is the final major piece of the historic Ottawa River Action Plan commitment,” says Graham Saul, Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa. “But it also falls short in that it doesn't truly embrace a bold new vision for water management that is based on green infrastructure.”
Ever wanted to know more about different types of trees? Want to learn how to tell whether a tree is healthy or not? What about learning how to map trees? If you answered yes to any of these, this is the event for you!
Dr. Andy Kenney and Forester Astrid Nielsen will be leading a workshop on how to identify trees, assess tree health, and map trees in Champlain Park. Not only will you learn all about the vast number of trees surrounding the area, but also the economics of trees in terms of energy conversation, storm water filtered, air quality filtration and carbon dioxide removal.
It is often easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant influx of bad news regarding our environment, from wildfires to floods to oil spills to climate change. But it takes more than bad news to prompt sustained political action on the environment – it takes people power. We believe meaningful change comes when people from across Ottawa (and Canada) tell their political representatives that solving environmental problems should be a priority.
I have always been enthralled by the world around me. From a young age my parents encouraged me to be outside, to explore and to develop a close kinship with the environment. I appreciated the delicacy of nature, the intricacies of the science. I would spend hours in my backyard garden with my Dad taking care of plants and climbing trees. When I think of my childhood I always come to realize how much of it was spent outdoors.
I moved to Ottawa from Calgary four years ago an 18-year-old Conservative. I was indifferent at best to the environment and the economy was far more important to me than anything else. Growing up in Calgary, however, the word ‘economy’ as I knew it was blurred,
distorted, and flat-out misused. The economy as understood in Alberta is often tied to the fossil fuel market and nothing else.
Job description Ecology Ottawa Outreach Coordinator 30 hrs/week starting immediately for a period of 8 weeks
Ecology Ottawa is looking for an Outreach Coordinator to join a dynamic team for an eight-week position funded by Canada Summer Jobs. Reporting to the Managing Director, the overall goal of the Outreach Coordinator is to enhance environmental protection at the local level in Ottawa. More specifically, the Outreach Coordinator will:
As the wildfire rages on in and around Fort McMurray, in my home province of Alberta, my thoughts are with the tens of thousands of people who have been forced to leave their homes behind, seeking refuge in Edmonton, nearby towns, camps, and in the Beaver Lake Cree Nation. This is truly devastating for everyone involved and people need our help. I no longer live in Alberta but there are a number of things I can do to help from Ottawa, just as everyone can help from wherever they may be.
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