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What’s happening on Sunday November 29th? We'll be marching from Ottawa City Hall to Parliament Hill!
We will come together at Ottawa City Hall at 12:30PM, where there will be speeches and activities. We'll then march from 1:30pm to 2:30pm towards Parliament Hill. Between 2:30 and 3PM, we'll stand on Parliament Hill before dispersing.
Join the Ottawa Horticultural Society on October 27th at 7:30 p.m for an exciting event featuring Paul Zammit, the Director of The Toronto Botanical Garden. The session is called "Edibles in the Garden: Vegetables and Yummy Additions: Paul Zammit" and will be held at Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road in Ottawa.
Paul Zammit is the Nancy Eaton Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden. A graduate of the University of Guelph's Plant Agriculture program, Paul is an active member of many Canadian and international gardening communities. He lectures on a wide array of subjects, including container gardening, perennials, ground covers and tropicals. He is a regular speaker at garden clubs and horticultural trade shows across Canada and in the United States. He has appeared both on television and in print.
Nancy Biggs, a long term Ecology Ottawa volunteer, has made many contributions to environmental sustainability in Ottawa. What follows is her delegation to the Transportation Committee at Ottawa City Hall October 7, 2015:
"In the Complete Streets Implementation Framework it was noted that the complete street project addresses the TCPs, Strategic Objectives TM2 and TM4. TM2 provides and promotes infrastructure to support safe mobility choices and TM4 improves safety for all road users. I would encourage council to follow through with the Strategic Initiatives goal to complete 100% of the Phase 1 Transportation Master Plan cycling projects by Q4 2018, committing $2,040,000 per year for cycling and $1,125,000 per year for pedestrians.
(Ottawa) October 13, 2015: A new poll of voting intentions in the ridings of Kanata-Carleton and Nepean, conducted by Environics Research and commissioned by Leadnow and Ecology Ottawa, suggests that the Liberals have pulled into the lead in the ridings of Kanata-Carleton and Nepean.
“These ridings have turned into a close race between the Liberals and the Conservatives,” said Graham Saul, Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa. “These are areas that voted Conservative by huge margins in the 2011 election, so the poll results are striking."
Moksha Yoga is a group of independent hot yoga studios committed to ethical, compassionate and environmentally conscious living. A big part of Moksha Yoga means taking your practice off the mat and into the community.
Moksha Yoga Orleans have generously added Tree Ottawa to their long list of important organizations that they donate to! Through their Karma Class Funds and studio events, they will spread the word of our initiative while proceeds from the Karma class will go toward supporting Tree Ottawa. For more information on Moksha Yoga Orleans, check out their website here: http://orleans.mokshayoga.ca/
The Saturday bike-hike, October 17, will begin at Britannia Beach at 9am, at the first Poets' Pathway plaque, near the pier. We will bike for about an hour to the City of Ottawa’s James Bartleman Archives on Tallwood at Woodroffe, and then hike for about 2 hours. We will stop for lunch at Les Grillades near the Rideau River before being shuttled back to our cars at Britannia. Each day we will read the poems along the way.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Ottawa) October 7, 2015: Today the City of Ottawa ended a 50 year-old practice of engineering roads with the almost exclusive interest of cars in mind and adopted a plan that also represents the interests of pedestrians, cyclists and transit users. The Transportation Committee unanimously approved a new Complete Streets Implementation Framework and, in so doing, took an important step towards safer, healthier, and more sustainable streets.
Join Jaime Koebel, an Otipemsiwak/Nehiyaw (Métis/Cree) artist and educator to walk through parts of Lansdowne Park and along the canal. The guided walk with Koebel is offered as part of Tree Fest Ottawa. This is an opportunity to learn about trees and plants, from an Indigenous perspective, and hear stories about traditional and current uses of trees.