Over the last few weeks, a series of polls have been conducted within the city of Ottawa which have redefined the state of the electoral race in four local swing ridings. While some ridings appeared to have their future MP's pre-determined, other ridings looked like three-way races. With these recently released poll results, we can now say with more confidence that the race is a lot tighter in some of these key swing ridings than we initially thought. What the data is telling us is that some of these ridings could be won by a marginal number of votes!
Tree Ottawa is pleased to be setting up a booth at Velofest: the City’s annual 20 km night bike ride. The night ride begins at City Hall this Friday night September 25, 2015 at 5pm and ends at the renowned Experimental Farm. Please join us for an exciting night of celebrating and promoting green travel within the city. We will be set up promoting our goal to plant one million trees by 2017. Please join us for the incredible Capital Velo Fest "Tour La Nuit".
The Canadian Climate Forum is offering attendees who register through Ecology Ottawa a discounted rate. Contact Charles at [email protected] for more information.
Symposium Details
A one and a half day gathering to raise awareness, share knowledge and drive action to address food security in the face of a changing climate. The event’s main objectives are to:
The evening, held at Ottawa City Hall, started off with snacks, drinks and several tables with information about different events and organizations within the Ottawa Region. The packed room felt more like a convivial wine and cheese than an environmental conference. While there were quite a few grey heads in the audience, there was a fair sprinkling of every demographic group.
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They were not disappointed! There was laughter, there were tears, and there was a thunderous standing ovation.
The 2015 federal election is a critical opportunity to take a giant leap forward on environmental issues affecting Ottawa. Federal decisions impact everything from the health of our watersheds, to the strength of our response to climate change, to urban development issues like light rail.
That's why we're working hard to promote environmental leadership in the run-up to election day on October 19th. To read in-depth about our election campaign, click here. Some Ottawa ridings are important battlegrounds, read here what our polling says about strategic voting opportunities.
The Complete Streets Implementation Framework comes before the Transportation Committee on October 7, 2015. Ottawa needs streets that provide safe and comfortable access for people of all ages, abilities and modes of travel – including pedestrians, cyclists, transit users and motorists. The adoption of this Framework will get us there faster.
Please come to the meeting at Ottawa City Hall October 7th at 9:30 am to tell the Transportation Committee that we need Complete Streets that let us walk and cycle more in Ottawa now.
Tree Ottawa is proud to announce that we are collaberating with a local artist for Nuit Blanche. Nuit Blanche is a annual fall event in Ottawa showcasing local artists displaying their works downtown from dusk until dawn. This year’s event takes place on Saturday Sept 19th from 7:20 pm to 4:20 am.
Local Artist, Gwen Frankton, is donating her work to help fundraise for Tree Ottawa. She has been deeply affected by of the “emerald ash borer” crisis destroying trees in the city and has created a beautiful installation of small paintings of trees. Each piece is remarkably detailed and she will be showcasing her work at The Rectory House at 310 St.Patrick Street in downtown Ottawa.