Our Mission

Ecology Ottawa is a not-for-profit, grassroots, volunteer-driven organization working to make Ottawa the green capital of Canada. 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, recycling, and green space protection take priority. We provide residents with the information and tools they need to understand local environmental issues and promote environmental leadership at city hall.

Our focus and priorities

We focus on climate change as the key environmental challenge facing the city, and have identified two key priorities:

1.    Building Ottawa’s energy revolution: We aim to make Ottawa a Canadian leader in energy efficient building practices and decentralized, renewable energy production.
2.    Smart growth and sustainable transportation: We aim to help Ottawa adopt a sustainable urban form based on compact, complete, and transit-supportive communities.