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).
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Ecology Ottawa turns trash into treasure with the Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale
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John Baird is suggesting that Ottawa should choose between clean water and light rail transit
April 17, 2012 At a March 30 post-budget breakfast address to the Ottawa business community Ottawa-West Nepean MP John Baird remarked that ongoing spills of raw sewage into the Ottawa River went beyond being an environmental issue, he felt it was a moral issue. He fell short, however, of pointing to any line item in [...]
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We Have No Climate Change Plan
March 20, 2012 By Charles Hodgson, volunteer with Ecology Ottawa In 2004 the City adopted a climate change plan that’s out of date and failed at its objectives. Concerned Ottawans were told to wait for a new plan coming out of something called Choosing our Future. On February 22nd 2012 City Council quietly received the [...]
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Community Associations, Ecology Ottawa ask Ottawa-area MPs to ‘Cut the Crap, Fund the Plan!’
PRESS RELEASE: 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.
“We’re glad the federal government is supportive of making the Ottawa River Action Plan a priority in 2014, but the feds are planning to spend billions of dollars on jets, jails and oil subsidies, so we don’t think they should be asking the people of Ottawa to choose between light rail and clean water,” said Graham Saul, chair of Ecology Ottawa. “Minister Baird has called this a moral issue, so now is the time to act.”
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Press release: Environment Committee to discuss bold new vision (or total waste of taxpayers’ money)
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.
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Press release: 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.
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Ecology Ottawa congratulates Mayor Watson and city councillors for one of the greenest budgets in years
PRESS RELEASE – 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.
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Ecology Ottawa’s Annual Dinner a sold out success
December 2, 2011 Our annual dinner on Thurs. Nov. 10, was sold out with over 280 people purchasing tickets. Thanks to everyone who attended and to all the wonderful volunteers who made the event a success. Graham Saul, the chair of Ecology Ottawa, gave a great speech at the event, detailing our organization’s vision and [...]
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The city of Ottawa needs to act to stop climate change
September 16, 2011 Ecology Ottawa urges the mayor, city councillors to use Budget 2012 to make progress Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Dear Mayor Jim Watson, It was really kind of you to organize a fundraising dinner tonight for the victims of famine in East Africa. We hope the event is successful. As you know, climate [...]
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