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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Feb. 9: Using Heat Pumps to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Homes in Ottawa with Bill Nuttle and Holly Bickerton We will hear from two homeowners from Ottawa who have used air source heat pumps to reduce GHG emissions from older, pre-1950s homes. Electricity generated in Ontario is over 90 percent fossil-free. Replacing a... More
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Carleton Climate Commons is organizing a group to attend the protests surrounding the UN Biodiversity COP 15 in Montreal next week! We are providing free food as well as transport by bus to and from Montreal on December 9th. We will be participating in the demonstration at Carré Saint Louis at 15:00. There's still lots... More
If we are in a planetary crisis (as all scientific evidence suggests), why do we not witness academia and academics acting as if it is a crisis? How do we explain and understand how and why we, as academics and academic institutions, continue with a more or less ‘business as usual’ approach? What would... More
Thanks to everyone who came out to our COP 27 info table event with the Carleton Food Collective! It was great to see you all and to talk about international climate governance together! (And if you missed our event, don't worry, we hope to have more collaborations in the future!) Photos by Vladimir Díaz-Cuéllar;... More
Friday, November 4, 2022
Click Here to Register for our Nov. 10th Teach-In! How can we cite differently to create the academic world we hope for? As a primary academic currency, citations play a central role in reproducing systems of power. Who we cite, what we cite, and how we cite them aren’t just questions of formatting or... More
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Click Here to Register for our Oct. 27th Teach-In! Our last teach-in of the month is dedicated to an open discussion. We will pick up threads from previous conversations to see where they take us, and we will develop new ideas for concrete actions to engage in individually and as a community. Everyone is... More
Monday, October 17, 2022
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Click Here to Register for our Oct. 20th Teach-In! Decolonial Solidarity affinity groups came into existence in December 2021. During an online call to action with Indigenous land defenders, we heard firsthand about ongoing struggles of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who have been opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline on... More
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Join us at Ollie's on October 19th at 4:30PM for a winter clothing swap! Bring clothes to donate and/or find something to take home with you! We'll have food and drinks available, as well as a variety of local climate organizations to chat with. More information will be coming... More
Friday, October 7, 2022
Click Here to Register for our Oct. 13th Teach-In! Our next Noons for Now is a special in-person event discussing the interrelation between urban infrastructure and climate change. How can we plan for a climate changed future? What is the role of municipal politics in a just transition? What might a Green New Deal... More
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