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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Air travel is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonize and flying is one of the most carbon-intensive activities we participate in. Learn about the greenhouse gas emissions and impacts associated with the UW's air travel, and how a working group of faculty and staff have been exploring policies to address it. This... More
Monday, April 15, 2024
Saturday, April 20⋅10:00am – 2:00pm Location: Jean Pigott Place, City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West 2024 Repair Cafe Series Repair Cafés aim to reduce landfill waste by fixing items, teaching new skills, and building community! Ottawa Tool Library’s fixers and menders will be sharing their knowledge and skills around fixing everything... More
For far too long, fossil fuel companies have viewed plastics as a Plan B for their dying industry. The entire plastics life cycle comes at the expense of human life and our fundamental rights to health and the environment, and our climate — especially for Black, Brown, Indigenous, frontline, and under-resourced communities. The Global... More
Apr 22, 2024 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT Mayfair Theatre 1074 Bank St, Ottawa, ON Join Ecology Ottawa for a captivating Earth Day film screening of "The Condor & the Eagle," a powerful documentary that takes viewers on a journey across the Americas, exploring the interconnected struggles of Indigenous communities fighting to protect their... More
Monday, April 8, 2024
Join For Our Kids Parents at our next book club meeting, on April 15, 8PM, where we will be discussing "Parenting on Earth" by Elizabeth Cripps. Please see this link for more information about the book. Also, the book is available at the Ottawa Public LIbrary, and available to order through a number of local bookstores.The book is... More
Date: April 23, 2024 Time: 5:30 - 8:30 pm Location: 411 Dovercourt Ave Registration is now open for the citizens' climate change workshops at Dovercourt. The facilitated workshops will be using the very successful Climate Fresk format. While new to Ottawa, over 1.5M world-wide have participated in the workshop. If you have questions, you... More
April 11, 11-12pm Researchers studying climate disinformation agree: “Inoculation” is one of the most effective options for countering it, and the first step toward inoculation is “pre-bunking,” or warning audiences in advance. In this press briefing, co-sponsored by Covering Climate Now and Climate Action Against Disinformation, experts... More
Join Last Generation for a groundbreaking webinar featuring two esteemed guests: David Suzuki, an award-winning geneticist and renowned broadcaster, who has dedicated his life to advocating for urgent action on the climate crisis, and Adam McKay, the director of the Oscar-winning film 'Don't Look Up,' who will share why he's deeply concerned about... More
Monday, April 1, 2024
Members of the Environmental & Climate Humanities Seminar (EACH 4000) warmly invite you to join us for the launch of two final project Zines. Hear about EACH students' slow making, arts-based, environmental & climate informed research process and practice. With huge thanks to Kiah Russell in the Book Arts Lab for mentoring students through... More
Let’s upcycle! Join environmental artist James Murray in the Studio for an in-person workshop to make a flip book. You will create inspiring art by adding discarded material, second hand items or natural material to your flip book. No previous experience necessary. REGISTER HERE. With 25+ years of experience as a professional illustration... More
"Talk Climate to Me by Project Neutral is a fun, free, unscary, online, team-based climate education experience in Canada." The three-session course runs in April and will cover climate basics and talk about solutions. Participants will walk away with the tools and talking points needed to inspire change in their communities. People can... More
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Time: Saturday April 6 at 1245 PM Location: 99 Bank Street, corner of Bank and Queen, outside the RBC branch On April 6, 2024, stand in solidarity with Indigenous Land Defenders resisting projects funded by RBC. RBC is complicit in human rights abuses and genocide at home and around the world. This includes the Coastal... More
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