Archives: Local Activism

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Online Event: Creating a Sustainable Campus- Reducing Air Travel (April 16)

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

Event: 2024 Repair Cafe Series (April 20)

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

Monday, April 15, 2024

Event: March to End the Plastic Era (April 21)

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

Monday, April 15, 2024

Movie Screening: Ecology Ottawa resents “The Condor & The Eagle” (April 22)

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

Event: For our Kids Climate Book Club (April 15)

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

Monday, April 8, 2024

Event: Climate Fresk Workshop (April 23)

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

Monday, April 8, 2024

Online Event: Press Briefing: How to Pre-bunk Climate Disinformation (April 11)

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

Monday, April 8, 2024

Online Event: Last Generation- Webinar with David Suzuki and Adam Mckay (April 10)

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

Event: In-Reach: Environmental Flip Books with James Murray
 (April 7)

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

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Event: Fossil Fools Day (April 6)

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

Monday, March 11, 2024

Event: The Climate Virus- Lessons from COVID-19 Towards Urgent Climate Action in Canada (Mar 19)

The online workshop will take place on Tuesday, March 19, beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST. It will be held over Zoom and will run 60-90 minutes. CPJ is excited to present a Climate Virus Workshop as part of our 2024 Give It Up For Earth! campaign. "Join as we combat the heaviness of climate work with hope through... More

Monday, March 4, 2024

Event: A Call to Action Webinar – Fossil Fools Day (Mar 10)

"With: Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Na'Moks Wet'suwet'en Land Defender Eve Saint Tsleil-Waututh Land Defender Cedar George-Parker Palestinian Youth Movement Organizer Sarah Shamy Join us to talk about the impact of our work on the Royal Bank of Canada and the power that we have built. RBC holds investments in: The Coastal GasLink pipeline, which... More

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