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Tuesday, July 4, 2023
July 4: 6:00 – 7:00pm (ends at 9:30pm). Artists Talk + Outdoor Art Exhibition Opening / SAW Center courtyard 67 Nicholas st. Ottawa. Join us at “Land: Echos and Dissonances”, with Jobena Petonoquot, Craig Commanda, Mathieu Gagnon and Mathilde Forest, organized as part of the Dialogues: Encounters with Riopelle’s Oeuvre from Sea to Sea.... More
Friday, June 30, 2023
Join the Beehive Collective on July 15th at 3pm in The Children's Garden, Ottawa (321 Main St, Ottawa) for an afternoon of storytelling and arts-based cultural exchange! The workshop focuses on climate and environmental issues while emphasizing inspiring stories of community empowerment and solutions. The Collective’s giant MesoAmerica... More
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Carleton Climate Commons is supporting 350 Canada's CANADA IS BURNING Day of Action on June 28th. Communities across Canada are demanding an immediate end to fossil fuel subsidies and a just transition to 100% renewable energy. We know why fires are raging and the air is unbreathable. It’s time for our federal leaders to... More
Monday, June 19, 2023
Co-presented by On 2 Ottawa and 350 Vancouver, join Steven Donziger and Peter Carter on Tuesday, June 20th @9PM (EDT) as they discuss the rapid climate changes happening in Canada in relation to the nationwide fires that have already engulfed >1M hectares of forest this year.... More
Youth Climate Lab's program, RAD Cohort, is launching again this summer! The Research Activate Deepen (RAD) Cohort program will equip 30 youth to engage in their communities and implement climate action. Who Should Apply: Youth, ages 18-30, currently based in Canada who are interested in creating a community of care and curiosity, and want to... More
Friday, June 2, 2023
Save the date for Fridays for Future's Global Climate Strike this September 15! We’ll be striking on September 15th at 1pm on Parliament Hill. Please register on Eventbrite And please share and sign up on our Facebook event If you'd like to get involved, the organizing committee is looking for people to join and help! The... More
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
News broke recently that hundreds and hundreds of trees have been clear cut from Tewin lands. This is unacceptable. Our ecosystem is too valuable. Ecology Ottawa has a petition and letter that you can send to Mayor Sutcliffe and the chairs of the Environment and Climate Change and the Planning and Housing committees. Ecology Ottawa is... More
Monday, February 6, 2023
An upcoming tree planting event is looking for student volunteers to participate. The city will be providing 240 trees to plant alongside instructions and equipment. The project is happening along Bronson Avenue, across from Carleton. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 6th, starting at 9AM. Volunteer spaces are... More
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Environmental Defense is organizing an open letter to Minister Chrystia Freeland detailing their concern that the newly proposed hydrogen investment tax credit will be used to subsidize fossil-hydrogen technology. The following is copied from their email: As you might know, Finance Canada is now developing a hydrogen investment tax credit, set to... More
Friday, January 6, 2023
Last fall, Climate Commons organized a teach-in event to hear from Decolonial Solidarity Ottawa-Gatineau. Decolonial Solidarity groups emerged in December 2021 following an online call to action from Indigenous land defenders who called for the support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who have been opposing construction of the Coastal... More
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
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Are you interested in taking on a more active role in Climate Commons? We're looking for folks to help us organize our events and initiatives. Here are some of the initiatives that you could help with: Noons for Now: our weekly climate teach-ins Strike organizing: we want to bring as many people from Carleton... More
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