Monday, April 29, 2024

Event: Synapcity Sessions: Climate Allyship on Algonquin Territory (May 2)

Thursday, May 2 · 5:30 - 8:30pm EDT allsaints event space 330 Laurier Avenue East Ottawa, ON K1N 6P9 "Join Synapcity and the Assembly of 7 Generations (A7G) for a workshop session examining Climate Allyship on Algonquin Territory. At the event we will discuss several key concerns that are occurring on Algonquin Territory including climate... More

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Job Opportunity: Enriched Support Program is hiring!

"Would you like a rewarding part-time job at Carleton for 2024-2025?  The Enriched Support Program is hiring facilitators and we have one opening for a ENST/GEOG facilitator. $23/hour     10-12 hours/week         In person You must be a Carleton undergraduate or graduate student in Fall 2024 and Winter 2025. ESP workshop... More

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Event: Landscaping(s) Photography Exhibition Confronts the Need for Change (May 1-15)

Landscaping(s) Photography Exhibition Confronts the Need for Change– Contact Photo Festival 183 Gallery                                                                                  ... More

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 (Nov 30)

Saturday, November 30 - Sponsored by the City of Ottawa  Tony Graham Recreation Complex, Kanata - Hall A 100 Charlie Rogers Place 10 am to 2 pm 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... 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 (Sept 17)

The Climate Fresk workshop model is an engaging and informative way to learn about the science and effects of climate change in just 3 hours. It is designed for both novices and experts. With a team of up to 7 participants per table, you and your team will organize 42 Climate Fresk cards according... 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: Environmental & Climate Humanities Seminar Zine Launch (April 8)

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

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

Monday, April 1, 2024

Free Course: “Talk Climate To Me” by Project Neutral

"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

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

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Webinar: What Do Canadians Really Think About Climate Change? (Mar 26)

Join Re.Climate for a thought-provoking webinar where leading climate change communication experts Dr. Louise Comeau, Chris Hatch, Dr. Ghadah Alrasheed, and Dr. Hugo Séguin unpack the latest research on Canadian public opinion. This 75-minute webinar delves into the key findings of Re.Climate's fourth annual report, "What Do Canadians Really... More

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Event: Book Launch- Camera Geologica by Siobhan Angus (April 2)

When: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 Time: 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm Location: Perfect Books (258 Elgin St) Book Launch- Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography  Siobhan Angus in conversation with Chris Russill and Mel Hogan. In Camera Geologica Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography through the minerals upon which the medium... More

Monday, March 18, 2024

Conscient Podcast- Dr. Siobhan Angus on Camera Geologica

Dr. Siobhan Angus featured on conscient podcast episode 156 siobhan angus - camera geologica Composer Claude Schryer’s conversation with art historian, curator, organizer and assistant professor of Media Studies at Carleton, Siobhan Angus, about art and the ecological crisis and her new book, Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of... More

Monday, March 18, 2024

Event: Seeds, Food and Climate Resilience Seminar (March 26)

On the afternoon of March 26 (3-5pm), 3ci is hosting a seminar in DT 2017 (with online participation avaibale) on Seeds, Food and Climate Resilience. The panel includes Leticia Ama Deawuo (Executive Director, SeedChange), Nikki Auten (First Nations Technical Institute), Jill Guerra (Global Affairs Canada) and Katie Ward (Our Farm CSA). This event... More

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Online Event: Canada is Burning- With John Vaillant (Mar 14)

We welcome guest speaker John Vaillant to a special zoom call depicting the gravity of the upcoming fire season, the situation of the climate crisis, and Last Generation Canada's plan for action. John will be speaking about his book, "Fire Weather", in relation to the devastating fire season of 2016, last year's fire season,... 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

Monday, March 4, 2024

Event: Fighting Climate Change Beyond the Carbon Tax (Mar 18)

Join Free Transit Ottawa as well as a host of other organizations for a public forum on climate justice! Sponsored by Free Transit Ottawa, and Horizon Ottawa, Justice4Workers, CAWI. A diverse set of speakers from the labour, environmental and transit struggles will discuss how the climate fight must involve building a better world where... More

Monday, March 4, 2024

Petition: End Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities (March 5)

A group of fifteen organizations, including Ecology Ottawa, is calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Ottawa City Council to ban fossil fuel promotion in City facilities. City’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee meets on March 5 to discuss the City’s Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising policy, and Ecology Ottawa will be there giving a... More

Monday, February 26, 2024

Event: Fix it at the Repair Café (Mar 2)

Repair Cafés are an international concept that has come to the National Capital Region with the goal of reducing landfill waste, teaching new skills, and building community! Past Repair Cafés have been very successful with volunteers fixing dozens of items and sharing their knowledge around everything from darning socks to re-wiring kettles.... More

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Event: Water Warriors Film Screening and Panel Discussion (Feb 28)

Join for a screening of Michael Premo’s 2017 short film "Water Warriors," presented by Carleton Film Society and Hot Docs. Dive into a discussion on Canada's water injustice challenges with guest speaker Meera Karunananthan. Water Warriors is the story of a community’s successful resistance against the oil and gas industry. When an energy... More

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Webinar: Re.Climate- From Fringe to Foreground: How Far-Right Politics is Influencing Canada’s Climate Conversation (Feb 28)

Feb 28, 2024 12:00 PM Join Re.Climate to explore the influence of far-right politics on Canada's climate conversation and what this means for communicators. This discussion and Q&A session will follow the evidence to disentangle the far-right’s financial ties to the oil and gas industry, the messaging strategies employed by Canada’s... More

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Opportunity: Call for Research Assistant

Seeking one undergraduate and two graduate student RAs to work on a podcast on climate change, the commons, and education. The position will be 5-8 hours a week from 6 March to 1 June with the possibility of renewal. Podcast, audio, and climate change experience is preferable but not required. Please send an application... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Event: Carleton Conservation Collective– Bird Friendly Art (February 26 – March 1)

In collaboration with a local artist, Maria Gomez Umana, the Carleton Conservation Collective will be painting a bird-friendly mural on the walkways connecting Mackenzie and Architecture buildings from February 26 – March 1. The Bird Friendly Art project aims to make Carleton more bird-friendly and help prevent future collisions on... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Online Event: Ecopsychepedia “EcoPsy” Launch (Feb 29)

Save the date! Celebrate the launch of "EcoPsy", the Ecopsychepedia DATE: Thursday, February 29, 9am PT | 12pm ET | 5pm BT | 6pm CET The Ecopsychepedia (“EcoPsy”) is a free, public, online information source on climate psychology and its mental health implications, created by an international group of mental health professionals and climate... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Call to Action: Ecology Ottawa- Help Shape Ottawa’s Idling Control By-law

The City of Ottawa is reviewing its Idling Control By-law to improve our air quality and limit greenhouse gas emissions. Ecology Ottawa has analyzed the bylaw and proposed a series of recommendations for amendments to the bylaw. Please consider incorporating these recommendations into your feedback in the City's survey. Fill out the survey at... More

Monday, February 5, 2024

Take Action: Canada: Stop Big Oil From Polluting Our Climate

Join Environmental Defence Canada in their petition: "For decades, oil and gas companies have profited from harmful activities that fuel the climate crisis. These fossil fuels are the primary cause of climate disasters, like wildfires and floods, that are costing people their lives and homes across Canada and around the world. This is a... More

Monday, February 5, 2024

Event: OSEAN Open House (Feb 10)

Join OSEAN for their 2024 open house. They’re passionate about creating a sustainable future, and they invite you to be part of their community-driven movement. "What to Expect: Learn about our projects: Learn about our local initiatives supporting pollinator plants, food waste diversion, invasive species removal, eco-advocacy, cloth diapering,... More

Monday, January 29, 2024

Online Initiative: Climate Emotions Program

"As Canada confronts the repercussions of the climate crisis, marked by events such as record-setting heat waves, wildfires, flooding, and melting sea ice, an increasing number of Canadians are experiencing a correlated rise in mental health challenges. Young people, in particular, often experience emotions of anxiety, fear, helplessness, and... More

Monday, January 29, 2024

Online Event: Just Transition Guide Fireside Chat with David Suzuki & Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Jan 31)

On Wednesday, Jan. 31, join for a fireside chat between two of Turtle Island’s most prominent environmental activists on climate change and Indigenous leadership. This virtual event follows November’s official launch of the "Just Transition Guide,” a project led by Melina Laboucan-Massimo, in collaboration with Sacred Earth Solar, Indigenous... More

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