Biosphere Eco-City Initiative
A Biosphere Eco-City is an urban area and surrounding countryside where cooperation ensures that everyone’s actions can contribute to sustainability. Continue reading Biosphere Eco-City Initiative
Tag: Ottawa
Petrie Island Nature Walk – Wild Edibles
Join Friends of Petrie Island for one or more of our Nature Walks down on the island this summer. Continue reading Petrie Island Nature Walk – Wild Edibles
Climate change activists push for action after Typhoon Haiyan
Vigils in solidarity with climate change victims are held in Ottawa and other cities around the world, as UN climate talks wrap up. Continue reading Climate change activists push for action after Typhoon Haiyan
Walk Friendly Ontario, Rain Workshops, and Crowdfunding – GC News #817
817: 3 June 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada. OFFICIAL LAUNCH. Green Communities Canada launched WALK Friendly Ontario, a … Continue reading Walk Friendly Ontario, Rain Workshops, and Crowdfunding – GC News #817
Ottawa’s Living Green Expo
Discover sustainable and healthy living at the Living Green Expo in Ottawa. Continue reading Ottawa’s Living Green Expo
Solar Co-op, Green Investor, Love Your Lake – GCNews #803
803: 14 January 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada. SOLAR CO-OP. Windfall Centre manages York Solar Co-operative’s project development that offers … Continue reading Solar Co-op, Green Investor, Love Your Lake – GCNews #803
Friends of the Earth: ‘model regulation’ helps Canada save face in Durban
Ottawa – With Canada’s international environmental reputation at rock bottom at the Durban climate negotiations, Friends of the Earth Canada has decided to donate its services to help Canada. Continue reading Friends of the Earth: ‘model regulation’ helps Canada save face in Durban
Canadian Cleantech Summit in Ottawa
A whopping 85 per cent of Canada’s clean technology companies require no subsidies, are globally competitive, and are situated in what promises to be a $3-trillion industry by 2020. Continue reading Canadian Cleantech Summit in Ottawa
Bells Corners Eco-Fair
Eco-Fair featuring exhibits, forums and discussion groups on current topics, 100 mile lunch for 100; keynote by Elizabeth May; 29 October 2011. Continue reading Bells Corners Eco-Fair
Standing Up by Sitting In – Protesting the Tar Sands
Tomorrow environmental activists will gather in Ottawa to protest the Tar Sands Pipeline from Canada to the US. When I … Continue reading Standing Up by Sitting In – Protesting the Tar Sands
Ottawa Urban Wild Tour – August 14, 2011 from 10am to 12pm
Join us on a walking tours in the Somerset Ward and Capital Ward to discover and learn about edible treenuts already growing across the city. Late summer is the perfect time for identifying these trees with the nuts close to ripening and easy to see. Plan for a return visit at harvest time. Continue reading Ottawa Urban Wild Tour – August 14, 2011 from 10am to 12pm
Beat the heat with the Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City Initiative
The Ottawa Biosphere Eco-city (BEC) Initiative, a broad-based, non-governmental collaborative community project, explores a large untapped area of decentralized projects and independent decision-making in the area of sustainability. Coordinated by volunteers, it applies the Biosphere Eco-City model, designed to encourage citizen and stakeholder involvement in sustainability; local and international sharing of knowledge and experience. Continue reading Beat the heat with the Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City Initiative