⏳ Last chance to give in 2025 — and have your donation DOUBLED. We're blown away by all the support we received this year, which will give us a strong start going into an important municipal election year. Every gift made by December 31 is matched 1:1, now up to $10,000 ➡️ cafesottawa.ca/donate

⚡Considering a heat pump in 2026? Our new Ottawa Heat Pump Consumer Guide draws on interviews with 70+ heat pump owners to help homeowners make informed decisions throughout the installation process! Read the full version on our website ➡️ bit.ly/HeatPumpsOttawa

Australian firefighters are tired of the disinformation about battery storage and are speaking up! australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/12/17/f...

♻️🥳 Happy 25th anniversary Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)! CAFES is proud to be part of the Zero-Waste Canada network. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHek...

Huge kudos to Ottawa and groups like @cafesottawa.bsky.social for landing more renewable and energy storage projects in Ottawa. The renewables revolution is here. The solutions are cheap, safe and better for our health + climate. @cape-acme.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/proponent-fl...

CBC All in a Day reporter Stu Mills came to our Climate & Your Cash event in Kanata to do a segment on green financial investments! Listen here ⬇️ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

One day to go until our Climate & Your Cash Kanata workshop! Get your tickets today ➡️ bit.ly/ClimateCash

We 💚 our members! Without them, our work wouldn't be possible 🌎🥰

💸💚 We had amazing turnout and an incredibly engaged audience at our Climate & Your Cash workshop in the Glebe on November 30th! Missed this workshop? Get your tickets for the Kanata edition today ➡ bit.ly/ClimateCash

🌍 It’s Giving Tuesday — and your gift is DOUBLED! 💚 Every donation from now until December 31 is matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $7,500. Double your impact today: cafesottawa.ca/donate

Giving Tuesday is coming! 🌱 Next week, we’ll be launching our year-end campaign — and thanks to several generous supporters, every donation made between now and December 31 will be matched 1:1, up to $7,500. Thank you for being part of Ottawa’s community climate movement. 💚

Amazing opportunity for youth wanting to make their voices heard in local climate action!

Calling on Ottawa: protect your wetlands! They keep our communities safe from floods, filter our water, and shelter countless species. Let decision-makers know their protection matters now more than ever. Read our letter below.

🚨 Ottawa's proposed official plan and zoning bylaw amendments would reduce municipal protections for 94.3 ha of wetlands in Goulbourn and Richmond Fen. Read our open letter urging the City to strengthen municipal protections for our wetlands ⬇️ catalog.ontarionature.org/to-city-of-o...

🧵Meet the speakers for our first Climate & Your Cash event on November 30th! Buy your tickets for the Glebe and Kanata editions here ➡️ bit.ly/ClimateCash

🌎💵 Climate & Your Cash: Kanata edition! 🗓Friday, December 12 🕓4-6 PM 📍Kanata North Business Association (350 Legget Drive) Buy tickets today ➡ bit.ly/ClimateCash

🌎🎬 Join our Executive Director Angela tomorrow for a film screening of the movie "Incandescence" and discussion about the challenges and opportunities of #cop30! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-import...?

🌎💵 We are hosting another event series! Climate & Your Cash is your opportunity to discover sustainably focused individuals and organizations creating real change in the financial, investment and insurance worlds! Get your tickets today ➡️ bit.ly/Climate_and_...

One week to go! Get your tickets today ➡️ bit.ly/ClimateConce...

🌳 Join us on October 7 from 12-2 pm for our Trees and Greenspace Caucus! 🌳 Register here ➡ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

CAFES is hosting DoSi for the Ottawa leg of their 'Wanting to Start Again' tour, which combines classical music with space to reflect on our feelings about the climate crisis. Buy your tickets for the Glebe, Manotick, and Carp shows here ➡ bit.ly/ClimateConce...

Join a tour of Overbrook homes to speak to residents about their heat pumps and get your questions answered! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tour-of-he... @ecologyottawa.bsky.social @cafesottawa.bsky.social @envirocentre.bsky.social @electrify613.bsky.social @forourkidsog.bsky.social #Ott

1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).

CAFES is delegating on the following issues: 🌳Invasive Plants (based on community dialogue) 🌳Blue Box Transition to IPR (highlighting lack of recycling in schools) 🌳Tree Planting Strategy 🌳GHG Inventories 🌳Climate Change Master Plan Progress and Audit 🌳LT2 Procurement Process for Kanata Solar

If you plan to come to #DrawTheLine in Ottawa, we need volunteers on the day of!

Ecology Ottawa is having a Tree Giveaway this weekend! Pick up a tree September 13th from 9-12 at the Nepean Horticulture Society Annual Fall Plant Sale, located at Cityview United Church!

Our Executive Director William van Geest spoke with Alan Neal on CBC's All in a Day about @en.ottawa.ca's recently released GHG Inventory and Tree Canopy Mapping. In brief: we're not meeting the urgency of the climate crisis. Have a listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #Climate #OttCity #Ottawa

☀️Register for the next meeting of the CAFES Climate Caucus ☀️ When: September 9, 12-2 pm via Zoom Prepare for the upcoming Environment and Climate Change Committee meeting with the CAFES network! Sign up here ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happening tomorrow! #Ottawa

🚨 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 🚨⁠ ⁠On Saturday, September 20, 2025, we’re Drawing the Line — For People. For Peace. For the Planet. 🌍✊⁠ The 2025 Ottawa–Gatineau DRAW THE LINE March is going to be big — and we need you to help make it happen!⁠ Sign Up here: www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org/get-involved/

🌿Join CAFES on September 3 for a community dialogue on invasive species management in Ottawa! Bring your ideas for how the City of Ottawa can expand programming, removal, replacement, mapping, education and community stewardship opportunities on invasive species. 📍 Jim Durrell Recreation Centre

🌳🔎 Did you know that August is tree check month? You can promote tree health by checking your local trees for invasive species. This is the time of the year when damage is most obvious, even to the untrained eye. Learn how to check your trees in the guide below ⬇️

Communities are burning, flooding, and being displaced while fossil fuel corporations rake in record profits. We demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies, just transition to renewable energy, Investment in youth climate programs & global climate justice #DrawTheLine

This is a great idea! We all have items that we no longer use - or need for something bigger or smaller. Especially those of us with quickly growing kids 😜. Bring your items and come home with something secondhand.

On September 13, join us for a free "Swap & Drop" event to swap your gently used fall and winter items for something new-to-you! Drop your items off from 9-11 am and shop from 10 am to 2 pm! See the link below for the list of items we accept! 📍Jim Durrell Recreation Centre #ottawa

🔥Canada is Burning🔥 A warming planet is reshaping our lives. Our future is at stake. Join us for a powerful webinar - John Vaillant, bestselling author of Fire Weather ‪@johnvaillant.bsky.social‬ @s4can.bsky.social @cafesottawa.bsky.social Registration us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

As Hydro Ottawa is looking to increase its capacity for energy production in the City, they are looking at two projects in Kanata North for the construction of a solar generation facility. Learn more at our virtual information session on August 25: www.kanatanorth.ca/the-kanata-s...

📣 TONIGHT! Join the nearly 3,000 people who have already registered for the #DrawTheLine mass Organizing Call tonight, featuring Juno-nominated musicians and a panel stacked with inspiring activists. ✊ RSVP now so you don’t miss out! shorturl.at/5FMKn

In under 24 hours, 500+ residents emailed their councillor about youth fare hikes! Speak out and call on the city to reverse this decision by adding your voice today: www.horizonottawa.ca/save_youth_t...

📻 Did you know that CAFES has a radio show? This month, Angela will be discussing David Suzuki's bombshell interview with CAFES interns Emma Bainbridge and James Adair. Tune in this Monday, August 11, at 8 AM on CKCU 93.1 FM!

📣 Join us next week to hear from union leaders, migrant justice organizers, Indigenous land defenders, & other movement leaders on why we’re uniting this September to Draw the Line! ✊ 📅 Thursday, August 14th 📍 Register: shorturl.at/5FMKn #DrawTheLine: For People. For Peace. For the Planet.

⚡️Are you a #heatpump owner in Ottawa? We’ve launched a short survey asking about your experience with the installation process. We will be turning the survey responses into a consumer guide giving people in Ottawa the best advice on who to hire, what they should be looking for, and more.

Today’s the day! The new mobile-friendly Ottawa bike maps are ready. Plot the safest bike routes on your phone. We’re a proud sponsor of the Cycling Guide app w/ @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social. Your donations helped us get to the finish line. Thank you! Download it for free now bikeottawa.ca/blog/

This is the bold climate action we need from @f0rdfoundation.bsky.social instead of #ONBill15 which adds further obstacles to building green and climate-resilient infrastructure.

We’ll be watching what comes from @en.ottawa.ca on the climate file this September, including for the GHG emissions inventory. Bravo to @cafesottawa.bsky.social for their advocacy on this important issue. #OttCity #Ottawa #Climate

I am really happy that @ottawacitizen.com would run this story! Not having this data is a big problem. If it gets released in September, @cafesottawa.bsky.social ClimateCaucus will have a good look and discussion. @ecologyottawa.bsky.social @ottawascipolnet.bsky.social @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social

“If we’re going to do something about the problem, we need to figure out where our emissions are coming from." Our ED @akellerherzog.bsky.social is in Ottawa Citizen today talking about our petition calling on the City to release their emissions reports. Sign here 👉 bit.ly/OttawaEmissi...

Join us on September 20th for the #DrawTheLine action in #Ottawa! Stay tuned for more details!

The City of Ottawa is excited to host another Household Hazardous Waste drop-off event this Saturday! Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 26, and join us at the Canadian Tire Centre, 200 Cyclone Taylor Blvd. Residents can safely dispose of their hazardous materials between 8 am and 4 pm.