Welcome to Green Drinks - an informal, global tradition where environmental professionals, advocates, and the "green-curious" meet to chat over a drink, with sessions featuring speaker spotlights designed to celebrate wins, inspire action, and foster collaboration across Ottawa’s diverse green circles. On Thursday, April 9 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm, CAFES is officially relaunching the […]
The CAFES Ottawa 2026 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday, March 24 at 6:30pm. We had an unforgettable evening with Keynote speaker Katharine Hayhoe, joined by over 290 participants on Zoom for a powerful and engaging conversation on climate science and communication! We are deeply grateful to Katharine Hayhoe for her inspiring talk, motivating […]
Mark your calendars! With support from Councillor Riley Brockington, CAFES is organizing an exciting talk on Invasive Plant Species at the River Ward Earth Day Event on Saturday, April 18th 2026 at the Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre, 3320 Paul Anka Drive. While the Earth Day event will be going on from 11am - […]
CAFES, in partnership with the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC) and with support from the Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF), has launched Thumbs Up for Renewable Energy - a new initiative focused on community dialogue, and understanding and securing local benefits from renewable energy and battery storage in Ottawa. Ontario’s electricity system is entering a period of […]
CAFES member World-Changing Kids has put together a petition calling on the Government of Canada to revoke the licensing of the proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF), an above-ground nuclear waste facility at Chalk River. The NSDF would allow Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to dispose one million cubic metres of radioactive waste only 1km away […]
CAFES is pleased to share our annual Impact Report for 2025! We produce this report each year at the time of our AGM to share CAFES' achievements and highlights from the year prior. We saw substantial growth in 2025, with 11 new organizational memberships and big expansions to our network - reaching representation from all […]
ACORN is calling on residents to sign their petition in support of climate justice for Ottawa renters. As Ottawa continues to experience more severe weather events, hotter heatwaves, colder winter storms, and worse air quality, low-income community members and renters are at a greater risk. Tenants often have little control over climate resilient or energy […]
At the February 17th 2026 Environment and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) meeting, Councillor Wilson Lo moved to amend the Tree Protection By-law to permit residents to alter or remove trees on their property without restriction, essentially negating one of the City's most important tree protection policies. You can read the two motions here. The first […]
On Thursday, March 26 2026, the CAFES Ottawa team was pleased to participate in and help facilitate David Suzuki and Tara Cullis' Stronger Together Tour. CAFES was able to secure invitations for a large number of the local leaders in our member organizations, filling almost half of the attendance! Grand Chief Verna Polson of the […]
The Eastern Synod Climate Justice Committee has launched a “Call for Climate” campaign during the season of Lent (February 18 to April 2), encouraging individuals to contact federal leaders and advocate for the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies in Canada. The initiative frames Lent as a time not only for personal reflection but also for […]
