Valerie LeLoup from NU Grocery and Caroline Wilcox from Foodsharing Ottawa have kindly agreed to share their presentations titled 'Buy Less, Buy Better: An Introduction to Zero-Waste Living' and 'From Food Waste to Zero Waste - Can It Happen?' which they delivered on Sunday May 5th at the Glebe Community Centre. Presentation #1 - Introduction [...]
Sunday May 5th from 9:30 am to 11:30 am Join Ottawa residents to explore how to reduce waste by purchasing less stuff, opting for reusable goods and packaging, repairing, mending, sharing and redistributing underused items (The Great Glebe Garage Sale is an excellent option). You'll get tips on reducing household organic waste and a chance [...]
The fourth in the series of Coffee Houses on Sustainability - Transportation was held at the Glebe Community Center with presentations from Mike Banks of Electric Vehicle Council of Ontario and Carolyn MacKenzie from Walkable Ottawa. Here's the link to Mike's presentation 'Electric vehicle 101 & myth busting the electrification of transit': https://1drv.ms/p/s!AkJlfErP2Jqr-REwP0Oj8PdI3yfl?e=ti8RZb and Carolyn's [...]
CHOS-ReducingYourCarbonFpt-flyer-edited_2024-02-24 Saturday February 24th from 9:30 to 11:30 am at the Glebe Community Centre, join your neighbours from across Ottawa for a free coffee and cookie to learn from their experiences when transitioning to a more sustainable lifestyle. Please register at Eventbrite so that we don't run out of coffee :) https://www.eventbrite.ca/cc/coffee-houses-on-sustainability-2828129 Hosted by the [...]
Starting in January 2024, a monthly ‘Coffee House on Sustainability’ will be open from 9:30 to 11:30 am at the Glebe Community Centre covering the following topics: Homes & Energy - Saturday Jan 27, 2024 Reducing Your Carbon Footprint – Saturday Feb 24, 2024 Greenspace & Water Management – Sunday Mar 24, 2024 Transportation – [...]
Join us for a virtual panel discussion on November 17th from 7-9 pm to hear panel experts present proven and practical things that residents & communities can do to become climate resilient. Scan the QR code to register: Jointly hosted by Glebe and Centretown Community Associations. Links to presentations: Community Group Presentation Nov 2022 BI [...]
To view all related plans including the final approved plans, tree canopy cover plan, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Effects Analysis and Environmental Impact Statement visit: https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D07-12-21-0159/details
GCA Environment Committee posted one tip each day on Instagram @gcaenviro175 in the 100 days leading up to Earth Day in 2022. Here are the 100 tips! EarthDayChallenge_100 Tips_2022
Please take your unsold treasures after the Great Glebe Garage Sale to one of the charities in the attached list. You will make a difference to someone in need and keep leftover items out of Ottawa's landfill site. GGGS_Charities accepting donations of used goods_May2022
