A summary of an on-site meeting between members of St. Matthews Anglican Church, Ian Glen and Bill Nuttle, and Chair of the GCA Environment Committee, Della Wilkinson, to discuss the church's difficult decision to remove an iconic black walnut growing in close proximity to the heritage church. St Matthews Church-Black Walnut tree removal_2024-11-08
This report summarizes the six Coffee Houses on Sustainability that received funding from the City of Ottawa's Community Environment Project Grant Program (CEPGP), the Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) and the Glebe Community Association Environment Committee. CEPGP 2023-15_Final Report-Financial Receipts
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 [...]
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 [...]
Email From: "Sutcliffe, Mark (Mayor/Maire)"<mark.sutcliffe@ottawa.ca> Date: February 27, 2024 at 2:50:37 PM EST To: GCA Secretary <secretary@glebeca.ca> Subject: Removal of Trees on Holmwood Avenue Good afternoon Mr. Crump, Thank you for your letter on behalf of the Glebe Community Association and thank you for your concern for the trees in your neighbourhood. I understand [...]
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 [...]
This Saturday morning the GCA hosted the first in a series of six Coffee Houses on Sustainability. News coverage of the event: In Town & Out on Saturday Jan 20th CTV News at 6 o'clock the day of the event PDF's of the presentations: OREC presentation_2024-01-27 Aaron Thornell_2024 BHOLP presentation_2024-01-27 Deep energy and carbon [...]
Opportunities to care for your planet this month include: • Join Seniors for Climate Action Now and others for a rally starting in Major’s Hill Park on Saturday June 3rd at Noon, to protest the against the Ford Government’s ‘Climate Crimes’. Learn more about the Enough Is Enough rally. • Celebrate the Glebe Report’s 50th [...]
Approved Motion 2023-05-23 Motion regarding a request to the City of Ottawa to implement automatic tree planting for city-owned land in front of residential properties. Whereas the City of Ottawa has declared a climate emergency1 and has adopted an ambitious Climate change master plan1 that recognizes the value of green infrastructure [...]
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 [...]