The following is copied from an email from the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre. Dear Friends of Wildlife, We hope you are having a good 2022 so far and we wish we were sharing better news today. As some of you already know, sadly a coyote killing contest is being organized by a business in eastern Ontario. The Fur-Bearers and Coyote Watch Canada have created an easy … Continue reading Help stop a Coyote killing contest
by OETN We’ve already interviewed Deep Blue Clean Up about their project using these students, but that’s not all the students did. Carleton University has introduced several communications course that are specific to different disciplines, which are designed to help students going into those professions to develop communication skills necessary to succeed academically and professionally in their chosen fields. Communication Skills for Engineering Students is … Continue reading Not Just Theory: Communications Course for Engineering Students Helps Groups
by Jessie Lozanski, PERC Intern Citizen science is a means by which ordinary people who are not formal experts or professionals can volunteer in helping their world. Scientific research within environmental fields is generally limited because, unlike in a lab, elements of nature like wildlife, water, and air span large ranges and diverse locations such that there are simply not enough researchers to observe every … Continue reading Citizen Science- a Way to Help Make Our World a Better Place
by CCIS The Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) is a non-profit organization that works collaboratively across jurisdictional boundaries to support actions and information that can help reduce the threat and impact of invasive species.This article is adapted from a media release they put out. The Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) is encouraging everyone across Canada to observe and report invasive species to help … Continue reading Citizen Scientists Protect Biodiversity
Did you know Giving Tuesday started in 2012 in New York, simply as a day to encourage people to do good things and be kind? It has evolved into both its own independent nonprofit, and an annual time to encourage charitable giving and kindness in general. It comes right after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two days notorious for rampant consumerism and people, er, perhaps … Continue reading Giving Tuesday 2021
by Hugh Kruzel Hugh is a long-time PEN reader and contributor currently based in Sudbury, who has become known as “the tree guy” at PERC for his many contributions on this delightful and important topic. Here, PERC staff have added a few tweaks to tie in current arboreal affairs in Ottawa with Hugh’s main points. What do we do about urban trees? New approaches to … Continue reading A Lesson on Urban Trees from Toronto
by Ottawa Energy Collective PERC is pleased to be a community partner on this initiative and help inspire and track the green actions of people across Ottawa. Do you ever wonder how to take real action on climate in your life? Or how to be more consistent about the sustainability practices you already do? Maybe you want to encourage others to take more actions, but … Continue reading Random Acts of Green Comes to Ottawa
As development continuously encroaches on Ottawa’s green spaces, one community in Kanata has decided to fight back in response. Back in the 1980s, a “40%” agreement was drafted to support a Master Development Plan mandated by Campeau Corporation in Kanata North. The 40% agreement stipulated that a minimum of 40% of open space including a golf course, Kizell wetland, other natural environments, and parklands would … Continue reading Community Action Protecting Ottawa’s Green Spaces
Here is the final part of Erwin Dreessen’s op-ed series looking at the City of Ottawa’s new official plan. Read Part 1 or Part 2 elsewhere on the blog, or check out the whole thing as a single article in the Spring 2021 PEN. What is missing in the draft Official Plan released last November? The list is long but here are some highlights, and … Continue reading Part 3: City of Ottawa-New Official Plan
We recently shared part one of a three part series of op-eds by Erwin Dreessen on our blog. Here is the next op-ed in the series: (you can also read them as one article in the Spring 2021 PEN edition) Remarkably, the best stuff is in the environment area. There are some good policies on increasing resiliency against extreme heat. The overall goal for the … Continue reading Part 2: City of Ottawa-New Official Plan
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