Ecology Ottawa

founded in 2006, ecology ottawa is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization working to make ottawa the green capital of canada. we believe that ottawans want sustainable communities and that they care about issues such as public transit,pollution, greenspace, global warming, renewable energy, waste disposal, and recycling. we are currently devoted to promote complete streets policy, to protect our city’s trees, to clean-up the ottawa river, to oppose tar sands oil pipelines, and to take action on climate change. we are helping residents come together to nurture sustainable communities and build a grassroots, city-wide movement to ensure that these concerns are heard at city hall. cities are home to 80 percent of canada's population, and there is no way to tackle the scale of the environmental crisis that we are facing in the twenty-first century without leadership from every sector of society and all levels of government. ottawa is where we live, work, learn, and grow, and it is whe