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More Native Plant Diversity = More Native Pollinator Diversity

Pollination Canada, a project of Seeds of Diversity, is proud to announce its participation in Bee Friendly Farming

Self-certification allows you to use this logo, indicating that your agricultural practices encourage and improve pollinator health

Located in the southeast section of Beechwood Cemetery, the Macoun Marsh is a unique urban wetland named after John Macoun, a pioneering Canadian naturalist buried at Beechwood. To date, over 1,200 wildlife species have been recorded at Macoun Marsh.

The magnetic attraction of the Marsh as a unique teaching tool started in earnest in 2004. Led by science teacher Michael Léveillé, students attending the St. Laurent Academy and Jean Vanier Catholic School began to visit, photograph and document the many natural wonders of the Marsh. In so doing they not only captured local attention, but the notice of the international community.

Pinegrove Productions created an educational film about the Marsh, and the Marsh spawned a number of biodiversity-related high-profile projects and events. Students from St Laurent Academy have visited various countries, including Sweden and Japan, where they have promoted the Marsh and the importance of preserving biodiversity.

Each year the MMLT offers its annual Fall Colours Nature Walk at this lovely 1250-acre wilderness property known as cliffLAND. The Clifford Family entered into a conservation easement agreement with the Land Trust in 2009 to permanently preserve this wilderness area which had already become a haven for tourists.

Date: October 14, 2018, 10:00 am to 2 pm
Location: 502 Hills of Peace Rd, Lanark, ON

The Macoun Field Club is for children and youth from ages 8 to 18. It has been bringing kids into first-hand contact with nature and with people who are dedicated to the study of nature for 65 years. It is sponsored by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club. There are no fees.

Indoor meetings take place at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden building beside the Experimental Farm’s arboretum (Building no. 138). Meetings start at 10 a.m. and wrap up between 11:30 a.m. and noon. Field trips take place on alternate Saturdays and typically run about 5 hours (sometimes with the option to attend only the part before or after noon). We go to wild places in Ottawa’s western Greenbelt (Stony Swamp) and Lanark County (the Pakenham Hills).

THE URBAN FARM

Our farm is anything but typical.

Embedded in the communities it feeds, Backyard Edibles transforms underused residential space into productive market gardens. With clusters of plots within a given neighbourhood, our farm not only grows fresh, healthy produce but sows positive relationships between people around ideas of community, sustainability and land use.

ACCELERATING CHANGE
This definition of sustainability is concrete and understandable for everyone. The Natural Step’s approach creates a shared language so that we may work together for effective and desirable change. The processes and tools facilitate action so that we can more quickly achieve true sustainability together.

The Ottawa Farmers’ Market is a producer-run organization that features vendors from an area 100 kilometres of Ottawa, including more Savour Ottawa certified growers than any other market.

Lansdowne Park – Ottawa
Sundays 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, starting May 6, 2018
Aberdeen Square, Lansdowne Park

Byron Park – Westboro
Saturdays – May 12 to October 27, 2018 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Linear Park between Richmond Road, Golden, Byron, and Broadview Avenues.

Ray Friel Center – Orleans
Thursdays 12 noon – 6 pm starting May 25, 2018
Ray Friel Recreation Complex – Tenth Line Road

Riverside Market – South Ottawa
Sundays, starting June 3, 2018 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Riverview Park and Ride, 650 Earl Armstrong Road.

At 15.7 acres it is Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust’s (MMLT) smallest land acquisition to date, but the Whaleback Woodland Reserve is hugely important to the protection of the Carp Hills. Strategically located adjacent to over 200 acres of conservation forest woodlands owned by the City of Ottawa, it increases the area of protected interior forest and wetlands in this important designated candidate Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI). MMLT hopes that the landowner’s donation will encourage other landowners who appreciate the natural landscape in the Carp Hills to consider long term protection options for their ecologically sensitive lands.

The Friends of the Carp Hills will be assisting MMLT by providing stewardship and monitoring of the Reserve.

Energy Ottawa’s landfill gas-to-energy generating plants turn methane gas into renewable energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing electricity to consumers at the same time.

Both of our landfill plants are owned and operated in partnership with Integrated Gas Recovery Services.

Trail Road Landfill Gas-Energy Generating Facility – Operating since 2007
◦Generating over 40,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy each year
◦Producing enough electricity for 6,000 homes
◦Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 180,000 tonnes

Moose Creek Gas-Energy Landfill Generating Facility – Operating since 2013
◦Generating over 4.2 megawatts of renewable energy each year
◦Producing enough electricity for 4,000 homes
◦Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 100,000 tonnes

If it’s corrosive, flammable or poisonous it’s hazardous waste. These types of products contaminate water and landfills and should never be poured down the drain or put out with your regular garbage.

To help you dispose of these products safely, the City of Ottawa operates several one-day Household Hazardous Waste Depots for City of Ottawa residents only.

Information on the 2018 one-day Household Hazardous Waste depots dates and locations are posted on the website. The depot hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April through October.