SLOE - Sustainable Living Ottawa East

Next Meeting:
7:30 P.M.
166B Drummond St.

Image of 2009 Children’s Garden Harvest Fest

Apple tasting in the Children’s Garden during the 2009 Harvest Fest

Volunteers planted over 300 trees along the Rideau Shoreline last Spring and Fall, in collaboration with the City of Ottawa Forestry Services

Here and Now

For over two years now, Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE) has been part of a low-key but important renaissance in Old Ottawa East. Many projects have been initiated, including: The Main Farmers Market, the Ottawa East Community Garden, the Children’s Garden at Legget Park, the Rideau River Nature Trail, and the Neighbour-to-Neighbour electricity efficiency audit project. Several others are in the works. And behind those is a world of possibilities for increased local sustainability. This is good work. There is satisfaction and joy in it. Please join us in fuelling the momentum.

Vision

Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE) has a vision of Old Ottawa East as a leading green community—a community that is increasingly appealing as a place to live, work and study, and is resilient in the face of environmental, economic and social change. We work towards this vision through projects that help people in Old Ottawa East to take concrete, practical steps to live more sustainably (reduce environmental pressures). We also look for opportunities to promote the health of the local economy and the well-being of residents.

Objectives

More specifically, our projects in Old Ottawa East aim to:

Expand the market share of sustainably-produced food (locally-grown, organic, fairly traded)
Increase food-growing within the community
Reduce consumption of non-renewable, GHG-emitting energy
Increase transportation alternatives (e.g., pedestrian, cycling), including recreational options
Minimize car use
Enhance the ecological health of existing public, institutional and residential green space
Promote and create green spaces that residents will enjoy

Old Ottawa East

Bounded by the Rideau River to the East, the canal to the West and the Queensway and Nicholas to the north, Old Ottawa East is a geographically distinct community in Ottawa.

SLOE is an initiative of the Ottawa East Community Association.