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With support from the City of Ottawa, our current project is intended to promote more sustainable food options in some Ottawa restaurants
Aida Warah’s speech at the University of Ottawa Sustainable Soirée, March 8, 2023
Greetings and thanks (In French) I was asked why I founded GentleWays fior OurPlanet and what we want to accomplish through it. There are many real reasons why I founded GW in 2019, but the most core reasons are a realisation and an insight. I had been realising AND...
Is Having Enough, Enough?
I was aware of the power of words but, truly, didnt think that one word could trigger so much insight. “Happy New Year my dear Aïda”, the new year card said, “May you always have enough”. When I asked a group of people attending a workshop I was facilitating how...
Our second community tree planting event
Our heartfelt thanks to the many individuals who made our second tree planting at Mowat Farm Park in Barrhaven event a great success. First the Steering Committee – Ashley Janna, Carole Nehme, Colette Corban, Hashem Y Hashem, and Mounir Gedeon – who, over the past...
The Ottawa Citizen published an article by Teke from our board of directors
Our work supporting more animal protection practices in Canada got a boost with a letter to the editor published today, October 4th 2023, in the Ottawa Citizen. The letter was drafted by Teke Rerri, the project lead and Director on our Board of Directors. Please...
Our first in-person tree planting event
GentleWays for OurPlanet's first in-person tree planting event was an awesome, memorable day! Dozens of youths and youth at heart mainly from the Lebanese-Canadian community in Ottawa planted 125 trees at Neil Nesbitt Park in Barrhaven, Ottawa, on September 24, 2022...
Our Tree Planting Project
GentleWays for Our Planet is proudly partnering with Ecology Ottawa to support tree planting in Ontario! Reforestation creates so many ecological and community benefits.
Leaders as Weavers and Facilitators: For a Culture of Inclusion
Committed to creating a respectful and inclusive organizational culture? Begin with these three simple, powerful practices in any meeting you host/lead in your workplace.
If You Knew The Truth Would You…?
Sometimes, we don’t ask a question because we don’t want to hear the answer. Sometimes, we look the other way, lest we see something we’re uncomfortable with. Sometimes, we say we want the truth but deep down we don’t because when we know the truth, It becomes...