SWITCH Open Meeting - December 5, 2025
You are invited to join the sustainable energy community of south eastern Ontario!
When: December 5, 2025 | 8:00am
Where: In Person, Beamish Munro Hall Room 111 @ Queen's U.,
45 Union St., Kingston, ON
and via Zoom
FREE Event!
CAFES: ENERGETIC AND EFFECTIVE
In this presentation Angela Keller-Herzog, the Executive Director, will give an overview of the Community Action for Environmetal Sustainability (CAFES) organization, its mandate and environmental network approach. Se'll be happy to answer questions about the work we do and give some insight in our successes and challenges (or any other related topics the audience may want to ask about during the Q&A).
COMMUNITY ACTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY (CAFES) is a membership-based non-partisan and not-for-profit organization. Our primary focus is the environmental sustainability of the greater Ottawa area, including urban, suburban and rural communities. We are an active voice on local environmental issues, are deeply-engaged in the community, and seek to make Ottawa a greener, healthier place for everyone. Our current membership base includes 54 local organizations and hundreds of individual members from across urban and rural areas of Ottawa.
ANGELA KELLER-HERZOG is
the Executive Director of CAFES, an Ottawa-based local environmental organization and municipal climate watchdog.
She has over 20 years experience working in international development including at Transparency International and the Canadian federal government. She has represented Canada overseas and at United Nations conferences.
She is active in the community as an environmental and social justice advocate and active citizen observer of municipal affairs. Angela leads Horizon Green, an economic consultancy organization that focuses on environmental and economic sustainability. She is an active People's Official Plan (POP) Coalition leader, and is still active with Ottawa Centre Refugee Action (OCRA), after co-founding it in 2015 to sponsor and support refugees settling in Ottawa.
Angela has previously served on a number of boards and committees, including Co-Energy, the Energy Evolution Sounding Board within the City of Ottawa, Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op (OREC), and the Glebe Community Association. Angela is a trained economist (Master of Arts, Economics, Carleton University) and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, she also ran an eco-friendly B&B.
Angela believes in local action, taking responsibility and getting things done to create the world we want to live in. Human rights and taking climate action are two of Angela’s priorities. She has received multiple awards recognizing her progressive community leadership.
Come to the Beamish Munro Hall, 45 union St., Room 111 or click the link below on the day of the event to join. See you there!
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Meeting ID: 959 5915 4826
Passcode: 991969
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