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About Us

Sustainable Eastern Ontario is a network organization that fosters partnerships and collaborations on sustainability activities throughout Eastern Ontario.

About Us

About Sustainable Eastern Ontario

Sustainable Eastern Ontario is a network organization that fosters partnerships and collaborations on sustainability activities throughout Eastern Ontario. We connect sustainability groups together, develop strategic collaborations across the sector, build capacity of administration and operations, and celebrate successes across the region. We are raising the profile and capability of sustainability initiatives and telling the story of transition and resilience in our community.


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Collaborating
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Our Work

Sustainable Eastern Ontario is a network organization that fosters partnerships and collaborations on sustainability activities throughout Eastern Ontario. Its programs and networks include:

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History

Sustainable Eastern Ontario was founded in 2010 and officially incorporated in 2011. Sustainability organizations across the region had recognized a need for a central hub and umbrella organization to support a wide range of ecological initiatives. There was also an identified need for a central support organization for smaller organizations, unincorporated clubs, and community groups. The National Capital Environmental Nonprofit Network (NCENN), which had started in 2008 in Ottawa, was increasingly contacted by interested groups across the broader region.

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The NCENN, which was originally founded by Tucker House, also needed an organizational home to help expand its capacity-building efforts. In addition, the Community Energy Network of Eastern Ontario was a growing network that was making inroads on energy issues. With these key networks in mind, and the expansion of the National Capital GREEN PAGES directory, Sustainable Eastern Ontario was born! Founding board members came from a range of sustainability organizations across the region and key representatives from the community. In 2013, Sustainable Eastern Ontario opened up a rural office in Westport, Ontario. In 2014, our headquarters opened at the former West End Well in Ottawa. This location was expanded in 2015 to offer office space and shared services at the Sustainable Capacity Centre. In 2018, our shared office space was relocated to The Apartment, a shared sustainable office hosted in a local church building.

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Groups, institutions, and businesses are part of this network.
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Capacity Check-ups are in place for groups with capacity support grants.

“Sustainable Eastern Ontario support has led myriad concrete improvements to our operations and in our effectiveness. It led us to secure core funding for a staff person for three years, to develop a chart of accounts and bookkeeping system, to perform a board self-evaluation and implement a plan to fill the gaps.”
– Lilith Wyatt, Coordinator, Algonquin 2 Adirondacks Collaborative

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Our Team

Staff

Jessica Schumacher

Eco Executive Director
Ked Neptune

Jean Ked Neptune

Deputy Director

Kristina Inrig

Founder & Former Executive Director

Board of Directors

Greg Philiban

Board Chair, CEO of ENVPM Solutions

Gail Walker

Board Treasurer, Sustainability Coach

Hannah Rockburn

Board Member

Kristen Zinger

Board Member

Julie Servant

Board Member

Former Board Members

Michelle Osborne

Michelle Osborne

Board Chair, Environmental Consultant

Brett Painter

Brett Painter

Former Board Member, Environmental and Conservation Scientist

Alani Galbraith

Former & Founding Board Member, Past Chair, Life Coach

Angus Argle - statistician

Angus Argyle

Former Board Secretary, Cheerful Statistician

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Diana Brushey

Former Board Co-Chair, Former Executive Director, Tucker House Renewal Centre

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Karl Grenke

Former Board Member, Urban Planner, Township of Drummond – North Elmsley

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Barbara King

Past Board Member, Executive Director, Watersheds Canada

Eric Lay

Former Board Member

Elaine Hutton Gibson

Past Chair, Coordinator, Aurora Environmental

Connecting, Collaborating, Capacity-Building, Celebrating
Sustainable Eastern Ontario gratefully acknowledges the support of:

 

Sustainable Eastern Ontario
c/o The Apartment: Sustainability Office
2203 Alta Vista Dr
Ottawa, ON K1H 7L9

 

Please contact us to make an
appointment as we are not always on-site!

 

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