FCF is a registered charity whose mission is to mitigate the effects of climate change by planting urban forests. Why give to create new forests? All proceeds will be used to plant trees in the National Capital Region and help Ottawa/Gatineau become more climate resilient while using nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change. All planting projects will be on public […]
Celebrating National Forest Week
Join Forêt Capitale Forest to celebrate this National Forest Week! There are many ways to celebrate our National Capital region’s urban and peri-urban forests.
June Newsletter
Mid-June Week in Review June has been a busy month for FCF. We have many projects going on at once which all culminated in an eventful mid-June. You can read about some of the projects in our Mid-June 2023 Week in Review blog post. Check out our New Blog Series on our Tiny Forest Demonstration Plots! We are launching a […]
Mid-June 2023 Week in Review
After a spring with record-breaking heat, orange smoky skies, and some planting activities, we find ourselves very busy and motivated. It turns out that the bulk of the effort with urban afforestation is the extensive prep work and ongoing maintenance that occurs ahead of and after the few hours of a tree-planting event. What other activities is our organization doing? […]
Forêt Capitale Forest Progress Dashboard
The interactive dashboard below shows numerous metrics on our organizational growth and progress towards our afforestation goals. The dashboard was created for our Annual General Meeting 2022. Therefore, this uses data from our incorporation at the end of 2020 to August 2022.