President’s Message: Progress on Sustainability in 2022
I really do enjoy the holidays, even though again this year our plans with friends and family were stymied due to the pandemic. Nevertheless, it was good time to get […]
BC’s Climate Crisis – a First Hand Perspective
Recently my wife and I spent 10 days in B.C. visiting family, first in Victoria and then in Kelowna. The news upon our arrival was focussed almost entirely on the […]
Six suggestions from Sustainable Orillia for your 2022 reading
There are thousands of words being written these days about the damage human activity has done to our planet (not just through global warming) and about the climate crisis that […]
Strawberries in the middle of Winter
The title of this article is taken from a recent interview with David Suzuki and his wife, Tara Cullis. The article was full of insight and reflections; however, it was […]
A Year-End Update on Orillia’s Climate Future Project
The most significant sustainability initiative currently underway in Orillia is the development of a Community Climate Change Action Plan (CCCAP). This plan, now appropriately christened ‘Orillia’s Climate Future’, is being […]
Have yourself a very merry – and sustainable – Christmas!
Have yourself a very merry – and sustainable – Christmas! — Fred Larsen, for Sustainable Orillia As I sit down to write this Christmas note to the Orillia community, it […]
Kirk McLean, Sustainable Orillia board member – has found a home in Orillia
It’s fair to say that Kirk McLean has retailing in his DNA. Specifically, hardware retailing. Along with his grandfather, father and brother, Kirk is the fourth in his family to […]
Thinking About a Home Retrofit? Consider this
by Mike Jones, retired engineer Building construction is responsible for a massive 40% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Given that about 80% of the 40% of the emissions come […]
What’s Happening – Overview of Retrofit Activity across Orillia
Sustainable Orillia’s current focus is on ‘Reducing Emissions at Home’ or why and how we can make our existing homes more emission-free. Although directed mostly at home-owners, there are […]
An Update on Orillia’s Community Climate Change Action Plan
Did you know that there will actually be two plans as part of Orillia’s final Climate Change Action Plan? Most of you likely already know that both a ‘Corporate’ and […]