If you Want a Forest – Start Planting Trees!
Somerville Seedlings — Growing forests for the future – Gord Ball, for Sustainable Orillia Every year, Somerville Seedlings tree farm grows about 3 million trees to sell. At any given […]
Orillia’s Community Climate Change Action Plan Underway!
Earlier this year, the City of Orillia embarked on the development of a long-term Community Climate Change Action Plan or ‘CCCAP’. This important initiative will benefit everyone in Orillia, present […]
Sustainable Orillia’s second art contest winner, MJ Pollak
MJ Pollak, an Orillia artist, is the winner of Sustainable Orillia’s second art contest of 2021! The contest, introduced in late May with a deadline of June 30, asked local […]
Sustainable Orillia Month Coming Soon – September, 2021!
We are happy to announce that this SEPTEMBER will be Sustainable Orillia Month! Sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are a year-long effort, but we like to give you extra […]
Volunteer Article – Now is the Time
Now is the Time… Seventy years or so ago, there was a popular saying: “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.” […]
President’s Message – The Human Environment is the Natural Environment
Homo Sapiens emerged onto the earth about 200,000 yrs ago. In “Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind,” author Yuval Noah Harari notes that about 70,000 years ago we began […]
Orillia’s Refillery District – a “heart-based” social enterprise
On July 12, 2018, Refillery District opened its doors in the heart of downtown Orillia. In the three years since, the initial dream of Allie Fry and Tyler Knight has […]
Tip of the Week – Might students’ academic achievement grow on trees?
It’s common knowledge, of course, that the shade provided by trees is welcome on a hot summer day, or that trees absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen, thereby being […]
Trees – Our Partners in Sustainability
Trees. We see them every day in our part of the world, whether we’re walking downtown, driving from here to Coldwater, or part of the traffic heading north from Toronto […]
McLean & Dickey upgrade 4 King Street building “for the future”
Orillia’s McLean & Dickey Ltd. will be ready to celebrate the company’s 100th birthday next year in a new office building sustainably retrofitted for the future. McLean & Dickey’s company […]