What are you doing for the future? Some Thoughts from 2023’s Earth Day…
With Earth Day just behind us… perhaps a look at history will inspire action in all of us. In 64 A.D. the city of Rome, centre of the Roman Empire, […]
Save the date for the launch of “The Orillia Bike Challenge”
Sustainable Orillia and co-hosts, The Bike Stop of Orillia and the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, are pleased to present The Orillia Bike Challenge, launching at a registration event on Sunday […]
Let’s Make ‘Earth Day’ Everyday! A Message from our President…
Earth Day reminds us that we, as individuals, are fortunate to be enjoying the life that Planet Earth affords us at this time. It should also remind us that conditions […]
Editor’s Note
As many readers will know, after four plus years of leading Sustainable Orillia (since inception) Stan Mathewson has given notice of his intention to step aside as Chair and President […]
Join Orillia’s Youth and March for the Earth – April 22nd.
Sustainable Orillia’s Youth Council are calling on all students from across the area to join them on Monday, April 22nd …. For a March for the Earth. You are all […]
Highlights from Sustainable Orillia’s 2023 Annual General Meeting
Sustainable Orillia (SO) held its 3rd Annual General Meeting of members on Sunday afternoon, April 2nd. As an incorporated, not-for-profit entity the organization is required to conduct an annual general […]
Some thoughts on the “carbon tax”—oops! the “carbon pricing program” – by Fred Larsen, for Sustainable Orillia
Like most of you, I’ve been reading a lot of what people have been saying about “the Carbon Tax,” especially in those ads which call for us to “AXE THE […]
Saturday, April 22 is Earth Day, 2023—How will you participate?
Did you know that Earth Day is marked by more than a billion people a year? Yes, a billion! The official Earth Day website says that “Earth Day is widely […]
Now’s the Time to Plan a Pollinator Garden
With all this warm weather recently, it may feel as thought we have transitioned straight from winter to summer… however April is famously fickle and it’s safe to assume that […]
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issues warning and calls for aggressive action.
People in our community and around the world need to clearly understand the recent report by the IPCC—its warning, and, above all, its message that current actions are inadequate and […]