Reducing Housing Emissions – Part 2: Where the Real Savings are!
Recently we published an article about actions you can take personally to reduce your housing emissions, with a focus on the easiest—and least expensive—things to do to reduce energy use […]
Hip Chick Design – Innovative, Stylish and Sustainable Clothing
Hip Chick Design is a clothing designer, manufacturer and supplier with a difference. Located here in Orillia, this unique and successful business is the brainchild of Beth McKean and over […]
Sustainable Orillia Month 2021 Launched
Mayor Steve Clarke has declared September, 2021 as ‘Sustainable Orillia Month’—a month-long program of information, education and practical advice, organized by Sustainable Orillia and designed to engage our citizens and […]
Back to School – With Healthy, Sustainable Lunches
Tip of the Week: Sustainable Local Food Lunches – by Allison Andrews for Sustainable Orillia I would like to be able to tell you that I only sent my children […]
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 […]
Sustainable Orillia Provided Input on Orillia’s Waterfront Redevelopment Project
As many readers are aware, the City of Orillia has recently entered into negotiations with a preferred proponent for the much-anticipated Waterfront Development project. The waterfront redevelopment is a truly […]
Two Letters to a Child of the Future*. Which of these will you write?
Sometimes we need to personalize change in order to really understand its significance. Especially when the consequences of not taking action are far off in the future. Thus, it has […]
Spring, 2021—a time for renewal!
It’s April. As the days warm and daylight lasts longer into the evening, as the snow melts and earth reappears, as tiny shoots push up from the ground into the […]
Food Systems Responsible for a Third of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new study, published in Nature Food and conducted by researchers from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, found that food systems […]