An Urban Walk with a Twist – Orchard Point and the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs
Sustainable Orillia is pleased to announce an upcoming ‘Urban Walk’—one with a difference! On Saturday, September 30th, join Rama Elder Mark Douglas and Urban Planner David Stinson on one of […]
2024 Sustainable Orillia Calendar – Now on Sale
This year’s calendar celebrates the nature’s biodiversity – and its importance to the many students who took part in Sustainable Orillia’s 2023 Student Art Competition. Nineteen of the nearly 200 […]
Legendary roots music performer Rick Fines in Orillia
Celebrated Canadian roots-music veteran Rick Fines will perform at the Orillia Opera House Studio Theatre on Sunday afternoon (2:00 p.m.), October 1, 2023 in support of Sustainable Orillia. A seasoned […]
Student Art Show going to “wow” you at Hibernation Arts Studio in September!
The nineteen student pieces of art chosen for Sustainable Orillia’s 2024 “Biodiversity” Calendar will be on display at Molly Farquharson’s Hibernation Arts Studio on Peter Street South from Saturday, September […]
Some Sustainable Moments from this year’s Mariposa Folk Festival
Once visitors to the Mariposa Folk Festival passed through the front gates at Tudhope Park last weekend, they saw the Sustainable Orillia booth where they were invited to watch a […]
Student artwork reveals biodiversity in Orillia area
Nineteen area students, family members and friends—over sixty people in all—gathered at Creative Nomad Studios last Friday afternoon to receive cash awards for their submissions to Sustainable Orillia’s 2023 Art […]
Area students respond to Sustainable Orillia’s focus on “Biodiversity”
One hundred and eighty-nine entries from ten different area schools! Area students have responded strongly to the challenge thrown down by Sustainable Orillia with its third annual art contest—Biodiversity: It’s […]
Biodiversity: It’s All Around Us!
Building on the success of last year’s art competition, Sustainable Orillia has launched, what promises to become an annual event – our 2023 art contest. This year students from local […]
A Sustainable Orillia in 2050 – the 2022 SO Art Competition
Sustainable Orillia’s 2022 Art Competition invited community artists and students, from local secondary and elementary schools to share their creative vision of what Orillia could be like in 2050 – […]
Announcing the 2023 Sustainable Orillia Art Contest!
In 1970, Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer and songwriter had a hit song called “Big Yellow Taxi.” The song contained the line, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone,” […]