Second Annual Sustainable Orillia Youth Council Scholarship Awarded
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In partnership with the Orillia Power Generation Corporation (OPGC), Sustainable Orillia was pleased to present Patrick Fogarty Catholic High School graduating student, Kate Sontag with this year’s Sustainable Orillia Youth […]
Student artwork reveals concern for Ontario’s “Species at Risk”
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Several area students, family members, teachers and friends gathered at Creative Nomad Studios last Wednesday afternoon to receive cash awards for their submissions to Sustainable Orillia’s 2024 Art Contest, “Ontario […]
Just a month left in Sustainable Orillia’s student art contest!
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The deadline for Sustainable Orillia’s 2024 Student Art Contest—in Orillia area schools since early March—is coming soon. Submissions to the contest are to be picked up from local schools, both […]
Highlighting Youth Leadership in our Community.
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We are delighted to introduce the two young leaders who have taken on the 2023-24 leadership of the Sustainable Orillia Youth Council (SOYC): Kate Sontag, a Grade 12 student at […]
Recognizing Youth Contributions to Sustainability
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Working through the guidance departments in each of Orillia’s local high schools, we are pleased to confirm that the Sustainable Orillia Youth Council Scholarship has been rolled out for its […]
Learn how youth are responding to the climate emergency
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Teachers, parents and grandparents: Take note! Recent research reveals how students are responding to the climate emergency—and the results are not encouraging. Dr. Ellen Field of Lakehead University will offer […]
Meet Sustainable Orillia’s Data & Project Coordinator – Jocelyn Trudell
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Sustainable Orillia is pleased to introduce Jocelyn Trudell, our new Data and Project Coordinator. Jocelyn’s role as Data and Project Coordinator is central to Sustainable Orillia’s ability to work with […]
Six suggestions from Sustainable Orillia for your 2022 reading
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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 […]
Lakehead University Calls for Climate Action
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It’s no secret. Science demands a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in each year of this decade if we are to avoid the worst of human-caused climate change. Lakehead […]
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 […]