On the Road to Net-Zero – an Overview of Sustainable Orillia’s 2022 Strategic Plan
The new year promises both hope and change … hope that the pandemic will take its leave and allow the world to take a deep breath, safely unmasked in the […]
President’s Message: Progress on Sustainability in 2022
I really do enjoy the holidays, even though again this year our plans with friends and family were stymied due to the pandemic. Nevertheless, it was good time to get […]
BC’s Climate Crisis – a First Hand Perspective
Recently my wife and I spent 10 days in B.C. visiting family, first in Victoria and then in Kelowna. The news upon our arrival was focussed almost entirely on the […]
Kirk McLean, Sustainable Orillia board member – has found a home in Orillia
It’s fair to say that Kirk McLean has retailing in his DNA. Specifically, hardware retailing. Along with his grandfather, father and brother, Kirk is the fourth in his family to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sustainable Orillia Welcomes New Board Member – Jessica Bentley-Jacobs
Sustainable Orillia is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Bentley-Jacobs to their Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2021. Jessica currently serves as the Director of Sustainability at Hydro […]
Renewing Our Website!
Welcome to our ‘Renewed’ Website. Please let us Know what You Think. There have been some valuable lessons learned over the past year including how vital communications have been for […]
Welcome to Sustainable Orillia’s Three New Directors
Sustainable Orillia adds to its board of directors Sustainable Orillia welcomed three local leaders to its board of directors at its recent Annual General Meeting. All are committed to doing […]
Renewal in a Post-COVID World. A Message from our President
Renewal in a Post- COVID World As we move to mass vaccination and the prospect of herd immunity, we must now think about what we want a Post-COVID world to […]