SUSTAINABLE ORILLIA’S 5th ANNUAL ALL-ELECTRIC VEHICLE WEEKEND
COMING TO A ROLLER RINK NEAR YOU SOON!! A ‘roller-rink’ and electric vehicle have more in common than you may think – as ‘active’ transit, like roller-skating and electric vehicles […]
Putting the Sun to Work in the Sunshine City – A Solar Story!
Electrification is underway in Orillia! There’s a movement underway. Everyone and everything is going electric! We’re moving from fossil fuels to a more sustainable, electric-powered future. That transition is called […]
Big Move #3 in Action – St. Paul’s Retrofit Tours
Come on down and see first-hand how St. Paul’s Community Centre is making important moves towards their net-zero goal, while saving money. Several free and friendly ‘Retrofit Tours’ are planned […]
A New Lens on Carbon – From Emissions to Offsets
You won’t want to miss this series of public workshops. Hosted by Sustainable Orillia, this three-part series focuses on ‘carbon’… what it is, how it is affecting our lives and […]
Join Us, Learn the Full Story on Carbons – From Emissions to Offsets
Carbon, carbon, and more carbon! Despite what we often hear, CO2, or carbon dioxide, isn’t all bad! We just have too much of it in our atmosphere and our oceans! […]
The ‘Little House” Part 3: In Search of a Net-Zero Heating and Cooling System.
After a long interlude, things are finally happening at the ‘Little House.’ Readers with good memories and a lingering interest may recall that this project was kicked off about a […]
Coming to ODAS Park: The Largest Demonstration of All-Electric Vehicles (EVs) Ever Seen in North Simcoe!
Sustainable Orillia and sponsors—Kia Orillia, Raymond James Ltd. (Barrie) and CIBC—are pleased to announce the 2022 “All Vehicles Electric Weekend” that will take place at the Orillia Fairgrounds on the […]
A simple answer to addressing the Climate Crisis? “Electrify Everything.”
On February 25th of this year, The Atlantic magazine published an article by staff writer, Derek Thompson, entitled “Forget Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” a title which should grab the attention of […]
2022 will be the “Year of the Electric Vehicle (EV)” worldwide
A recent New York Times article (“Electric Vehicles’ Big Year at Hand,” by Jack Ewing and Neal E. Boudette, in Weekend, February 19-20, 2022) predicts that 2022 will be a […]
The Future of Solar Looks Bright
According to a recent Abacus poll, a majority of Canadians think clean energy is more importantto Canada’s economy than are oil and gas. In every part of the country except the prairies, thesurvey found that a majority of people think clean […]