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 […]
Tip of the Week: The economic benefits of trees
The evidence is clear. Ensuring a healthy tree canopy across a community or city is key to improved health for citizens, reductions in certain types of crime, and, if the […]
Tip of the Week: More trees = less crime?
Recent Sustainable Orillia articles and “Tips of the Week” have examined, on the one hand, the relationship between student achievement and the presence of mature trees on school grounds and, […]
Tip of the Week: Urban forests improve the health of citizens
A recent Sustainable Orillia article on “Orillia’s Urban Forest” noted the efforts being made by Orillia’s Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) and Councillor Lauer to preserve and expand the tree canopy […]
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 […]
Simple Steps to reduce Food Waste this Summer
Summer is just around the corner, and with the warm weather and longer sunlit days comes an influx of fresh, locally-grown fruits and veggies which we all love. Unfortunately, sometimes […]
Tip of the Week – A Few Thoughts on Reducing our Use of Plastics – and Why
The word ‘plastic’ originates from a Greek word meaning ‘pliable’ or ‘fit for moulding.’ For centuries it was an adjective, used to describe something or someone that could bend and […]
Tip of the Week: Notes from a backyard, Part 2
Tip of the Week: Notes from a backyard, Part 2 – Susan McIntosh, for Sustainable Orillia Last week I wrote about the loss of local habitat which is leading to […]
Tip of the Week: Notes from my Backyard, Part 1
By Susan Mctavish, for Sustainable Orillia It’s well-documented that there has been a massive decline in biodiversity over the last few decades. Fifty years ago I saw and heard large […]
Orillia’s Human Hummingbirds – Christine Hager
When Christine Hager sold her house, she moved into a rental complex that had a big bin at the back where residents put all their waste – recycling, compostables, paper, […]