On World Migratory Bird Day (May 14th) join David Hawke and ‘Bird Friendly Orillia’ for an interactive Zoom presentation on the ‘Birds of Orillia’.
Orillia, Ontario/May 9, 2022 This coming Saturday, nature groups across the country will bring their communities together, virtually and in-person, to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. Locally, ‘Bird Friendly Orillia’ […]
Additional Reading April 2022 Newsletter
1) What is Greenwashing and how to spot it? From a recent Sustainable America newsletter. ‘Sustainableamerica.org/blog/what-is-greenwashing-and-ways-to-spot-it/ 2) A Canadian case study on urban densification (video below) 3) Sarah […]
Orillia’s Climate Future: April 2022—A Big Month for Big Moves!
After several years of working with community stakeholders and external experts – capturing input, sharing knowledge and building support for an overall community climate change action plan – Orillia’s Climate […]
Earth Day 2022 – What is your personal contribution? How can you make a difference?
This year’s Earth Day theme is Invest in our planet: What will you do? A universal answer to “What will you do?” is to take steps to divest from fossil […]
Orillia’s Climate Future: April 2022—A Big Month for Big Moves!
From April 22, 2022: After several years of working with community stakeholders and external experts – capturing input, sharing knowledge and building support for an overall community climate change action […]
Sustainable Orillia endorses Council decisions
From April 14, 2022 Sustainable Orillia (SO) is pleased to endorse two key decisions made in principle by City Council this past Monday, April 11, 2022. Council’s approval in principle […]
Suggested Reading and Viewing
Hi there – here are some assorted articles and a video that you may find both informative and interesting. If so, we’d love to hear from you with your suggested […]
Measure what Matters!
Did you know that Orillia recently joined Toronto, Vancouver, Peterborough, Kingston and many other large and small Canadian cities in National Climate League annual standards reporting? Since 2018, the National […]
Driving Community Sustainability through Orillia’s New Official Plan
You are likely aware that, through the current Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR), Orillia has taken its first steps towards a new Orillia Official Plan that may involve expanding the city […]
Bravo Orillia: Change over to Clear Bagging Program going well
By now all Orillia households and businesses have experienced at least one garbage collection cycle since the ‘clear bagging’ bylaw was introduced February 7, 2020, and the word from the […]