Return of Orillia Urban Walks
– by Gord Ball for Sustainable Orillia Sustainable Orillia’s popular series of gentle walks around Orillia resumes this month on June 29th with the title of “Jane Jacobs’ Walkable City” […]
A 2023 Sustainable Orillia update with Mayor Don McIsaac
Don McIsaac, Mayor of Orillia, recently set aside time to meet with Sustainable Orillia (SO)to talk about sustainability—short and long-term—across our community. It was an opportunity for him to reflect […]
Orillia’s Climate Future: Year Two – just Twenty-Seven to Go!
As many of you know – our community climate change action plan, Orillia’s Climate Future, has a long-term goal to reduce Orillia’s carbon emissions down to net-zero by 2050. The […]
How to have a Bird Friendly Garden (Part 4) Why we must act now! By Mike Jones, for Sustainable Orillia
This series of articles on how to make your garden “bird-friendly” has been in support of Sustainable Orillia’s and the Orillia Naturalists’ Club’s efforts to obtain a “Bird Friendly City” […]
The Launch of Orillia’s Climate Action Plan – Fall 2021
An article from September 2021, shortly after City Council approved the development of a long-term Community Climate Change Action Plan or ‘CCCAP’. (and more recently known as Orillia’s Climate Future): […]