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Map to Farm to Table!

Do you love really good food?  Are you sure you know all the great places to buy the freshest, locally produced food for you and your family?  Think an updated digital food map might help expand your search? Well, the Sustainable Agriculture/Natural Environment Sector of Sustainable Orillia (SO) is excited to tell you that such […]

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 anyone who has been trying to do exactly those things—reduce, reuse and recycle—over the past few decades. The article is an interview with Saul Griffith, […]

Bird Friendly Orillia

According to Nature Canada, a Bird Friendly City is a community where key threats to birds are effectively minimised.  Although we have to accept that the estimated three billion birds that have been lost in Canada and the USA since 1970 were mostly due to human activity, such as habitat loss and agricultural intensification, we […]

Support our Youth – Fridays for Future Event

The poster says it all – don’t miss this opportunity to show your support for Orillia’s youth as they come together to make their voices heard in their crusade against climate change. Students, parents, teachers, friends and all of you who care about ensuring a sustainable future are invited to join the Sustainable Orillia Youth […]

Ontario Votes, June 2, 2022 – How will you use your vote?

As readers know, Sustainable Orillia has now, for over three years, been sharing tips and ideas on how to make our lives more sustainable here in Orillia (and elsewhere, too, we hope). From time to time, we have also advocated for political action—for people to raise their voices to tell our political leaders in all […]

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 references.  Many thanks and share, share, share…  Sustainable Orillia.  Waste not, want not!  From CBC Arts Reporter, Leah Collins … here’s a recent report out […]

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 Climate League (NCL) has been capturing data points from a growing number of Canadian municipalities and regions. There are fifteen primary indicators, such as affordable […]

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 boundaries. The MCR is required by the province. Learn how it informs Orillia’s long-range land-use planning at  https://www.orillia.ca/en/city-hall/municipal-comprehensive-review.aspx. You may also be aware that the […]

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 City is that the transition has gone very well.  In a recent press release, Mayor Steve Clarke expressed his appreciation to all Orillia residents for […]