Welcome, Jacobi Clarke
A Big Welcome to new Sustainable Orillia member, Jacobi Clarke! Jacobi Clarke recently agreed to join the Goods and Services Sector of Sustainable Orillia as a co-chair with Audrey Bayens. We wanted you to meet her, and what better way to do so than through her own words. Here she is. “I’m 27 years old […]
Local youth are leading change
Blythe Wieclawek and Weiqi Xu, members of Sustainable Orillia’s Youth Council and Grade 11 students at Twin Lakes Secondary School, will be interviewing other young people to get their thoughts and feelings about climate change. They will explore the various ways youth are taking action in support of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and a greener […]
Sustainable Orillia Launches its 2022 Membership Drive
Hello there. We know you don’t have much time for long narratives, so we’ll get right to the point. Sustainable Orillia is inviting you to become a member of our organization for 2022. We need your support to continue building momentum for our community-based campaign to reduce the impacts of climate change and build a […]
Can Orillia become a “bird-friendly city”?
— by Mike Jones, for Sustainable Orillia If you believe there are not as many birds around as in past years, you are not mistaken. You may have noticed that the “Dawn Chorus” is virtually non-existent compared with the joyous outpouring of birdsong, chirps and whistling that used to wake us from our slumbers in […]
Protect & Grow the Lakehead Farm
HAY Lakehead Farm Club members and supporters! Long thyme no seed! After a long Covid-related hibernation, we are SOW excited to share this Official LUSU Petition with you in support of the RREF – the Recreation, Research and Education Farm proposed for our Orillia campus. We need your support for our petition to the Lakehead […]
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 breakout year for electrical vehicle sales across developed countries. The writers note that “Battery-powered cars . . . will enter the mainstream this year as […]
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 energy is more important than oil and gas totheir provincial economy, as well. Says Bruce Anderson, Chairman of Abacus Data, “Canadians see the shift towards cleanereconomies as a global trend and one that is […]
Local Youth are Leading Change
Two local high school students have been selected to participate in a significant national research project. Blythe Wieclawek and Weiqi Xu, both members of Sustainable Orillia’s Youth Council and Grade 11 students at Twin Lakes Secondary School, will each be interviewing other young people to get their thoughts and feelings about climate change. They want […]
Tip of the Week: Three Top Priorities for Climate Action in 2022!
There is little doubt that major reductions in some GHG emission sources will need to be mandated by governments—federal, provincial and municipal. What’s our role? As citizens we must raise our voices to call on governments to tackle major sources of GHGs—and the time to do so is now. Three of these sources are power […]
From 2021: Sustainable Orillia thanks its wonderful volunteers.
As the third annual Sustainable Orillia Month fades into recent history, what does not fade is the extraordinary passion and efforts of the many Sustainable Orillia volunteers who helped make the month-long campaign happen. More than fifty volunteers rallied in support of a full lineup of events, including the Electric Vehicle Weekend, The Repair Café, […]