PART THREE – INDIA Perspectives on Climate Change from Around the World
With ravaging forest fires across Canada and other natural disasters here and across the globe, Canadians are hearing a lot about climate change these days. But are ordinary people in other countries hearing and thinking about it in the same way? How are they feeling about the threat of a changing climate? Do they care? […]
Some Late-Breaking News and Youth Council Update
Hats off to Blythe Wieclawek and Weiqi Xu (Sustainable Orillia’s Youth Council President and Vice President) as they head off to university after leading the Youth Council (SOYC) for more than two remarkable years. As Blythe and Weiqi wind up their tenure, along with their fellow council members, they have much to be proud of […]
Seeding a Severn Wildflower Meadow…
On May 13th, 10 volunteers seeded a 4-acre pipeline corridor at the Simcoe County Forest Silver Creek tract just outside of Orillia, in hopes of converting it to a wildflower meadow for pollinators. We are very grateful to have been a part of this, and a huge shout out and thank you to Matt Thomson […]
Summer is Underway, and here are some Sustainable Events for your Calendar
The Bike Rally – all those Rides are adding up – here’s an update from SO VP of Operations, Dave VanAlstyne on how the rally is going. “We had a bright sunny day on Sunday May 14th for the bike challenge registration. David and Pat VanAlstyne from SO, Paul Belanger from the Bike Stop of […]
A Message from Sustainable Orillia’s Vice President, Danny Epstein
Summer at last… the time of year that most of us look forward to as clear evidence that the winter is behind us – even with those late May frosts! For the natural world, it is a time of reinvigoration as flowers are blooming and animals are waking up for the long winter behind us. […]
Area students respond to Sustainable Orillia’s focus on “Biodiversity”
One hundred and eighty-nine entries from ten different area schools! Area students have responded strongly to the challenge thrown down by Sustainable Orillia with its third annual art contest—Biodiversity: It’s all around us. The contest asked students to explore their local surroundings—the backyards, the forests, the grasslands and the lakes and streams around us all […]
Sustainable Orillia Youth Council recognized with Community Builders’ Award for Youth
As announced by Village Media (Orillia Matters), the coordinator and sponsor for this first-time series of awards recognizing individuals and organizations who have made noteworthy contributions to their community. Congratulations to all of the recipients and here at Sustainable Orillia, we are particularly proud that in the Youth Category, our very own Sustainable Orillia Youth […]
It’s National Pollinator Week – June 19 – 25.
Hats off to the Township of Severn for highlighting the importance of our ‘pollinator’ partners in the attached proclamation – signed by Severn Mayor, Mike Burkett. Mayor Burkett will officially make the proclamation on Friday, June 23rd, 10:00 a.m. in Wasaga Park. The next day, Orillia’s Mayor Don McIsaac will join Sustainable Orillia’s Matt Thompson […]
What are you doing for the future? Some Thoughts from 2023’s Earth Day…
With Earth Day just behind us… perhaps a look at history will inspire action in all of us. In 64 A.D. the city of Rome, centre of the Roman Empire, burned for six days and nights. By the time the fire was over, two thirds of Rome—ten of its fourteen districts—were destroyed. One of the […]
Save the date for the launch of “The Orillia Bike Challenge”
Sustainable Orillia and co-hosts, The Bike Stop of Orillia and the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, are pleased to present The Orillia Bike Challenge, launching at a registration event on Sunday May 14th during the hours of 1-4 p.m. at the Orillia Recreation Centre’s parking lot at 255 West St. South. What is The Orillia Bike […]