You Are Invited to Join Us Next Wednesday for …
A New Lens on Carbon – From Emissions to Offsets We are just a week away from launching this very relevant and interactive series of workshops. Space is filling up, particularly for the first one-hour presentation – scheduled for 4:00 p.m. next Wednesday, April 5th in the Special Purposes Room of the Orillia Recreation Centre. […]
Jane’s Walk – Orillia’s Urban Walk Series Continues…
Sustainable Orillia and OPPI (Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)will join to present another engaging walk-and-learn opportunity in Orillia on Saturday May 27 at both 10 am and 2 pm. Each walk will focus on the West Ridge development and community. “Jane’s Walk in Orillia” is presented in honour of renowned urban planner Jane Jacobs (1916-2006). […]
A New Lens on Carbon – From Emissions to Offsets
Your Seminar Leaders: Jackie Ramler, MBA, CFP, RIA, CIM, FCSI By day, Jackie supports her clients as a financial consultant and portfolio manager for Raymond James (Barrie). She is a lead manager in the fast-growing green economy and an experienced professional in the world of sustainable investing. Sustainable Orillia greatly appreciates Jackie’s sponsorship and professional […]
Important Stuff …
There’s a lot of ‘stuff’ on sustainability whirling about these days – as always, here are a couple of items to read, view or experience – items which, we here at Sustainable Orillia hope you’ll find interesting. Regenerative Agriculture is a ‘THING’ and living here in Central Ontario we have an opportunity to support this […]
Biodiversity: It’s All Around Us!
Building on the success of last year’s art competition, Sustainable Orillia has launched, what promises to become an annual event – our 2023 art contest. This year students from local schools have been invited to share their vision of biodiversity – the many, many forms of life that surround us. Earlier in February, while launching […]
Meet Claire Buchanan – Sustainable Orillia’s Data and Project Co-ordinator
Everybody in Sustainable Orillia (SO) loves Claire Buchanan who has worked as SO’s Data and Project Co-ordinator since June 2022. Claire was born and raised in Toronto and has spent the last five years in the Orillia area taking courses in biology, geography and ecology and gaining a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in […]
Sustainable Orillia Youth Council’s Spring Clothing Swap…
Members of Sustainable Orillia’s Youth Council (SOYC) will be hosting a Student Clothing Exchange, at all three local high schools. There’s a great deal of organization and coordination required to pull events like this together and members of the Youth Council from Twin Lakes (TLSS), Orillia Secondary (OSS) and Patrick Fogarty (PF) have all stepped […]
A Message from Stan …
As we enter our first full year without COVID restrictions, Sustainable Orillia is excited about the events and projects we have planned for 2023. We will kick off the year with a three-part series of workshops scheduled to begin in early April. Entitled “A New Lens on Carbon – from Emissions to Offsets”; this stimulating […]
What’s New @ Sustainable Orillia?
Lots and let’s start with some exciting news – Orillia Matters has nominated both Sustainable Orillia and the Sustainable Orillia Youth Council for their newly launched “Community Builders’ Awards”. Sustainable Orillia was nominated for the Environment category and our Youth Council was nominated in the Young Leader category. Our thanks to the team at Orillia […]
A Sustainable Orillia in 2050 – the 2022 SO Art Competition
Sustainable Orillia’s 2022 Art Competition invited community artists and students, from local secondary and elementary schools to share their creative vision of what Orillia could be like in 2050 – as a sustainable community. Over thirty submissions were received and thirteen were selected to be part of Sustainable Orillia’s 2023 Calendar. There were cash prizes […]