Sustainable Simcoe North —by Madeleine Fournier of Green Orillia At the time of writing this, we are coming up on the 4th annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. This designated federal holiday and ongoing government campaign feels rather hollow and empty...
Sustainable Simcoe North Axe the Tax or Eat the Rich? —by Madeleine Fournier of Green Orillia We’ve all heard it: “Axe the tax!” It’s an oft-repeated catchy right-wing slogan about rolling back the federal government’s carbon tax. But is it rooted in fact and logic? ...
Sustainable Simcoe North Native Plants: Sowing Seeds of Possibility —by Madeleine Fournier of Green Orillia Native plants have been present in the landscape since time immemorial. These plants have co-evolved with the land and its wildlife, playing crucial roles in...
Sustainable Simcoe North Let’s Get Growin’ in Orillia and Area Community Gardens! by Madeleine Fournier of Green Orillia Cost of living crisis. Inflated grocery store prices. Farmland being rapidly gobbled up and turned into subdivisions. What could a truly...
“Today, we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day. There are no politics to change that. There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground. So, we can no longer save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything...
Lately I have been thinking about the role of youth in advocacy and action for the climate crisis. It is gravely concerning to me the disproportionate effect that climate change will have on young people whose futures will be profoundly affected.
The End of Waste Green Orillia recently held its Spring 2022 Community Garbage cleanup where folks are invited to help clean up, get outdoors, and build community. But how great would it be to imagine a zero-waste future and a circular organic economy where waste no...
As many of you know, Stop Sprawl Orillia has officially launched, a campaign that aims to get Orillia City Council to reject the Urban Boundary Expansion which seeks to annex 939 acres of farmland and wetlands for urban sprawl. Council will vote on the issue at the...