ABOUT
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ABOUT
Green Orillia is a volunteer-run community organization focused on climate action, social justice, advocacy, education, democracy, and community resilience.
Founded in January 2018 by Gillian Lowry and stewarded by Madeleine Fournier since July of 2020, Green Orillia continues to grow thanks to the support of family, friends, and other community members.
Green Orillia is inspired to address the root causes of our environmental crisis and recognizes that social and environmental justices are intertwined. To this end, we acknowledge the multiple and intersecting oppressions that stand in the way of sustainability, including race, class, sexuality, and gender. Through our platform we intend to centre the voices and experiences of those most impacted by environmental degradation as they can offer real and meaningful solutions.
contact
greenorillia@gmail.com
Land acknowledgement
Green Orillia acknowledges that our work is centered on the Land of the Anishnaabeg people. The Anishnaabeg include the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy. We also acknowledge the many other Indigenous, Metis and Inuit Peoples who have and continue to inhabit this Land.
Further we wish to acknowledge the Land as a living being, along with the countless, beautiful and diverse life forms that call this place home. Recognizing the Land we are on expresses gratitude and appreciation to that which sustains and provides for us. Learning about the true history of this land and whose territory we reside on, honours the Indigenous people who have long been living with and taking care of the land.
While reconciliation in Canada has been a long, slow, and mostly disappointing process, land acknowledgements and Land-based education are important steps among many others. We intend our activities to take place within the larger context of genuine and ongoing work to build real understanding, and to challenge colonialism.
We stand with Indigenous peoples and strive to use this platform to amplify Indigenous voices wherever possible.
We support Land Back efforts.
Please visit our Reconciliation page to learn more.