Orillia’s Hostile Clearclutting
For many years, Orillia residents have enjoyed a lush, beautiful wall of greenery at the Port of Orillia boardwalk filled with mature trees, shrubs, native plants, ornamental plants, and even …
DOWNTOWN ORILLIA NOW HAS TWO NATIVE PLANT GARDENS!
The Streets Alive summer 2024 project is ‘Pollinator Friendly’! First, 60 wooden flowers were cut and prepared by The Northern Joinery. Local artists then chose a native wildflower species to …
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Thank you! 2024 Orillia Seedy Saturday & Garbage Cleanup
Green Orillia had a busy Earth Day Weekend hosting two events to jump into spring! Seedy Saturday On Saturday April 20th, we hosted the 11th annual Orillia Seedy Saturday at …
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Is Oro-Medonte a Bottomless Pit?
What is a gravel pit? A gravel pit/quarry is a type of open-pit mine used for the extraction of sand and gravel (aggregate) from a deposit near the surface of …
Recap: Orillia Climate Strike 2023
On Friday September 15th 2023, we joined the more than half a million people in every continent across the world mobilizing for climate action. We are all here for one …
Corruption in the Greenbelt: Rally at MPP Jill Dunlop’s Office
Following an explosive report from the Ontario’s Auditor General which exposed the Ford government’s blatant corruption — confirming that a few chosen developers received “preferential treatment” to hand-pick 92% of …
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JOIN US: Orillia Climate Strike 2023!
On Friday September 15th at 4pm, it’s time to turn up the heat on climate action in Orillia in solidarity with the global climate strike. In preparation, join us on …
BREAKING: The revised Land Needs Assessment is here.
In April 2022, after months of our Stop Sprawl Orillia campaign, Council voted unanimously to have the City’s Land Needs Assessment (LNA) be updated and revised to consider a higher …
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SEEDING A SEVERN WILDFLOWER MEADOW
This project was spearheaded by local resident Matt Thomson, in collaboration with the County of Simcoe and TransCanada Energy, and made possible through a grant from Pollinator Partnership with funding …
EARTH MONTH 2023: GARBAGE CLEANUPS GALORE!
Unfortunately we were rained out for the first time, for our Green Orillia Earth Day garbage cleanup this year. However, that didn’t stop the dedicated 50+ people who braved the …