Spring Garden Planting Tips
Prioritizing fruits and vegetables in your garden has another benefit, as some varieties, while growing in your garden, may also act as a deterrent for insects; garlic and basil are two examples.
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Environment
Opinion: Sustainable Orillia Endorses Council Decisions
We look forward to Council’s ratification of these two critical initiatives on April 26th
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Last One Out, Please Turn Off The Lights
Meanwhile, right here at home the City of Orillia might consider reviewing and adapting these standards for all new City-owned buildings.
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Opinion: There Is A Better Way
Staff have curiously used “Factor 5” (report pg. 6, reduced vehicular traffic as a result of more accessible produce options) to argue both in favour of Option 1 (p.6) – and against Option 2 (p.7).
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Lets Reduce Predation By Cats And Dogs
If cats are kept indoors, as about 46% of them are, this reduces their threat to bird life to zero.
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Farm To Table Food Map
Keep an eye out for our digital food map posters, coming this spring.
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Sharing Place Dumps Plastic
“In the end we were pleased to partner with Eco Guardian, a Canadian company located in Newmarket that specializes in eco-friendly food packaging.”
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Orillia, For The Birds?
Sustainable Orillia has partnered with the Orillia Naturalists’ Club to propose the City of Orillia undertake to become certified as a Bird Friendly City,
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Revolutionary Shift In All Things Automotive At Hand
“Our installation cost was recovered in less than 10 years,” said Jamie Ross of Oro-Medonte…
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Being Wired And Other Things
“It is a challenge. We are such a multi-faceted company that specializing in one thing is very difficult.”
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