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Stop Sprawl Orillia, with guest Madeleine Fournier.

Stop Sprawl Orillia, with guest Madeleine Fournier.

FromTree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world


Stop Sprawl Orillia, with guest Madeleine Fournier.

FromTree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Orillia, a small city on the north shore of Lake Simcoe in central Ontario, is considering annexing nearby land in anticipation of population growth.Stop Sprawl Orillia, a citizen group, has organized to advocate for retaining current boundaries and placing an emphasis on intensification, rather than enabling sprawl outward by allowing continued building of single detached homes around the current built-up area.We speak with Madeleine Fournier, of Stop Sprawl Orillia, about what this fight means for the future of Orillia.Links:Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrank IQ Scores of Half of AmericansStop Sprawl Orillia InstagramStop Sprawl Orillia Facebook GroupStop Sprawl Orillia PetitionSend an Email to Orillia Council (online tool)Donate to Stop Sprawl OrilliaGreen Orillia NewsletterSCGC's Sprawl deep dive into vertical and horizontal sprawl.Support the show
Released:
Mar 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (26)

We live in a world running out of space, resources, and time. There are solutions. We can build a better world - a world that is fair, healthy, and prosperous. But this requires transformative change. Why Tree Planters Podcast you ask? Well, there's a great proverb that goes as follows:“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”We feel there's a scarcity of tree planters in positions of power these days. Each month we look at problems and solutions relating to how we live in modern society, including those of sprawl and associated consumption patterns and behaviour, climate change, habitat degradation and species loss, community development and empowerment, knowledge of and connection to place, leadership and accountable governance, among others.We welcome you to join us on our journey. Please don't hesitate to connect with us if you have suggestions or questions.