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For more than 30 years, Peterborough GreenUP has been central and eastern Ontario's leading environmental organization focused on education, sustainability, and stewardship. GreenUP is a non-profit charitable organization and an active community organization that offers dozens of programs and services to those living in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes. For more information, visit greenup.on.ca
Bike mechanic and outreach manager Jean Greig conducts a workshop for Shifting Gears participants about the A, B, and Cs of bike maintenance at B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop in downtown Peterborough. The annual Shifting Gears May Challenge administered by GreenUP invites Peterborough residents to shift the way they move for the month of May, whether by walking, cycling, taking public transit, or carpooling. (Photo: Lili Paradi)

GreenUP invites Peterborough residents to change their transportation habits this spring

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Walk, cycle, take transit, or carpool during the Shifting Gears May Challenge and win prizes.
The March 2025 ice storm caused extensive damage to trees and hydro infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of Peterborough and area residents without power for extended periods. Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. This photo shows some of the storm damage at GreenUP's Ecology Park. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

How Peterborough plans to reach a net zero future and what it means for...

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City council approves a new climate change action plan that would eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and save the city nearly a billion dollars by 2050.
Taking the time to mend clothes and other textile items helps extend their life cycle, saves money, and prevents waste. GreenUP's home energy program manager Clara Blakelock mended her child's shoes after they ripped in multiple spots. Mending textiles is not only good for the environment, but it provides an opportunity to customize clothes and adopt a new hobby. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

Four ways to avoid ‘fast fashion’ and minimize your textile waste

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Canadians continue to buy low-quality clothing and discard around 500 million kilograms of textiles every year.
Norm Lamothe of Woodleigh Farms in Cavan stands in front of his new pyrolysis unit. This machinery is part of a system that will ultimately produce biochar, a carbon-sequestering beneficial soil amendment, from waste wood. (Photo courtesy of Lamothe family)

Woodleigh Farms in Peterborough County is capturing carbon in first-of-its-kind-in-Canada project

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Cavan farmer Norm Lamothe is transforming waste wood into carbon-sequestering biochar, which can be used to improve soil quality and reduce the need for fertilizer.
Green Communities Canada (GCC) green infrastructure program lead Jenn McCallum (middle) and GreenUP native plant propagation coordinator Hayley Goodchild (right) install a row of fruit trees and perennials at One City Peterborough's Trinity Community Centre in 2024. The Green Infrastructure project, supported by the GCC Living Cities Canada Fund, was designed to improve stormwater management, access to shade, and opportunity to tend food plants at Trinity Community Centre. (Photo: Laura Keresztesi / GreenUP)

Peterborough community invited to attend GreenUP’s annual general meeting and open house on March...

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The open house offers an opportunity to meet the GreenUP team, explore programs, connect with coordinators, and learn how to get involved.
Madeleine Pengelley and David Pritchard's home in Peterborough's East City is fully powered by electricity and no longer has a connection to a gas line. The transition from gas has taken all fossil fuel combustion, and therefore all risk of carbon monoxide, out of their home. This photo shows their electricity meter and heat pump operating on a cold February morning. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

How Peterborough homeowners can say goodbye to natural gas

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Replacing fossil-fuel burning furnaces and appliances with electric alternatives can improve a home's air quality and safety while lowering emissions.
Senior elementary school students are excited to travel by transit with their friends over March Break and visit local destinations listed on their Grade 8 Transit Quest passports. The Grade 8 Transit Quest program helps students learn independence and gain confidence while encouraging future use of public transit. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)

Grade 8 Transit Quest during March Break encourages students to become lifelong public transit...

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Grade 8 students receive a free Peterborough Transit pass and a destination passport to encourage them to explore the city.
When Peterborough homeowners Andrea Hicks and Haydn McBride needed a solution to runoff issues from their driveway, they chose to use Ecoraster's Bloxx product and had the skills to install it themselves. The open cell grid design decreases fill compaction and keeps channels open for water to soak through. (Photo: Andrea Hicks)

How to create a sustainable landscape for your home by using permeable pavement

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Permeable surfaces for driveways, walkways, and patios can reduce flooding and improve water quality.
Wall hooks offer an efficient use of space when storing multiple bikes at once indoors, which are great for schools, offices, or camps. Picture above, Urban Bike Adventure campers hang their bikes in a space-conscious and attractive way in the GreenUP office in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)

The benefits of being a bike-friendly business in Peterborough

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Bike-friendly practices can save money, foster healthier employees, attract more customers, and contribute to the local economy.
An enthusiastic group from Community Race Relations Committee of Peterborough's Resilient Roots program join volunteers from the Peterborough Community Orchard Stewards for stewardship day on May 29, 2024 at the community orchard at Keith Wightman Park in Peterborough. The group helped to water and feed the trees, spread new mulch rings around the bases, and plant raspberry canes. (Photo: Laura Keresztesi / GreenUP)

Peterborough’s community orchards enhance community connections and increase access to local food

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Since 2022, local park spaces and community centres have been enriched with fruit trees thanks to the Peterborough Community Orchard Stewards.
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