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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
Peterborough community orchard stewards Lynn Jondreville and Ray Jordan plant a pear tree at the Dominion Park orchard. New trees planted in local orchards in the spring, including plum, cherry and pear, replaced some damaged by rabbits and also expanded on the existing apple varieties. (Photo: Laura Keresztesi / GreenUP)

Community orchards in Peterborough plant roots and resilience

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From pruning and mulching to harvest celebrations, there are many ways you can get involved in these shared spaces.
Summer camp staff at Camp Kawartha, whose outdoor and environmental education programs and camps immerse children in nature, promoting a oneness with the Earth. (Photo courtesy of Camp Kawartha)

‘Rewilding’ our vocabulary: how the words we use shape our relationship with nature

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Jacob Rodenburg of Camp Kawartha in Peterborough suggests we need a new language that promotes kinship with nature instead of conquest,
Globally, communities, countries and businesses are committing to necessary net zero emissions reduction by 2050 or sooner. At GreenUP Green Economy Peterborough's 2025 Leadership in Sustainability Awards on June 12, Engage Engineering joined Peterborough-area leaders Woodleigh Farms, Unity Design Studio, and Wild Rock Outfitters in committing to following the global lead. Many of these businesses are already carbon neutral through recent reductions and the purchasing of offsets. Pictured here is Paul Hurley of Engage Engineering, which received recognition for their recent commitment to become Net Zero. (Photo: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

Peterborough-area businesses celebrate award-winning climate action

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Fourth annual Green Economy Peterborough Leadership in Sustainability awards were held on June 12.
Bike Month 2025 is a great time to get out and enjoy Peterborough by bike. Jump on a trail or enjoy a roll down the bicycle priority section of Bethune Street, pictured here, which spans from McDonnel to Townsend streets. (Photo: Lili Paradi)

GreenUP’s guide to celebrating Bike Month 2025 in Peterborough

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Featuring free events including Let's Bike! and Summer Ride Club, bike summer camp, weekly group rides, and glow rides.
West-end Peterborough homeowner Ray Scott's backyard garden soaks up the sun on a bright May afternoon, and so do his rooftop solar panels. The panels produce enough electricity for him to power his home, store energy in batteries for backup storage, as well as charge his electric vehicles. The Home Energy and EV Expo at the McDonnel Street Activity Centre on June 14, 2025 will feature homeowners such as Ray, who will share their experiences they've had on their electrification journeys. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

Learn all about heat pumps, solar power, and electric vehicles at the free Home...

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June 14 event at the McDonnel Street Activity Centre in Peterborough aims to demystify electrifying homes and vehicles.
Between the lone line of tandem bicycles and the bright colours, a TandemEyes group ride is hard to miss on a summer evening. Here, the group passes through Jackson Park in Peterborough on the way to the Orange Corners trestle bridge. (Photo courtesy of TandemEyes)

Visually impaired people in Peterborough can enjoy cycling thanks to TandemEyes

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Operating under the Peterborough Cycling Club, the non-profit tandem cycling group offers opportunities to stay active and helps reduce social isolation.
AbZolutely Choir Peterborough-Kawartha artistic director and founder Abby Zolz (right) leads the choir in a performance with purpose during their 2024 year-end concert, which was a fundraiser for One City Peterborough. The group has chosen GreenUP to benefit from their 2025 year-end concert happening Monday, May 26 at Murray Street Baptist Church in Peterborough. (Photo: Ian MacCready)

AbZolutely Choir singing for sustainability in Peterborough at May 26 concert

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GreenUP Ecology Park's native plant propagation program to benefit from ensemble's year-end concert at Murray Street Baptist Church.
GreenUP Ecology Park in Peterborough is home to a small section of the iconic 28,000-kilometre Trans Canada Trail. In 2025, GreenUP will be working with friends at the Trans Canada Trail to restore the tree canopy at the park by planting 12 large specimen trees and two large specimen shrubs, as well as installing educational signage describing what makes these trees so special. (Photo: Vern Bastable / GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP teaming up with Trans Canada Trail to plant new trees in Ecology...

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Volunteers are invited to help restore the park's tree canopy, damaged due to the Emerald ash borer, the May 2022 derecho, and this year's ice storm.
Madeleine Endicott and Steve McMurtry have reduced their total energy consumption by 43 per cent and their greenhouse gas emissions by 86 per cent by installing cellulose insulation in the interior walls of their century home near Bonnerworth Park in Peterborough, improving their attic insulation, and replacing their natural gas furnace with air source heat pump. The City of Peterborough's new Better Homes Peterborough program provides city homeowners with low-cost financing to complete similar energy efficiency retrofits that enhance residential building performance. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

New City of Peterborough program offers homeowners low-interest loans for energy-saving upgrades

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Better Homes Peterborough will help city meet its climate change action plan goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
Rain gardens are not only visually pleasing, they are designed to hold water for up to 24 hours after a heavy rain, and also act as mini habitats. The City of Peterborough Rain Garden Subsidy program, delivered in partnership with GreenUP, offers up to $1,000 toward the cost of installation for city residents. (Photo: GreenUP)

Why rain gardens are taking root in Peterborough

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The specially designed gardens reduce runoff into the strained stormwater system, filter contaminants, and support urban biodiversity.
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