Articles by GreenUP
For more than 20 years, GreenUP has been central and eastern Ontario's leading organization focused on issues of environmental education, sustainability, and stewardship.
GreenUP is a non-profit charity and an active community organization that offers dozens of programs and services to those living in the Peterborough & Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. GreenUP's programs focus on facilitating positive action and provide the tools to make small changes in the home or cottage that can create a large and lasting impact on our environment.
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Connecting with nature: if your friend was in trouble, would you help?
Looking at our relationship with nature as a friendship provides a framework for understanding and taking action on climate change.
New green spaces in Lakefield and Peterborough have ecological and social benefits
Two GreenUP projects create urban gardens at Winfield Shores Harbour and at Five Counties Children's Centre.
Coming together to build a better Nogojiwanong/Peterborough and a better world
Next steps from five action teams on implementing the United Nations' sustainable development goals locally.
Helping Peterborough residents overcome the barriers to try cycling
GreenUP's 'Finding Balance' program provided adults with skills, knowledge, and confidence to use bicycles for affordable transportation or for fun.
A top 10 summer listening list for truth and reconciliation
GreenUP's recommendations for books and recorded talks to open conversations, including with kids.
Growing food together can help fight the loneliness epidemic in Peterborough
GreenUP and Nourish Project's 'Growing Together While Apart' project highlights the value of participating in collective work.
Planning for how kids get to school when they head back for in-person learning...
Active School Travel Peterborough expanding school travel planning to include Selwyn Township.
Finding your place in support of environmental justice for Black, Indigenous, and people of...
Coming from a place of white privilege, mainstream environmentalism often disregards the unique positions of BIPOC people.
How to maintain a gorgeous garden with less work and less water
GreenUP shares five tips to help ensure your plants grow healthy and robust roots to survive drought.
Peterborough’s Shifting Gears Transportation Challenge shifts gears to accommodate working from home
GreenUP's Shifting Gears team is offering guides for employers on developing an e-work policy and for employees on adjusting to e-work.
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