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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
A view of the Trans Canada Trail system off of Jackson Creek Trail in Peterborough during one of this summer's smoke-filled days caused by wildfires in Quebec and northeastern Ontario. As a result of climate change, Canadian ecosystems are becoming drier and the severity and length of the wildfire season is increasing. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

This summer’s smoke-filled days are a call for environmental action in Peterborough

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While wildfires can be crucial to ecosystem stability, climate change is making them more severe and widespread.
Deanna VandenBroek moved into a 1940s bungalow in Peterborough with an oil furnace, a mostly uninsulated basement, and an attic with less than half of the insulation of today's building code. She now has a heat pump, hot water heater, and insulation which is up to code, and has reduced her greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

How two Peterborough homeowners ‘electrified’ their homes

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By choosing electric appliances when possible, Deanna VandenBroek and Lou Arbour heat their home and water with more efficiency and fewer emissions.
As part of Renaissance on Hunter in downtown Peterborough, GreenUP has collaborated with the City of Peterborough's public art program to design and install 'poetry gardens' featuring prairie grasses and native flowering plants that form a backdrop for road murals and poetry by local artists. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

Explore native wildflowers and prairie grasses at Renaissance on Hunter in downtown Peterborough

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In partnership with city's public art program, GreenUP designed and installed drought-resistant planter gardens surrounding road murals and poetry installations by local artists.
A greenwash march in Glasgow Bristol in the U.K. in November 2021. The term 'greenwashing' was coined in the 1980s in an essay by environmentalist Jay Westerveld, who criticized the hotel industry's "save your towel" movement that was marketed as a way for guests to help hotels conserve water while it was actually a way for hotels to reduce laundry labour expenses and made a minimal difference in water usage. (Photo: Bristol Airport Greenwashbusters via Wikipedia)

How to spot ‘greenwashing’ and make better purchasing decisions

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Some products are marketed as being more eco-friendly or sustainable than they actually are.
Families and trusted adults are encouraged to participate in Peterborough GreenUP's Summer Ride Club and are invited to the kick-off event at Quaker Foods City Square on June 29, 2023 from 2 to 6 p.m. While Summer Ride Club offers something for everyone, a trusted adult will be required to sign up participants for an online community, where they can have a chance to win prizes. (Photo: Jessica Todd / GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP’s Summer Ride Club invites youth to cruise into summer with nine weeks...

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Kick-off event Thursday afternoon at Quaker Foods City Square features bike playgrounds, bike maintenance and helmet fitting tips, bike safety check-ups, and more.
GreenUP's registered energy advisor Bryn Magee assesses a home in Douro this past winter. GreenUP is one of the providers of pre-retrofit home energy assessments in the K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L, K0L, L0A, K9V, K0M-Trent Lakes, L1A, and K9A postal codes. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP’s registered energy advisers can help you eliminate energy waste in your home

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From basement to attic, your home's energy efficiency can be impacted by many factors.
Peterborough's famous Lift Lock opened on July 9, 1904. During Doors Open Peterborough on September 16, 2023, you will have a rare chance to see how this engineering wonder works. (Photo: Peterborough Museum & Archives)

Travel into the past by walking or biking to Doors Open Peterborough this September

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Annual celebration of architectural and cultural heritage offers the public rare chance to explore the inside of buildings normally closed to the public.
Curve Lake First Nation Elder Dorothy Taylor and allies Drew Milligan and Anne Trudell (Sacred Water Circle) follow behind the young people (not pictured) who are carrying the eagle staff and the copper pot at a water walk for Little Lake on May 5, 2023. Students and teachers hold sacred semaa (tobacco) in their left hand during the entire walk. Teachers and students from Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School wear red to honour the Indigenous communities who lost hundreds of women, girls and two-spirit individuals who went missing, or were murdered over the years. Elder Dorothy sings as the walk proceeds to Beavermead Park. (Photo: Lili Paradi, Sacred Water Circle / GreenUP)

Peterborough youth organize water walk led by Elder Dorothy Taylor to honour Little Lake

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Anishinaabeg ceremony from Midewiwin tradition raises awareness about 'nibi' (water) as a living entity.
Young students during the first day of the annual Peterborough Children's Water Festival on May 30, 2023 donned lab coats and investigated various tests on liquids to understand the concept of acidity in water. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

In celebration of Peterborough Children’s Water Festival, channel your inner child and imagine you...

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Thousands of young students gathered at Riverview Park and Zoo on May 30 and 31 to learn all about water.
As well as encouraging literacy by providing mobile library services, the Peterborough Public Library's Book Bike is an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional gas-powered bookmobiles. (Photo: Mark Stewart / Peterborough Public Library)

How three Peterborough businesses and organizations are embracing the bicycle

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Three Sisters Natural Landscapes, Peterborough Public Library, and VIP Peterborough are participating in GreenUP's Shifting Gears May Challenge.
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