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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
Community volunteers plant a fruit tree at the Reid and McDonnel Community Orchard. The GreenUP Peterborough Community Orchard Stewards care for 65 fruit trees in seven public spaces throughout the City of Peterborough. (Photo: GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP shares four reasons to plant a tree or shrub this fall

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Most native species thrive when planted in the autumn and they are a great way to take climate action and beautify your garden.
In the past, developers have accomplished stormwater management requirements by building stormwater ponds that require a great deal of concrete and gravel fill. The new Peterborough Fire Hall on Marina Boulevard will feature some on-site stormwater management features. Pictured under construction is a bioretention cell, which is a shallow stormwater basin that uses engineered soils and vegetation to capture and treat runoff. (Photo: Dylan Radcliffe)

Green stormwater facilities result in improved water quality and a decreased carbon footprint

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Rain gardens, green roofs, and bioretention cells can be beneficial alternatives to stormwater ponds.
GreenUP staff gathers to celebrate Peterborough's first naturalized playscape in the children's garden in Ecology Park in 2023. The construction of the playscape fulfilled a deliverable in GreenUP's previous strategic plan. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP introduces its 2024-2028 Strategic plan

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Five strategic priorities will guide the non-profit environmental organization's work over the next four years.
Peterborough homeowners Madeleine Endicott and Steve McMurtry now enjoy a much more comfortable home, and have reduced their total energy consumption by 43 per cent, after insulating the walls of their 100-year-old house and adding a heat pump. They plan to investigate additional upgrades in the future. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

Peterborough couple saves on energy bills after adding wall insulation to their century home

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Madeleine Endicott and Steve McMurtry's home is also now warmer in the winter and they have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by 86% .
Beeswax wraps from Swift Acres in Apsley, reusable snack bags from Canadian brand Colibri, and bamboo utensils are some of the ways you can pack litterless lunches for the new school year. Beeswax wraps can last up to a year or more with proper care, and can be composted at the end of their useful life. (Photo: Eileen Kimmett / GreenUP)

Leap into the new school year with litterless lunches

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Peterborough GreenUP explains how packing zero-waste meals for your children saves money and is good for the environment too.
Clean Up Peterborough's event on July 14, 2024 saw 18 volunteers collect six bags of litter and recyclables and pick up 5,185 cigarette butts in Millennium Park, Del Crary Park, and a large section of the Little Lake shoreline in Peterborough. (Photo: Steve Paul)

New community initiative invites you to help Clean Up Peterborough

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Downtown Community Cigarette Butt Clean Up takes place on morning of August 11 starting at Quaker Foods City Square.
Peterborough resident Sheila Holliday inherited this rain garden with her home and is delighted to watch as it fills with rain. (Photo: Sheila Holliday)

Five reasons you should build a rain garden for your home

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Not only do they benefit the environment and your home, but Peterborough residents can get a subsidy to install one.
Participants in Peterborough GreenUP's new Urban Bike Adventures Camp take a well-deserved rest at Nicholls Oval Pavilion. Throughout the week, riders get more and more comfortable in the saddle with group rides, travelling to destinations including Ecology Park, Beavermead Park, Riverview Park & Zoo, and Jackson Park. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)

GreenUP’s Urban Bike Adventures Camp is helping Peterborough kids become confident cyclists

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Affordable camp spaces are available for all riders with a limited number of free camp spaces for eligible girls, two-spirit, and gender-diverse youth.
Norma and Michael Doran stand in front of their now fully electric Peterborough west-end home after having successfully completed a deep energy retrofit that allowed them to reduce their residential greenhouse gas emissions by over 86 per cent. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

A Peterborough couple has reduced their energy use by half by going fully electric

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Michael and Norma Doran have also reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by over 86% by getting rid of natural gas.
Ennismore's Kawartha Wildlife Centre closed in June 2024 after it failed to meet a $200,000 fundraising goal to support its operations. While in the care of the centre in 2022, this juvenile osprey suffering from a parasitic infection was supported by a hand-fed diet of whole prey fresh fish donated by community members. (Photo: Kawartha Wildlife Centre)

Tips on how to help wildlife after the recent permanent closure of Kawartha Wildlife...

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Charitable organization that cared for more than 3,000 animals over six years was forced to close in June due to a lack of funding.
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