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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
To achieve their goal of a net-zero home, the owners of this Peterborough County home collaborated closely with their construction team using the integrated design process, a collaborative approach where everyone involved from design through construction looks at the building as a complete system rather than as a sum of its individual parts. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Schillemat)

Peterborough-area home builders learn how to build more sustainable homes

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Integrated design process helps identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency, reduce waste, and lower emissions.
Beatrice Chan, the new program coordinator of the Net Zero Farms program, with one of her lambs from her farm in Selwyn Township where she farms sheep, cut flowers, meat chickens, and runs a flock of layers as well. She is looking forward to working with other local farmers in her new role as coordinator. (Photo: Bea Chan)

Peterborough GreenUP seeking farms to participate in second year of Net Zero Farms pilot...

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Selwyn farmer Bea Chan is new coordinator of program that helps farmers assess their climate footprint and more.
"Walktober" is an opportunity to spend time outside and encourage kids, students, families, and school communities to be active on the way to school. Kids who walk to school benefit from more quality time with friends, lower stress, and increased daily minutes of exercise. (Photo: Peter Rellinger)

‘Walktober’ is a great time to get kids walking to school: Peterborough GreenUP

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Children who regularly walk to school are more informed about their communities and have increased road safety awareness.
Peterborough residents Michael and Norma Doran pose with their heat pump, which they installed in 2023. The Dorans worked with GreenUP's home energy team to evaluate their home's efficiency, and were able to take advantage of an incentive program to upgrade their home. You can learn more about heat pumps and other energy-saving solutions, incentive programs, and more at the Home Energy Expo on October 19, 2024 at the McDonnel St. Activity Centre in Peterborough. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

Learn more about heat pumps at Peterborough GreenUP’s Home Energy Expo on October 19

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Replacing a fossil-fuel burning furnace with a heat pump can reduce carbon emissions by 60 per cent or more.
Mounds of compost at the City of Peterborough's new composting facility co-located at the city-county landfill site on Bensfort Road ready to be tested for compliance with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's compost quality standards. Since the city's green bin program launched on October 31, 2023, 28,000 households have collectively diverted more than 6,000 tonnes of methane-producing organics from the landfill. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

From curb to compost, the City of Peterborough’s green bin program has been a...

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In the past year, more than 6,000 tonnes of methane-producing organics have been diverted from the city-county landfill
Kawartha Land Trust's land stewardship manager Hayden Wilson showing volunteers how to identify native tallgrasses and collect seeds at the tallgrass prairie at KLT's Ballyduff Trails in Pontypool in 2022. The 2024 annual tallgrass and wildflower seed harvest takes place on Sunday, October 6 and volunteers are invited to participate. (Photo: Dani Couture / Kawartha Land Trust)

Help restore the tallgrass prairie, one of the rarest ecosystems in North America, at...

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Join Kawartha Land Trust at the protected nature preserve on October 6 for the annual tallgrass and wildflower seed harvest.
Green Economy Peterborough members including Engage Engineering celebrated the sustainability efforts of their peers at the annual Leadership in Sustainability Awards celebration in April 2024. The business network recently launched the "Discover" and "Insight" membership tracks for small businesses that are at earlier stages in their sustainability journey. (Photo: Heather Doughty)

Green Economy Peterborough launches new membership tracks for smaller businesses

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Business network is now more accessible for businesses at earlier stages in their green journey.
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.
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