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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
Part of the NeighbourPLAN vision for the Downtown Jackson Creek neighbourhood, this illustration shows what Rubidge Street at Hunter Street could look like with a curb bump-out, buffered bike lane, and dedicated parking. All of these components fit into the currently paved roadway by reducing the drive lanes. (Rendering: Basterfield & Associates Inc. Landscape Architects)

Resident-centred planning for Peterborough neighbourhoods continues during COVID-19

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GreenUP's NeighbourPLAN program releases a portrait of Talwood and a vision for Downtown Jackson Creek.
This bud is from a butternut tree. A cousin of the walnut, the butternut tree has long and graceful compound leaves and produces a crop of nuts in the fall. Intentional planning is important when planting a butternut, because toxins from its roots will affect many other plants, like vegetables, evergreens, and fruit trees. Butternuts are now endangered in Ontario due to butternut canker, so planting these trees will increase the chances of finding some that are resistant to the disease. Butternut trees can be tapped like maple trees to collect sap and make sweet syrup. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

How to choose the best trees for your yard this planting season

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Fun planning activities include taking a walk through your neighbourhood for tree 'window shopping'.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and this week is also National Volunteer Week. In 2019, volunteers with Peterborough GreenUP's Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood program planted more than 1,200 square metres of gardens, including native species of plants that have a low-water need. (Photo: GreenUP)

Celebrating Canada’s volunteers and Earth Day during COVID-19

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Volunteers have stepped up even more during the pandemic, and you can still help the environment even without community clean-ups.
Supporting wild pollinators in your yard can be easy and fun. Cavity-dwelling native bees use hollow stems as nesting sites in the spring. You can buy or build a bee house like this one made by Three Sisters Natural Landscapes. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Invite pollinators to your garden this spring

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How to find and support wild bees and plant a pollinator-friendly garden.
In this week's GreenUP column, Tyler Scott, chef and co-owner of Rare in downtown Peterborough, provides some tips on how to make the best use of ingredients in your kitchen at home. Here he's pictured retrieving some striploin from his smoker. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rare and a number of other local restaurants have established safe food delivery and takeout options. (Photo: Rare / Facebook)

Zero waste grocery and meal planning during COVID-19

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Tips and tricks for extending your grocery shopping and reducing food waste.
Shifting Gears is an annual spring program that challenges people to choose more active and sustainable forms of transportation when commuting to work, school, or out in the community. This spring, the Shifting Gears team will provide supports to employers, employees, and community members as we all shift how we work, travel, play, and live to combat COVID-19. While working from home, Lindsay Stroud and other staff from GreenUP are using the group instant messaging tool Slack for collaboration. (Photo: GreenUP)

GreenUP’s annual Shifting Gears transportation challenge is shifting gears during COVID-19

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This year's program aims to provide tools, tips, and conversations for sheltering at home,
At the Depave site at 100 Water Street in downtown Peterborough, Anishinaabe elder Dorothy Taylor of the Curve Lake First Nation explains the significance of the materials she uses to perform water ceremony to students from St. Anne's Catholic Elementary School. In partnership with GreenUP's Wonders of Water program, the students are transforming a flood-prone corner of their school yard into a rain garden. They also took a tour of the local watershed, tracing Jackson Creek from its headwaters at Loggerhead Marsh to its outflow at the Otonabee River, near the Depave site. (Photo: GreenUP)

Peterborough students take local action for World Water Day

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Grade 6 and 7 students who are creating a rain garden at their school also take a tour of Peterborough's local watershed.
GreenUP's new portable H2O To Go kits provide teachers, parents, youth group leaders, and more with fun and engaging activities that teach children about our relationship with water. Four of the kits reflect themes related to how we understand and protect water (science, technology, protection, and conservation) and the fifth kit meets the unique needs of families, with activities tailored to the home. Activities in the kits are inspired by those delivered each year at the Peterborough Children's Water Festival. The kits will be available for rent at the GreenUP Store in downtown Peterborough on March 21, 2020, the day before World Water Day. (Photo: GreenUP)

GreenUP’s new portable H2O To Go kits teach kids about our relationship with water

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Just in time for World Water Day, kits offer fun and engaging activities and can be reserved by teachers, parents, and more as of March 21.
GreenUP's Matthew Walmsley enjoys some quality family time as he teaches his son how to fly fish along the Trent-Severn Waterway in Peterborough. By practising sustainable recreational fishing, children and adults alike can enjoy physical and psychological health benefits of spending time in the natural environment. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Walmsley)

Five tips for a greener approach to recreational fishing

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Anglers of any experience level can always learn more about how to leave a smaller footprint.
"Dragons of inaction" are psychological barriers that we all must overcome to take positive action against the climate crisis, one of which is the perception that what we do individually won't make a difference. You can slay this dragon by taking personal responsibility for your own actions, such as by choosing reusable metal or glass water bottles instead of single-use disposable plastic bottles. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

How to slay the environmental ‘dragons of inaction’

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Four reasons why we resist taking positive action against the climate crisis and how to overcome them.
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