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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
Pulse Pop-Ups are neighbourhood-scaled open street events, also known internationally as play streets, where neighbours turn their residential streets into spaces for playing and gathering for music, food, arts, and play. This Pulse Pop-Up on Harvey Street in Peterborough included a bike playground, as shown, a jug band, pop-up bike lanes, chalk murals, a BBQ, and more. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Streets aren’t just for cars … they’re for people too

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GreenUP programs help residents re-imagine their neighbourhoods with streets that are safe for all.
In 2017, 100in1Day Toronto set up a swing, games, balloons, bubbles, and other activities in an alleyway to animate the space in a positive, fun, and playful way. This year, Peterborough will be one of 13 Canadian cities participating in 100in1Day on June 2nd, 2018. The possibilities of your local event are limited only by your imagination. (Photo: Nicole Bruun-Myyer / 100in1Day Toronto)

100in1Day festival demonstrates collective power of small actions

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Day of grassroots activities on June 2 will celebrate active citizenship in Peterborough.
Gardeners at the annual GreenUP Ecology Park Plant Sale on May 20, 2018 can choose from over 150 species of edible and native plants, shrubs, and trees that thrive in our region of Ontario. Selecting locally adapted native species to plant ensures that you are also providing habitat for wildlife and food sources for pollinators. (Photo: GreenUP)

Start your gardening season off right at the Ecology Park Plant Sale on Sunday

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GreenUP fundraiser offers 150 species of native and local plants grown in region's actual conditions.
Connor Overbaugh, Summer Waste Technician with the City of Peterborough, helps Peterborough resident Jenn McCallum install a composter as part of the new partnership program with GreenUP called "Kitchen to Compost: Too Good To Waste". Peterborough residents can sign up to have a composter delivered and installed for $20. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Tips to get you composting during Compost Awareness Week

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Become aware of your waste habits and learn how to change them.
May is a month of rejuvenation, growth, and great green events! GreenUP offers many resources, products, events, and workshops in May, including the official start of the gardening season, The Annual GreenUP Ecology Park Plant Sale on May 20th from noon to 4 p.m. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

GreenUP welcomes spring with great green events in May

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Events include annual Ecology Park Plant Sale, Shifting Gears, Thursday Bike Nights, Kids on Bikes Ptbo, and Rain Garden Tour.
"You know something's important to you when it appears as your birthday cake", one of the photos in the "Life by Bike" SPARK Photo Festival exhibit on display at GreenUP in downtown Peterborough until the end of April. (Photo: Cam Douglas)

‘Life by Bike’ photos celebrate Peterborough’s bicycle culture

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SPARK Photo Festival exhibit on display at GreenUP until the end of April with a reception on April 28.
Around 100 students and staff from King George Public School in Peterborough organized a clean up of Armour Hill and Rube Brady Park in East City on April 5th. Many Earth Day cleanups are planned throughout the City of Peterborough, including a city wide annual cleanup, The Super Spring Cleanup hosted by Rotary Club of Peterborough on Saturday, April 21st at Confederation Park across from City Hall. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

End plastic pollution on Earth Day by participating in a clean-up event

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King George Public School students lead the way with an April 5th clean up in Peterborough.
Swapping out a few wardrobe items so that you can comfortably walk, cycle, or take transit can be as easy as adding a pair of rubber boots and a backpack to your spring outfit. Take the time in April to make preparations so that you can be ready to participate in Shifting Gears during the month of May. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Get ready to shift gears and start walking, biking, or taking transit

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Online registration is now open for Shifting Gears Peterborough 2018, which begins May 1.
GreenUP Environmental Education Coordinator Danica Jarvis shares resources from the new "Kitchen to Compost: Too Good to Waste" program with Environmental Educator Glen Caradus. The new program will see 150 new composters installed at Peterborough residences throughout the summer of 2018 to help reduce kitchen waste from taking up unnecessary space in the local landfill. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

New program to help Peterborough residents reduce waste by composting

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'Kitchen to Compost' program will deliver and install a composter for $20.
A energy auditor conducts a pre-audit blower door test on a residential home in Peterborough. Over the past 25 years, GreenUP has conducted energy audits for more than 40 per cent of the homes in the Peterborough area. Currently, GreenUP provides audit services for two energy incentive programs available for local homeowners: the Enbridge Gas Home Energy Conservation Program and the Union Gas Home Reno Rebate Program. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Save money, improve your home, and help the environment with home energy incentives

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GreenUP can help you access energy rebates to upgrade your home.
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