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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
From uneaten leftovers to untouched fruits and vegetables to food that is forgotten, households waste more food than restaurants, hotels, stores, and farms combined. Around $1,500 worth of food per household gets thrown out every year -- around one out of six bags of groceries per week!

Did you know almost half of all wasted food comes from our own homes?

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Find out more about the impact of food waste and what you can do at 'Food ... too good to waste' event in Peterborough on September 27.
The Wine Shoppe on Park, on the corner of Park and Brock Streets in Peterborough, is one of many local businesses taking environmental actions to green their business. In 2016, The Wine Shoppe worked with GreenUP to DePave an area outside their front entrance, replacing pavement with a garden. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Many Peterborough businesses are going green

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BE Catering, The Wine Shoppe on Park, and Engage Engineering are some of the businesses taking environmental actions.
Active and Safe Routes to School Peterborough is a group of local organizations addressing health and environmental issues related to school travel. The group has a vision for all students to have the opportunity to walk, roll, or bus to and from school as a part of their daily school experience. This vision was born because we know that walking, rolling, or busing benefits students, makes school zones safer, and is good for the environment. (Supplied photo)

Let’s get our kids walking, biking, scooting, and busing to school this year

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Active & Safe Routes to School promotes healthier children and a healthier environment.
A highlight of every Ecology Park Family Night is the Lantern Walk, where participants can make their very own lantern and follow through the Ecology Park trails to music led by the Paddling Puppeteer. This year's event, sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge, takes place on Thursday, August 23rd at Ecology Park, 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: Karen Halley)

GreenUP Ecology Park’s Family Night & Lantern Walk celebrates nature in the city

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Annual end-of-summer event on August 23 features the Paddling Puppeteer, lantern making, nature activities, and more.
Getting kids involved in packing their own litterless lunches will help to reduce food waste. Incorporate fun, functional, and waste-free packaging alternatives like stainless steel containers, fabric sandwich bags, beeswax wrap, and mason jars. (Photo: GreenUP)

Master the litterless lunch this upcoming school year

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Package-free lunches are simple, save you money, and help the environment.
The GreenUP Water Wise program recognizes residents that have adopted Water Wise landscaping practices, such as reducing the amount of lawn in their yard, planting rough-tolerant native species, and using a rain barrel, all of which help to reduce reliance on municipal water. (Photo: GreenUP)

How to use less water in your yard and garden this summer

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Water Wise techniques reduce water consumption and ensure every drop is used to its full potential.
GreenUP's top 10 list of green summer books provides you with a variety of reads that are sure to keep you relaxed, healthy, and informed this summer while you are cottaging, camping, beaching, or relaxing in your own backyard. Most are available for loan from the Peterborough Public Library. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Top 10 environmental books for your summer reading list

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GreenUP staff picks of green classics ranging from novels to non-fiction to children's books.
Peterborough Pulse, the annual festival that transforms the streets of downtown Peterborough into a playground for everyone, returns for its fourth year from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 21st. (Photo: Vicky Paradisis)

Dance (and more) in the streets of downtown Peterborough this Saturday

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Family-friendly Peterborough Pulse open streets festival returns for its fourth year on July 21.
In April 2018, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada assessed the Midland Painted Turtle as a species of "special concern" under the federal Species At Risk Act. Under Ontario's Endangered Species Act, seven additional species of turtles are listed as threatened, endangered, or of special concern, with an eigth species listed as extirpated (extinct in Ontario). (Photo: Appaloosa CC BY-NC 2.0)

Here’s how you can help Ontario’s threatened turtles

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All eight of Ontario turtle species are now considered at risk.
GreenUP Water Programs Coordinator Jenn McCallum places a BlueW Ptbo decal in the window at Black Honey Café on Hunter Street in downtown Peterborough. Look for the decal across the Kawarthas at businesses and public service buildings, marking them as destinations for re-filling up your reusable water bottle for free, or check bluewptbo.ca for a full listing. (Photo: Karen Halley / GreenUP)

Where to fill up your water bottle for free in the Kawarthas

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GreenUp's BlueW program promotes safe and environmentally friendly municipal tap water.
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