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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
Family and friends enjoy a rest and a snack at GreenUP Ecology Park, along the Trans Canada Trail in East City, Peterborough. Summer is the perfect time to maximize outdoor time, which is essential for healthy childhood development and is beneficial for the physical and emotional health of all ages. (Photo: GreenUP)

School’s out! Tuck away the devices and spend time outdoors

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Getting active outside is healthy for the whole family.
One way to make your kids' parties greener this summer is to nix the loot bags and involve your little partiers in a take-home craft instead. There will be less waste from individually packaged treats, less cost, and a lot more fun. Here children make take-home lanterns at last year’s GreenUP Ecology Park Family Night. (Photo: GreenUP)

Top 10 tips for greening your summer parties

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How to keep the planet in mind when hosting your next summer soiree.
A cyclist passes a parked car on River Road in Peterborough, while the driver of a truck gives ample space when passing the cyclist. Giving a minimum of one metre of space when passing a cyclist is the law. The one-metre cushion is designed to keep everyone safe on our roads. (Photo: Lindsay Stroud)

One-metre law aims to make Ontario roads safer for cyclists

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Motorists must leave one metre of space when passing a cyclist.
An attendee of the Peterborough Children's Water Festival participates in The Wild Rice Dance-off activity centre where children take turns wearing moccasins and dancing in a large cauldron of wild rice, a traditional practice used to remove the chaff from the grain of rice. (Photo: Karen Halley)

First Nations teachings highlight the Peterborough Children’s Water Festival

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Annual festival held in May teaches kids about our relationship with water.
Children at the Peterborough Children's Water Festival learn about the benefits of drinking municipal tap water at the PTBO H20 mobile tap water station. This 'water buggy' provides a supply of fresh tap water to refill reusable bottles and can be used as a drinking fountain, too. Watch for the Peterborough Utilities' PTBO H20 at community events throughout the Peterborough area this summer, and fill up your reusable water bottle for free. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Why are people still buying bottled water?

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Municipal tap water is the best choice for drinking water.
A group of cyclists gather at the Lakefield Trailhead just outside of Lakefield, after riding from Peterborough along the trail during a recent group tour. International Trails Day offers several opportunities to celebrate our local trails with guided or self-led events on foot or bicycle, on June 2nd and 3rd. (Photo: Jaime Akiyama)

Celebrate our local trails on International Trails Day

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Trail-related activities taking place on Saturday, June 3 in Peterborough, Lakefield, Millbrook, and more.
GreenUP Staff and volunteers will be on hand to help you make veggie, annual and perennial, shrub and tree choices for your garden at the Annual Ecology Park Plant Sale this Sunday, May 21st noon to 4 p.m. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Gardening with wild and local plants is the natural choice

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GreenUP's Annual Ecology Park Plant Sale takes place May 21 in Peterborough.
Little Lake rising above the retaining walls and flooding the parking lot at Ashburnham Lock 20 at Beavermead Park in Peterborough. Over 100mm of rain has already fallen in Peterborough since the beginning of May. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Dealing with heavy rain and planning for future flooding

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Help protect your home from water damage by installing rain barrels and a rain garden.
GreenUP offers many resources, products, events, and workshops during the month of May. The GreenUP Ecology Plant Sale is an annual fundraiser that happens each May where you can pick up a variety of veggies, locally adapted wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees. Join GreenUP this year on Sunday, May 21st from noon to 4 p.m. for their biggest sale of the year.

Make your May even greener with GreenUP events and workshops

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Rain barrels, Ecology Park plant sale, seeds, Community Shifting Gears, and cycling.
On National Volunteer Week, GreenUP recognizes and celebrates all of the volunteers who have brought such incredible enthusiasm and fun to Peterborough Pulse, the city's largest outdoor recreation, open streets event.

Volunteers power the heartbeat of Peterborough Pulse

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Contribute to a happier and healthier Peterborough by volunteering at this year's open streets event.
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