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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
The City of Peterborough Environment Day takes place on the morning of Saturday, May 14 at 791 Webber Avenue, beside Value Village (graphic: City of Peterborough)

Saturday is Environment Day in the City of Peterborough

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Dispose of unwanted household items for free, including electronics, video and audio tapes, car seats, vinyl records, and more.
Even a small garden bed can bring beauty to your living space and great bounty to your dinner table. Narrow raised beds alongside the The GreenUP Store in downtown Peterborough flourished last summer with species of squash, tomato, sunflowers, and herbs. (Photo: GreenUP)

Container gardening is for everyone

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GreenUp's Karen Halley shares her experience and tips for creating your own mini garden.
The Shifting Gears program is among the most successful transportation demand management initiatives implemented in Canada. Shifting Gears significantly reduces the number of Single Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) trips made during the month of May by encouraging community members to walk, cycle, carpool, or ride the bus. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Shift gears during the month of May and connect with your city

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Walk, cycle, carpool, take the bus, and more during Peterborough's annual transportation challenge.
Repair Café Peterborough is a free monthly event run by volunteer fixers who share their knowledge and skills to help you repair things that just don't work anymore. They can help rewire lamps, de-bug computers, mend rips in pants, glue broken jewelry, and more. (Photo: Repair Cafe Peterborough / Facebook)

Go beyond the three Rs this Earth Week

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Take advantage of the sharing economy through the Peterborough Tool Library, Repair Cafe, reBOOT, and B!KE.
A pollen-laden bumblebee in flight. Bumblebee species are declining around the world. (Photo: Pahazzard / Wikipedia)

The plight of the bumblebee

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Six ways you can help prevent the decline of this gentle pollinator.
Shane and Amanda Palmer, owners of Green Eyewear Optical, were early members of the Green Business Peterborough program when it was first launched in 2012 (photo: Matt Higgs)

Improving energy conservation improves the bottom line

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GreenUp relaunches its Green Business Peterborough program witha focus on small business.
Tegan Moss has completely eliminated municipal water use by being a Water Wise gardener in the front yard of her Sherbrooke Street home. Moss plants native drought-tolerant species such as milkweed, has reduced the amount of her lawn space while increasing the amount of garden space, uses mulch to retain water, and waters only with rain collected in a rain barrel. (Photo: Heather Ray)

Become a wise water neighbour and get recognized

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New GreenUP and Peterborough Utilities program encourages Peterborough residents to conserve water.
It's time to reduce our use of polystyrene. Single-use Styrofoam cups and containers not only litter the landscape, but even when they are disposed properly in the landfill they take 500 years to break down.

Spring away from Styrofoam

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How to reduce your use of polystyrene products and recycle some of the ones you use.
GreenUP's Ausma Clappsion stocks the shelves at the GreenUP Store and Resource Centre with varieties of heirloom tomato seeds. Also available are many varieties of untreated, non-GMO seeds including herbs, beans, beets, cucumber, zucchini, squash, radish, and more. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Eager gardeners can start planting seeds indoors right now

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How to start growing your plants and prepare them for transplanting outdoors in May.
Learning how to read a transit map and schedule, and using public transit is a life skill that will help prepare youth to move independently through their community. Grade 8 Transit Quest provides students with a free bus pass for the March Break and an opportunity to learn how to use our local transit system. (Photo: Brianna Salmon, GreenUP)

Grade 8 students ride Peterborough Transit for free during March Break

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Transit Quest program helps youth learn how to use public transportation to get around.
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