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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
A child attending the Open Hive! event on September 24th holds a frame from one of the GreenUp Ecology Park's hives. Open Hive! Is a newcomer beekeeping drop-in session which is part of the GreenUP Community Beekeeping Program where attendees can explore the wonders of beekeeping and pollination ecology. (Photo: Karen Halley)

5 un-bee-lievable facts about honeybees

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With photos from GreenUP Ecology Park's Open Hive! event on September 24.
The King Street Pulse Pop-Up on September 17 featured a bike show highlighting unique bikes such as cargos, commuters, hybrids, and fixed gears. Pictured here is a unique kid-sized bike add-on that attaches to the rear of an adult bike, which help kids to build confidence in riding and to learn the rules of the road.

Trading in four wheels for two

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Bicycles have become a practical urban transportation alternative to cars.
Valerie Hubbeard, manager of Kingan Home Hardware in downtown Peterborough, received rebates for energy-efficient upgrades that have helped the business to save 70,000 kilowatt hours, about the same amount of energy consumed by six Canadian homes in a year (photo: Peterborough Distribution Inc.)

Home Hardware in downtown Peterborough saves big with energy efficiency incentives

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Green Business Peterborough and Peterborough Distribution Inc. bring energy and cost savings to local small businesses.
Vermicompost is an excellent organic fertilizer and soil conditioner, with higher levels of nitrates and most other important plant nutrients than regular compost (photo: Wikipedia)

Worms are a gardener’s best friend

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Learn how to make your own worm compost and reduce food waste at GreenUP workshop on September 24.
A group of summer campers at GreenUP Ecology Park raise their cups as they enjoy flavoured water they made with sumac berries, lemon, and the added sweetness of honey from the GreenUP Ecology Park bees. Naturally flavoured water is a healthy alternative to sodas and juices containing high levels of sugar and fructose.

Naturally flavoured water is a healthy alternative for kids

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Instead of buying sugary soda and juices, infuse tap water with flavours from local plants.
An attendee of the Peterborough Children’s Water Festival participates in a Wonders of Water activity that guides children through building a simulated cross section of soil layers to visualize how water is filtered as it flows underground. The new Wonders of Water pilot program will extends learning from the festival throughout the academic school year to a larger age range. (Photo: GreenUP)

New program this fall will teach kids about the Wonders of Water

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Parents, children, and educators invited to show-and-tell event at Millennium Park on August 30.
This rain garden, installed by GreenUP at Wireless Solutions on Landsdowne Street in 2015, has the capacity to divert 200,000 litres of rainwater. The eight rain gardens installed in The Avenues as part of the Rain Ready Peterborough program will have the capacity to divert approximately 320,000 litres of rainwater, roughly the volume of six tanker trucks. (Photo: GreenUP)

Getting “rain ready” in Peterborough

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Rain Ready program seeks to mitigate flooding in local neighbourhoods like The Avenues.
Help divert waste from landfills with litterless lunches. You can build your own litterless lunch kit by visiting the GreenUP store in Peterborough. (Photo: GreenUP)

Send your kids back to school with litterless lunches

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GreenUP's Recycle Rangers Planet Protector Program aims to reduce classroom food waste.
A monarch at GreenUP Ecology Park in Peterborough; you can learn more about the monarch butterfly at GreenUp's August 14 workshop. Monarchs are sometimes confused with the very similar looking, but smaller, Viceroy Butterfly. You can tell them apart by looking closely at the wings: a Viceroy will have an extra black line bisecting the hind wings. (Photo: Samantha Stephens)

GreenUP to host monarch butterfly workshop on August 14

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Learn about the butterfly's life cycle and habitat, collect larvae, and help GreenUP gather data for citizen science projects.
Frits Jansen, Maintenance Supervisor at Peterborough Square, explains how the Smardt Chiller installed at Peterborough Square helps to reduce energy consumption and lower operational costs of cooling the building. Peterborough Square has participated in several energy efficiency incentive programs including recently, the Save on Energy Retrofit Program through GreenUP's Green Business Program, supported by Peterborough Distribution Inc (PDI).

Energy-efficient solutions will save Peterborough Square $28,700 per year

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Downtown mall received financial incentives through the Save on Energy Retrofit Program.
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