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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
Common yarrow, known as waabanoowashk in Anishinaabemowan, has astringent and laxative properties and has been used by Indigenous peoples as a traditional medicine for cuts and abrasions, headaches, and more. (Photo: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

What Indigenous knowledge can tell us about using plants as food and medicine

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Peterborough GreenUP and Nourish recently hosted a medicinal plant workshop with Caleb Musgrave of Hiawatha First Nation.
After Susan and Jim Blakelock moved to their bungalow in the south east of Peterborough in 2020, their registered energy advisor daughter Clara completed a home energy assessment and found many areas for improvement. Two years later, after completing a list of upgrades, the couple has reduced their EnerGuide rating from 135 to 60 gigajoules and their annual greenhouse gas emissions from 5.5 to 1.2 tonnes annually. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

How Peterborough homeowners Jim and Susan Blakelock reduced their energy use by more than...

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After an energy assessment by their daughter Clara, a registered energy advisor with GreenUP, the couple completed a deep energy retrofit.
Eileen Kimmett, coordinator of the GreenUP Store & Resource Centre, stands in full winter cycling gear with her bike after a five-kilometre commute in 2022 from her home to the GreenUP Store in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: GreenUP)

Winter cycling is great physical exercise and can improve your mental well-being

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Peterborough GreenUP's Eileen Kimmett reflects on her participation last year in B!KE's Winter Wheels program.
Adeilah Dahlke of Jigsaw Organizing Solutions, a member of Green Economy Peterborough, carries a bag of donations destined for a community program in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Adeilah Dahlke / Jigsaw Organizing Solutions)

Where you can take your hard-to-recycle items in Peterborough

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Decluttering expert Adeilah Dahlke shares her go-to places for donating or recycling unwanted or un-needed items.
Beginning October 31, 2023, the City of Peterborough will begin weekly collection of organic waste in green bins supplied to eligible households, on the same day as recycling collection. Specially designed trucks will use a mechanical arm to pick up and empty the green bins. As of October 31, regular garbage will only be collected every other week and must be placed at the curb in clear garbage bags rather than garbage bins. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

No time to waste: get ready for the City of Peterborough’s new residential waste...

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Tips and resources from GreenUP for a successful switch to weekly organic waste collection and bi-weekly clear bag garbage collection on October 31.
Russ Christianson and Heidi Schaeffer standing next to the 22-panel ground mount solar installation recently installed on their property near Campbellford. By using solar panels for electricity and air source heat pumps for heating and cooling, the couple has achieved 'net zero' status. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

Going solar helps Campbellford couple achieve ‘net zero’ status

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Grants and loans are available to homeowners to install renewable energy technologies.
Volunteers pose in front of the first "little forest" planted in the downtown core in Peterborough. As part of a GreenUP initiative made possible due to generous donations by community members, three densely planted mini forests will grow into biodiverse pockets in the urban core, creating oxygen, controlling erosion, providing shade, purifying water, offering habitat, and more. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

Three new ‘little forests’ have just been planted in Peterborough

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Next step in community-supported GreenUP initiative is to build the soil health necessary for trees to take root and grow.
James Harley, co-owner of Harley Farms in Keene, cuts hay. While the agriculture sector is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, it also produces 10 per cent of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, not including the use of fossil fuels. The Net Zero Farms pilot project will subsidize a cohort of local agriculture businesses to join Green Economy Peterborough, where they will be supported to measure their footprint, learn from one another, and expand our regional understanding of local opportunities for climate action. (Photo: Veronica Price Jones / Harley Farms)

Pilot project will explore how Peterborough-area farms can measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Through Green Economy Peterborough's Net Zero Farms, GreenUP will also help local farms in their efforts to avoid climate change's damaging impacts.
Trent Health in Motion physiotherapists and co-owners Reanna Montopoli and Michael Williams. Longtime participants in the Shifting Gears Commuter Challenge, Trent Health in Motion is a member of Green Economy Peterborough that recognizes active commuting as a great contribution to emissions reduction for their business. (Photo: Terri Lyn Thomas / Kaspi Creative)

Green Economy Peterborough helps local businesses take action against climate change

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency is also good for the bottom line.
The Bethune Street bikeway, stretching from McDonnel Street to Townsend Street, is the first street in the City of Peterborough that best serves cyclists and pedestrians over cars and trucks. Pictured is a cyclist using Bethune Street while, in the background, an elderly couple walks beside a newly built pollinator garden. (Photo: Tegan Moss / GreenUP)

Bethune Street bikeway is a milestone in Peterborough’s journey towards climate resilience

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Overhaul of Bethune Street supports active transportation with stormwater infrastructure safeguarding against climate-related storms.
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