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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
In 2023, the City of Peterborough added another safe cycleway - the Bethune Street Bike Boulevard - to help advance active transportation for all ages and abilities. Green Communities Canada's recent Collective Impact Report for 2022-2023 found that participants in member communities' active travel programs walked or biked the equivalent of 115 trips from the coasts of BC to Newfoundland, resulting in 216.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions reductions for the calendar year. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)

Celebrating Peterborough’s contribution to a greener Canada

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A member of Green Communities Canada, GreenUP reflects on the collective local impact on national climate goals over the past two years.
The seeds of butterfly milkweed require at least 30 days of cold stratification to germinate. Seeds can be harvested when the pods begin to split open. (Photo: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

Growing native plants from seed in the winter can be a gift for the...

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Peterborough GreenUP explains how you can use cold stratification to begin propagating plants for your garden.
Peterborough resident Ellie Dustler stands behind a rain barrel acquired from the GreenUP Store and Resource Centre. A rain barrel acts as an all-season water conservation tool. By collecting rain water, residents can save money, improve how indoor and outdoor plants are watered, and help reduce the pressure on the local municipal stormwater system during flooding events. (Photo: Melynda Dustler)

Peterborough GreenUP celebrates water conservation champions all year round

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From rain barrels and water wise gardens to reducing winter salt use, water champions come in all shapes and sizes.
A lath house, made chiefly of laths (slats) spaced to reduce excessive sunlight, is used for growing plants that require some shade. GreenUP's iconic Lath House in Ecology Park has degraded and needs to be replaced. With community support, here's what a rebuilt Ecology Park Lath House would look like, showing the potential for productive garden bed design in 2024. (Rendering: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

GreenUP seeking donations to help rebuild iconic Lath House in Peterborough’s Ecology Park

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Replacing degraded structure used to shelter growing native plants would also create an additional space for climate education.
The Peterborough GreenUP Store and Resource Centre in downtown Peterborough offers many eco-friendly choices for your holiday gift giving, including locally made items that support the local economy while decreasing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from delivery vehicles. (Photo: Eileen Kimmett / GreenUP)

Give to the environment too by choosing eco-friendly stocking stuffers from the Peterborough GreenUP...

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GreenUP has many affordable gifts from local makers, with a portion of purchases supporting climate programming in the community.
Five children on their way to school in Peterborough. Over the past few decades, the proportion of children who walk to school has decreased dramatically. (Photo: Active School Travel Peterborough)

How we can get more kids walking to school to benefit their health and...

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The 'walking school bus' is an increasingly popular option that helps address common safety concerns.
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.
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