By Heather Ray, GreenUP’s Manager of Water Programs I narrowly averted a crisis the other night. My toilet was quite close to overflowing. I discovered a number of cotton swabs my toddler, Leif, had attempted to flush. Eventually, I removed all of the cotton swabs and things flushed as they should. As I inspected the […]

By Jenn McCallum I was recently preparing some thank-you cards at the GreenUP office, and one of my colleagues commented that she doesn’t like cards because they are not useful after you receive them. With Hallowe’en over, and Christmas coming, this got me thinking. Why do we give cards? How do cards impact the environment? […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator This interview is part of the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong project. These oral histories are being shared and celebrated. The stories in this article have been adapted, with permission, from recorded conversations. This audio recording is available here and for visitors to the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong park through phone […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator This interview is part of the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong project. These oral histories are being shared and celebrated. The stories in this article have been adapted, with permission, from recorded conversations. This audio recording is available here and for visitors to the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong park through phone […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator This interview is part of the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong project. These oral histories are being shared and celebrated. The stories in this article have been adapted, with permission, from recorded conversations. This audio recording is available here and for visitors to the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong park through phone […]

A Pocket Park Project Intertwined with Nature, Culture, and Anishinaabe Tales of the Canoe. By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator The Downtown Vibrancy Project hosted many design sessions with local residents, First Nations communities, and local business. We discussed what the canoe means to us all and how public […]

By Lindsay Stroud, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Manager Second only to walking, cycling is the most affordable transportation option available. Once you’ve acquired a bike, and a few key pieces of gear, annual maintenance costs are likely cheaper than what you spend getting your hair cut each year. Compare that to the costs of […]

By Vern Bastable, Director of GreenUP Ecology Park They’re quiet, they’re helpful, and they mind their own business.  Does this neighbour sound too good to be true? For all they do for us, being a tree in Peterborough is a darn tough job. Let’s take a quick look at the issues facing trees in our […]

By Lindsay Stroud, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Manager “Tally-ho!” It’s a call you may have heard on the streets of downtown Peterborough this summer shortly before a light green 15-passenger bike rolled past full of people smiling, laughing, and pedaling to their next destination. That is PedalBoro, a local company that started this summer, […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator GreenUP’s Depave Paradise Program has been busy this summer creating a new garden at Euphoria Wellness Spa in partnership with the Downtown Vibrancy Project. We are not yet winding down for winter, though. We have another exciting Depave Paradise project coming up this […]