While Black Friday has become the official start of the holiday shopping season for many, GreenUP invites you to think about your purchases this Black Friday, and to consider their impact on the earth. Consumerism and manufacturing have a considerable environmental impact: emissions, excessive energy consumption, air pollution, and the inevitable end-of-life space that products [...]

By Danica Jarvis, GreenUP Environmental Educator October marks one of my favourite holidays, Halloween, which is a time for a celebration of all things spooky. It’s time to carve pumpkins, decorate our homes with strings of bats and spiders, and tuck rubber snakes and rats under fallen leaves for unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. As you dig your […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications and Marketing Specialist Those of us who enjoy adventures around town on two wheels have had the opportunity to ride our bikes in warmer and drier conditions this fall. Nice weather sure makes commuting, market trips, and recreational rides more convenient and enjoyable than in the typical cold, fall weather […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist The hot and humid conditions we have been experiencing over the past few weeks are certainly not usual for fall in Peterborough. Some of us have enjoyed the recent hot weather that we hoped for all summer, but the weather forecasts now show more seasonal temperatures. When […]

By Heather Ray, GreenUP Manager of Water Programs Peterborough is home to a number of beautiful gardens that boast a number of benefits: offering pollinator habitat, food production, curb appeal, and improvements to physical and mental health. While water is necessary for a garden to grow, gardens also play an important role in protecting and […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist Looking to take composting to the next level at your home, office, or school? Vermicomposting is the use of red wiggler worms to convert your kitchen and lunchroom waste into fertilizer. Not only does it benefit your garden and house plants, it also helps to cut down […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist   Each year, GreenUP is always excited to celebrate this special time of year when Monarchs visit our gardens to sample the abundant nectar from flowers and search for a very specific plant to lay their eggs upon; a once a common plant, Milkweed. Milkweed is the [...]

By Jaime Akiyama, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Programs Coordinator The end of August is always a conflicting time. Families are switching into back-to-school planning mode, organizing indoor shoes and school supplies, scrubbing out lunch boxes, and helping to prepare little ones for new classes and teachers. There is the excitement of heading back to […]

By Kristen Larocque, GreenUP Store Coordinator What is the secret to effortlessly packing school lunches? It is a difficult task to entice children to eat nutritious meals and snacks and this challenge seems twofold when they reach school age. As a parent to a very adventuresome 4-year-old on the brink of starting school, this subject […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist We are about mid way through the summer. As you settle into the backyard hammock or a Muskoka chair on the dock, what book are you looking forward to reading? GreenUP is here to help you get started on your summer book list with suggested favourites from […]