Archive for the ‘conservation’ Category

By Clara Blakelock, Registered Energy Advisor at GreenUP It was only in the deep freeze of mid-January that Katherine Orgill noticed her gas furnace firing up. Most people turn on their furnaces in October and leave them on until May. Orgill, however, had a cold-climate air-source heat pump installed in her century home in the […]

By: Tegan Moss, Executive Director of GreenUP Over our 30 years of operation, GreenUP has made an effort to measure and keep transparent the impact we are having in our community. GreenUP educates and engages thousands of children and youth each year. We have planted hundreds of thousands of native plants throughout our DePave and […]

By Kristen LaRocque, Coordinator, GreenUP Store and Resource Centre Whether you are headed to the beach or prepping for the back-to-school hustle, packed lunches are an opportunity to make thoughtful choices about the waste we may be creating and sending to landfill. Here are my top ten tips to help make packed lunches less wasteful […]

By Laura Keresztesi, Coordinator with GreenUP’s NeighbourHOOD Programs. Are you looking for a fun activity and an easy way to make a positive contribution to our community? Well, it’s time to take a stroll through your neighbourhood and nominate water wise front yards! Nominating a yard is a great way to show gratitude to your […]

Leif Einarson, Communications Manager at GreenUP Earth Hour happens from 8:30-9:30pm on the last Saturday in March every year. Earth Hour began in 2007 as a symbolic lights-out event to raise awareness for climate change and unsustainable resource consumption. For some people, this event raises questions: why only one hour? Why the focus on turning […]

  By guest authors Professor Rebecca Rooney and Courtney Robichaud, University of Waterloo Do you love wetlands? You might be surprised how much you appreciate wetlands without even realizing it. GreenUP asked us to write this article because we specialize in wetland research at the University of Waterloo. The concept of getting gifts and giving […]

On September 25, GreenUP released the new Action Plan for Water in Warsaw, a ten-year plan that GreenUP’s Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods (SUN) program developed with residents and partners in Warsaw. This Action Plan documents the current characteristics of the watershed and identifies priorities for protecting the Indian River waterway. Through generous funding from the RBC […]

By Heather Ray, GreenUP Water Programs Manager This past week, over 1,800 children descended on the Riverview Park & Zoo for the Peterborough Children’s Water Festival (PCWF)! Last year, the PCWF, announced the dream of adding an extra day, for a total of three days of hands-on water education. We are happy to say that […]

How to promote pollinators and work with the natural water conditions of your yard to create thriving gardens by Dawn Pond, GreenUP Downtown Vibrancy Project Coordinator  Gardening is the act of curating a natural space by manipulating and influencing living things to realize our ecological design dreams; it becomes beautiful art when done with grace […]

Autumn leaves make great mulch or compost on your property By: Dawn Pond, Depave Paradise and Downtown Vibrancy Project Coordinator; and Jenn McCallum, Coordinator, Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Autumn is the season with the shorter days, colder nights, and beautiful colours, and is also the season for raking leaves. Before you rake them up, consider that […]