Archive for the ‘GreenUP Store’ Category

The following column was co-written with Green Economy Peterborough member and recycling enthusiast Adeilah Dahlke of Jigsaw Organizing Solutions. When getting yourself organized in the home and business, it is […]

By: Eileen Kimmett, GreenUP Store & Resource Coordinator It’s back-to-school season! How about creating a goal to pack a litterless lunch this year? Litterless lunches are lunches with little or […]

By: Lili Paradi, Communications Manager Plastic-Free July is a month-long global movement that activates millions of people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. GreenUP is shining a […]

By: Eileen Kimmett, GreenUP Store & Resource Centre Coordinator February is the month of LOVE. The whole month, even after Valentine’s Day, can be celebrated between couples, friends, families and […]

By: Eileen Kimmett, GreenUP Store & Resource Centre Coordinator Are you looking to lower the environmental impact of your holiday gift-giving? The GreenUP Store has you covered with unique, eco-friendly […]

By Karen Halley, former GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist Edited by Lili Paradi, GreenUP Communications Manager This column was originally published in 2016. As jack frost approaches each fall, the […]

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 […]

By Heather Ray, Director of Programs at GreenUP Trees and water provide an example of a truly reciprocal relationship where both give and receive. This relationship between trees and water […]

During the winter, salt accumulates on roads and in snow banks and is then washed into storm drains during thaws. The results can be damaging to our watershed. Responsible spreading […]

By Leif Einarson, Communications Manager at GreenUP, and Jenn McCallum, Environmental Education Technician at Lower Trent Conservation. Did you know that the idea of Valentine’s Day as a celebration of […]