Archive for the ‘transportation’ Category

By: Ashley Burnie, GreenUP Program Coordinator Walking and biking to school are great for children’s health, offer opportunities for quality time, and can even improve student concentration and performance. Unfortunately, […]

By: Tegan Moss, GreenUP Executive Director The City of Peterborough recently opened up its inaugural “bicycle priority street,” the Bethune Street Bikeway, stretching from McDonnel Street to Townsend Street. This […]

By: Ashley Burnie, Chair, Active School Travel Peterborough It’s easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of city life. In Peterborough, we are surrounded by everyday elements of […]

By: Ashley Burnie, Program Coordinator, GreenUP March Break is just around the corner! If you are not packing your bags, you might be shuttling kids off to day camp, or […]

By Active School Travel Peterborough Tentatively at first, kids roll up to the starting line before making their way, cautiously, down the straight-line path and over the seemingly daunting pyramids. […]

By the GreenUP Business Team (Ashley Burnie, Jackie Donaldson, Natalie Stephenson, Lindsay Stroud) The nature of work is changing rapidly. The past two years have had a profound impact on […]

By Sara Crouthers, Program Coordinator at GreenUP Ever felt like your attention is starting to drift away as you try to absorb information that is important to you? Maybe you’re […]

By Jaime Akiyama, Coordinator of Active School Travel Peterborough with GreenUP Active School Travel Peterborough has always promoted walking and wheeling as some of the most beneficial school travel options […]

Update: contest extended to end of October, International Walk to School Month! Active School Travel Peterborough (AST Ptbo) and Selwyn Township invite you to ‘Frame Your Trip’! Do you have […]