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By Leif Einarson and Kristen LaRocque Did you know that the bathroom in most households is full of single-use plastics and materials that are not friendly for our environment? It seems a bit odd that the room we get clean in should be so wasteful. Here are six ways you can reduce the waste that […]

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Starting Friday, November 1, 2019, Emterra Environmental will be the contractor for recycling collection and processing for the City of Peterborough. “While the recycling program remains the same, you’re going to see an emphasis on proper sorting of recyclable materials in our public education campaign and enforcement,” said Dave Douglas, Waste Diversion Section Manager. “The […]

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. There will be audio clips available on this webpage and in the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong park through phone numbers […]

By Lindsay Stroud, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Manager “Today, there are two brand new bike riders in the City of Peterborough!” Announces Jamie Akiyama, The Coordinator of the Pedal Power Program. She has just returned from St. Catherine Catholic Elementary School where she was helping new riders find their balance on two wheels. At […]

By Kristen LaRocque, GreenUP Store & Resource Centre Coordinator  You have likely heard about Canada’s waste challenges and the environmental plague of plastics. One of the main culprits is single-use, plastic water bottles, the majority of which do not get recycled, but rather end up in landfills, or worse, in parks, rivers, and forests. The […]

by Kortney Dunsby, GreenUP NeighbourPLAN Coordinator The goal of GreenUP’s NeighbourPLAN program is to support residents in reimagining public spaces in three Peterborough neighbourhoods. NeighbourPLAN brings residents together to connect, imagine, and design by hosting a wide range of engagement activities using a collaborative process called, co-design. As part of NeighbourPLAN, residents of Peterborough’s Jackson […]

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 […]