Holiday Gift Idea!

Children of all ages like music, and there’s no better time to cater to that likeness then during the holiday season. Local musician Glen Caradus recently released a CD with kids in mind!
Titled Song Gardens, the CD is not only geared towards kids, but local kids themselves play a starring role, singing along to [...]

Reduce Junk Mail With A Dot

In today’s world of e-mail communication, there’s nothing quite like opening the mailbox and finding a letter form a friend or loved one. However, more often then not, opening the mailbox reveals flyers, bills and leaflets and a wide assortment of other paper based material that was not asked for nor is appreciated by many. [...]

Junior naturalists to meet

We are so lucky to live in the Kawarthas. We have our beautiful lakes, of course, but also acres and acres of unspoiled wilderness that serves as crucial habitat for thousands of species of flora and fauna. Groups like the Peterborough Field Naturalists cater to our curiosity of nature and allow us to explore, learn [...]

Great News! Great Grants!

Like many non-profit organizations here in Ontario, Peterborough Green-Up applies to the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) for funding. We are always pleased to find out we are successful with a grant application and those monies have funded many terrific programs that have directly benefited the greater Peterborough area over the years.
We were elated to [...]

Ah, It’s Green Update Day

Today is “Green Update Day.” Every second Thursday I shoot the “Green Update” that you see Monday’s on Newswatch at 5:30 on CHEX-TV. Today I’m going to take you behind the scenes of my weekly television segment. Everyone loves the behind the scenes stuff, so I figure it would make an interesting blog topic for [...]