Tourist clogged streets, drivers who had no idea where they were going, and pedestrians who felt they could cross the street at anytime. This sounds like a typical summer scene, at any major tourist attraction and I spent two days witnessing it. I literally just got back from the long weekend. Being a newbie to [...]

By:  Matt Higgs The construction continues here at Peterborough Green-Up. Every now and then a large BANG will echo through the office, or a saw will buzz, and now and then you can see sparks flying. We’ve (mostly) become used to our driveway being filled with heavy equipment, dust falling from above, and “the funnel.” [...]

Vermicomposting Workshops July 23 and 24th, 2009 Peterborough Green-Up Offices, 378 Aylmer Street WHAT: Vermicomposting Workshop WHEN: Thursday, July 23rd at 6 pm and Friday, July 24th at 10:30 am WHO: Manager, Waste Reduction Programs: Paula Anderson WHERE: Peterborough Green-Up offices 378 Aylmer St, Peterborough Back by popular demand, on July 23rd and 24th, Peterborough [...]

Last week I was at the Ecology Park with Cathy Dueck and Steve Guthrie from CHEX-TV. Once again it was time to shoot the Green Update segment that airs on CHEX-TV’s Newswatch at 5:30 show every Monday. We managed to squeeze it in between raindrops and nobody got wet. Cathy and I chatted about how [...]

So,  I’m blogging again. This is more or less a rant…two of them actually.  I’m kind of hung up with which one I will write about first because they both REALLY annoy me a lot. OK, here goes. Last night when I was arriving home from work, it was blazing hot. The temperature in my [...]

I just returned from a busy morning with Peterborough Green-Up educator Brianna Salmon. We boarded a Peterborough Transit bus at 8:30 this morning, and along with bus driver Jim, picked up 20 or so kids at a school I can’t currently remember the name of. The kids, teacher, and two grandparent chaperones, were taking part [...]

Ah, life at the lake. It’s something we here in the Kawarthas take for granted. Next week I’ll be returning home to New Brunswick for a well deserved week of rest and relaxation. It will be great to catch up with friends in Fredericton that I haven’t seen since Christmas. My parents live about an [...]

Two weeks ago, the McGinty government’s much anticipated Green Energy Act was signed into law. The Act contains many provisions which will allow Ontarians to more easily buy and sell renewable energy, upgrades our power grid, and speeds up the permit and planning process for renewable energy developments. This is exciting news because there are [...]

I’m fortunate enough to live close to downtown and can walk to work every day. On my daily treks down Charlotte Street I tend to see the same cast of characters over and over. There is the guy who is always about two minutes ahead of me, arriving just in the nick of time to [...]

Some of the most stunning photographs come from space. We can tune into the news, or open the pages of a newspaper from time to time and see the latest images captured from high-tech satellites orbiting out into the depths of the universe. Far off galaxies and star systems are seen for the first time, [...]