GreenUP downtown retail store to close, vision for climate action remains strong

GreenUP Store

    By: Tegan Moss, executive director, GreenUP With heavy hearts, GreenUP has made the difficult decision to close our downtown retail space known to many as the GreenUP Store. We invite you to join us in December for holiday shopping featuring local...

Leap into the new school year with litterless lunches

GreenUP Store

  By: Eileen Kimmett, Program Coordinator, GreenUp Each year, GreenUP encourages students and families to consider how they can incorporate litterless lunches — lunches with little or no packaging — into their daily routine. This practice means thinking about...

Peterborough GreenUP can help keep your hard-to-recycle items from going to the landfill

Climate Action, GreenUP Store

  By: Eileen Kimmett, store coordinator, GreenUp We live in a world where throwaway culture, overconsumption and single-use item usage has become the norm. This norm has caused a global waste crisis, an environmental nightmare. Our oceans are filling with plastic...

Embrace the love of local environmentally friendly gifts

GreenUP Store

By: Eileen Kimmett, store coordinator, GreenUP  Valentine’s Day is a special day, meant to be celebrated universally. It is a day that is loved, and not loved, by many around the world. In fact, some think of Valentine’s as a materialistic holiday, where retailers...

Stocking stuffers at the GreenUP Store

GreenUP Store

  By: Eileen Kimmett, store & resource centre coordinator, GreenUp Are you looking from eco-friendly stocking stuffers in time for Christmas? With weeks left until the holiday giving season, think of how your gifts meet high environmental and ethical trade,...

Sustainable decluttering

GreenUP Store, Waste Free

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 essential to focus on the decluttering process....