Sustainable Peterborough

The City of Peterborough is offering a $50.00 per toilet rebate on the purchase and installation of “WaterSense” certified low-flow toilets as part of an effort to conserve water. With toilets using about 30% of domestic in-house water, changing a high-flow toilet to a low-flow toilet can save both water and money!

“This is an excellent incentive based program to help the City of Peterborough conserve water”, said Community Services Director Ken Doherty. “With the adoption of the Greater Peterborough Area Community Sustainability Plan, this is one of the priority actions that the City can implement immediately. With the water meters coming online in the near future, I would encourage those residents with older, inefficient toilets to consider replacing them through this rebate program.”

For more information on this City of Peterborough initiative click here.

Dynamic community partnerships were recently celebrated at the Peterborough Museum & Archives with the official launch of the Greater Peterborough Area Community Sustainability Plan and the opening of the Fleming College Museum Management & Curatorship Student Exhibit ‘Sustainable Peterborough: Looking Back, Moving Forward’. See the attached media release for more information.

Plan and Exhibit Media Release

Successful community projects grow from partnerships!

Implementation of the Sustainable Peterborough plan will require community partners including local municipalities, First Nations, businesses, institutions, branches of government, non-governmental organizations and individuals working collectively to make our community more sustainable.

Current partners include:

Champions

• City of Peterborough
• Kawartha Heritage Conservancy
• ARK Consulting Services
• Peterborough Museum and Archives
• Elmhirst Resort
• Green Eyewear Optical
• St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church
• Peterborough Social Planning Council
• Fleming College
• Community Food Network
• Kawartha Community Food Hub
• Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
• Cambium Environmental
• Peterborough County-City Health Unit
• COIN
• Bioped
• Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation
• Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan
• County of Peterborough
• Transition Town Peterborough
• Camp Kawartha
• Holiday Inn Peterborough Waterfront
• Hiawatha First Nation
• Otonabee Region Conservation Authority
• Peterborough This Week

Leaders

• Township of Douro-Dummer
• Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough
• Township of Asphodel-Norwood
• Township of North Kawartha
• YWCA Peterborough, Victoria & Haliburton

Members

• Elizabeth Fry Society
• New Canadians Centre Peterborough
• Township of Galway-Cavendish & Harvey

There are also many organizations and businesses who have signed a letter of intent in anticipation of the final plan. Including

• Swish Maintenance
• Peterborough Golf & Country Club
• Peterborough Green Up
• Lansdowne Place
• Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters
• Peterborough Field Naturalists
• Lett Architects
• Trent University

If you are interested in joining the community partners already committed to a sustainable future for the Greater Peterborough Area  please contact Chantelle Held,  cheld at gpaedc.on.ca

The City of Peterborough commits to the on-going pursuit of environmental, economic, and socio-cultural sustainability by adopting the Greater Peterborough Area Community Sustainability Plan.

Sustainable Peterborough is an integrated community sustainability plan (ICSP) developed for the Greater Peterborough Area. The Plan reflects our community vision for the next 25 years: Caring communities balancing prosperity, well-being and nature.

The Plan also sets goals, strategic directions, and actions to foster healthy environments, people, and economies by guiding the way to reduced environmental impacts, strengthened social networks, and increased economic prosperity.

View the completed plan here. Sustainable Peterborough Final Plan With Appendices

Sustainable Peterborough – Final Plan

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