The 2nd Annual Sustainable Peterborough Event and Partnership Recognition Awards will be held at Market Hall on Thursday, April 20th, 5:00-8:00 pm. In order to recognize the numerous sustainable achievements that our partner organizations have accomplished in 2016, Sustainable Peterborough is again hosting the Sustainable Peterborough Partnership Recognition Awards. Thank you for all… more »
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For anyone who hasn’t been paying attention to the Ontario government’s new approach to combatting climate change, it’s time to start. New Year’s Day is the day of reckoning. The price of gasoline is going to jump four cents a litre and every other form of energy will follow suit. Electricity, natural gas, propane, heating… more »
From the moment Stone Age man discovered more than 500,000 years ago that a fire could be lit and controlled, carbon has been the engine of civilization. Carbon is nature’s basic building block, found in every living thing, plant or animal. Over time nature recomposed a lot of that carbon into fossil fuels: coal, natural… more »
Jessica Correa is excited by all the Random Acts of Green she has posted on her company’s Facebook page and Twitter and Instagram accounts, but one stands out. “We really liked the Ultimate Frisbee group,” Correa say. “They do the carbon flip.” To explain: Correa, 24, has a master of environmental science degree, with a… more »
KEENE – Harley Farm is sustainable from the ground up. That might sound redundant. Of course their business runs from the ground up. It’s a farm, after all. But the Harley family is a different breed with a unique approach to livestock farming, meaning the ground they steward – 1,300 acres of soil stretching along both sides… more »