Environment

It would be easy to imagine that everything is the same as I head outside to do the morning chores…. Continue reading “Garden of renewal is here, even as we cope with social distancing”

Every spring, as I walk through the woods on my farm, I see the pools of water that appear between… Continue reading “The elusive waters of spring are essential for our farm land”

There were about 40 indigenous leaders along with some settlers from across Canada on the bus, listening to a young… Continue reading “Eating meat and saving our place”

Last year, more than 917 tonnes of plastic was collected from our 38,000 households in Kawartha Lakes. That’s the calculation… Continue reading “Trash talk: A plastic waste challenge”

The City of Kawartha Lakes was not idly named. The lakes and rivers that crisscross our landscape are a hub… Continue reading “What’s going on with Lake Scugog’s walleye?”

The former Northern Plastic Lumber plant in Lindsay was sold in 2014 to a U.S. company but its corporate legacy… Continue reading “Plastic shock: Tonnes of waste destined for landfill from old Northern Plastic plant”

Consider this an introduction to a collection of remarkable local residents. Some were here long before any of us were… Continue reading “Our heritage of trees: Look up, way up, at these gentle giants”