Environment
Time to turf the turf
Some people want to see their kids off grass (aka marijuana). But there’s also a movement underfoot to get our yards off grass.
Environment
The latest Environment stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Environment
Putting the brakes on climate breakdown starts with this election
Crunch time. For students, that can mean exams. For teachers, report card deadlines. For accountants, tax season. For all of us, collectively, the stress test of meeting our climate targets.
Environment
Youth-oriented organization rallies 100 kids to join a litter pickup project in Kawartha Lakes
The Kawartha Lakes chapter of 100 Kids Who Care kicked off a two-week campaign on Earth Day to rally 100 kids to clean up litter in Kawartha Lakes between April 22-May 7.
Environment
Canopy Project launches citizen science project on Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day by joining the ranks of Canopy Project Kawartha Lakes (CPKL) as “citizen scientists.”
Environment
Excuse us, we're gassy
When my husband retired, he needed a project and our house needed an energy upgrade.
Community
Rags to recycling
The city is reviving the 2021 program that saw curbside textile recycling pickup available throughout Kawartha Lakes.
Environment
Lindsay sycamore trees awarded heritage designation by Forest Ontario
The five sycamore trees lining Victoria Avenue just north of Peel Street in Lindsay have been given Heritage Tree status by Forests Ontario, a distinction only bestowed on about 100 trees in Southern and Central Ontario.
Environment
Pair up in threes for the environment
It was déjà vu all over again, to quote famous New York Yankee Yogi Berra.
Environment
Doug Ford’s government has been no friend to the environment
Since 2018 when Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario PC Party took power at the provincial level, there has been no shortage of concern caused by the governments persistent shunning of environmental considerations in favour of economic ventures.
Environment
Me and my EV
When my mother was 96 she watched Al Gore’s second climate documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel. “Ginny,” she said, “I didn’t know things were so bad. What can I do?”
Environment
The Green Resilience Project to explore links between climate change, income security
A series of 25 to 35 conversations is set to happen across the country – including in the riding of Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock – which will explore the link between climate change, income security, and community resilience.
Environment
The Christmas gift challenge
When my daughter was nine, she failed to write her usual letter to Santa in September. Then, one month before the big day, she announced, “I want Santa to bring me a white costume like the one Victoria the cat wears in Cats.”
Environment
What’s gardening got to do with it?
I have a confession to make. I’ve never really been a gardener. Indoors or out, plants come to my home at their peril. Even a cactus isn’t safe in my care. But I’m passionate about helping the environment, so if anything was going to get me digging in the dirt it was learning that dirt helps sequester carbon. And that gardeners can help it store even more.
Community
Wild rice and the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg
Like Indigenous people the world over, the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg who have lived in the Kawartha Lakes for thousands of years have a culture rooted in a staple food: manoomin, which means "the good seed."
