Environment

A $1.7 million investment over five years to support Kawartha Land Trust’s (KLT) was given today to support “Sequestering Kawarthas’ Carbon Through Partners in Conservation” project, through the ECCC’s Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund (NSCSF).

Environmental friendliness may not come naturally to some, but at Fleming College every student and member of the staff is passionate about the environment.

Eat your vegetables. Parents are right about that.

In one of the best growing seasons in recent memory — local farmers have been spared both droughts and deluges — there seems to be a new crop sprouting in fields around Kawartha Lakes.

During the pandemic a neighbour who found himself working from home walked off 80 pounds. We’d see him lapping the block multiple times a day. He’s still walking, sometimes with his son.

Cleaning out my parents’ house a couple of years ago, I found my child-sized wooden kitchen cupboard. 

Some people want to see their kids off grass (aka marijuana).  But there’s also a movement underfoot to get our yards off grass.