Lansdowne Place Launches Greener Way To Clean Your Tray In The Mall Food Court

On Monday (November 7th), Lansdowne Place launched their newest Organics Program, A Greener Way to Clean Your Tray, in the mall food court. The waste containers have been removed from the food court, making way for a new Sorting Station that has been installed.

Similar to what you may have experienced in many GTA malls, Lansdowne Place shoppers are now able to drop off their trays at the Sorting Station and the staff will do the rest to ensure as much unnecessary waste as possible is diverted from the landfills.

Michelle Cameron, Marketing Assistant; Emily Dart, Marketing Director; Mario Serracino, Operations Manager

"We always consider tomorrow at Lansdowne Place and continue to add new programs to help reduce our carbon footprint," says Emily Dart, Marketing Director at Lansdowne Place. "Since the launch of our behind-the-counter Organics Program last year, Lansdowne Place has been able to divert 28 metric tonnes of organic waste from the landfill. With the launch of our newest Organics Program in the foot court, we hope to become that much closer to reaching our goal of zero waste at the Shopping Centre."

Just follow the green footprints in the Lansdowne Place foodcourt to find the sorting station...

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Scouts Just Planted More Than 5,000 Trees On Peterborough Airport Lands

On a beautiful last day of April on Saturday, more than 5,000 trees were planted by 300 scout groups on YPQ lands in collaboration with Otonabee Regional Conservation Authority.

"This was a great way of protecting the environment on airport lands," Airport Manager Trent Gervais tells PTBOCanada. "It helped provide an understanding to kids on the importance of getting outdoors and seeing what a small difference they can make to protect the environment for the future."

@PtboAirport 300 Boy Scouts planting 5500 trees today pic.twitter.com/CAEUKpidVA

— Shannon Murphy (@ShannonMurphy2) April 30, 2016

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250 Year Old Trees Discovered In Beautiful Jackson Creek Old-Growth Forest

A new study from Ancient Forest Exploration & Research describes an old-growth forest in Jackson Park along the shores of Jackson Creek that includes 250-year-old trees.

New research has revealed that the trees here are commonly 150 to 200 years old. The oldest trees are estimated to be about 250 years old, though some may be older. The largest trees are nearly a meter in diameter and 35 meters (over 10 stories) tall.

Photo by Michael Henry

“By any definition used in Ontario, this is an old-growth forest,” says Michael Henry, an ecologist with Ancient Forest Exploration & Research who led the study. “Urban old-growth forests like this are rare, and have a lot of value for biodiversity conservation, education, and nature appreciation.”

Photo by Michael Henry

Peterborough is one of only eight urban areas in Ontario with an identified old-growth forest, according to Henry, although others may be found in future.

Photo by Michael Henry

The 4.5 hectare (11 acre) forest has been named the Jackson Creek Old-Growth Forest.

A summary of the report by Henry can be read here. 

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Green Waste Collection Starts This Week

The City of Peterborough green waste collection begins the week of Tuesday, April 5th. Put your leaf and yard waste out to the curb every week on your regular collection day.

Green waste must be in paper yard waste bags, bushel baskets or a garbage bin labeled with the City “Green Waste” stickers. These stickers are available at City Hall, Peterborough GreenUP and local Home Hardware stores free of charge. Please note that plastic bags will not be accepted.

There are no quantity limits on green waste and weekly collection will continue through until the last week of November.

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There Will Be A Blood Moon Over Peterborough Around 6:55 AM October 8th

There will be a total lunar eclipse—aka "blood moon", as the moon turns red—early Wednesday morning (October 8th), and the best viewing time (let's hope for clear skies!) will be around 6:55 a.m., according to timeanddate.com. Below is an approximate representation.

And hey, why not belt this out while you look at it...

[timeanddate.com via Mr. Steve Kearns]

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3 Siblings Playing In A Leaf Pile Wins The Fall

The Kimmett siblings from Peterborough—Quinn, 10; Riker, 8; and Kedron, 6—waited all day to do this after school. Oh the joys of Autumn! Thanks to their mother Eileen for sending these along!!

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