Peterborough Public Health and Camp Kawartha share the benefits of kids spending more time outdoors By Dr. Thomas Piggott – Published September 16, 2024 With kids back to school, fall colours will soon change and birds will begin their migratory journeys. This...
Plants, the only living organisms to manufacture their own food, provide so much more than a beautiful backdrop to our daily lives. In addition to supplying the world with oxygen, plants also produce shelter, food, and medicine for creatures of all kinds. In this...
From sails to mills, humans have been harnessing the power of the wind for thousands of years. In this program, students learn how the wind, a renewable energy source, and the mighty turbine play a vital role in generating clean energy for today’s needs. After some...
Now that spring has arrived you may be seeing one of the heralds of spring – the Chipmunk! They are emerging from their winter dens where they basically slept away the cold winter in their soft and cozy unground nests…complete with latrine and larder! Did you know...
With the recent rain we saw earthworms emerge from their holes and stretch their way to other locations. The Robins were happy, and probably the people who fish but, did you know that earthworms are actually an invasive species? Yes, that’s correct – invasive...
by jacob rodenburg Becoming Part of the Landscape If you’re like me, a walk through the woods is a loud affair. Stepping on sticks, squelching through mud, shuffling over dried leaves, and smashing through branches—whatever wildlife may have been hiding is...
