• Teach In Reference Material
  Reference Material from the Peterborough Youth Empowerment Teach-In held on June 6, 2020.

Recent Peterborough Posts

• Nature books for this time of crisis
  Categories: Book Review, Peterborough
  May 21, 2020
  “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting.” — Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” From all accounts, nature seems to be doing just fine as human activity has been dialed down in recent months. In fact, the [Read More...]
• The Darlings, an Ordinary Family in Extraordinary Times
  Categories: Actions, Optimism, Personal, Peterborough
  May 13, 2020
  Craig Darling was born in Peterborough to a family whose roots go back many generations. He wants you to know that he’s not one of those Warsaw Darlings, and not one of the insurance Darlings either, but a true Peterborough Darling. He attended Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School, played on [Read More...]
• Students Urge School Boards to declare Climate Emergency
  Categories: Actions, Optimism, Peterborough
  March 10, 2020
  On Tuesday February 25, students from Peterborough Youth Empowerment made simultaneous presentations to school board trustees from two local school boards. Their presentations were based in part on strategies that they developed at a forum in January at which they heard remote presentations from a [Read More...]
• Peterborough shows up on Parliament Hill
  Categories: Actions, Peterborough
  February 27, 2020
  On February 21 a contingent of Peterborough supporters from PACA and 4RG made the trek to Ottawa to support John O’Brien’s Green Gramps on the Hill vigil on Parliament Hill. We were joined by Janet McCue and her sister who drummed and sang in support. We had prepared for support from [Read More...]
• Help Wanted in the fight against Climate Change
  Categories: Actions, Activism, Peterborough
  February 26, 2020
  We are asking if and how you want to be more involved with climate action through For Our Grandchildren. At present, our somewhat fluid organizing committee of about 12 members includes Trish Campbell, Kate Grierson, Guy Hanchet, John Harnett, Jan Laurie, Connie McCracken, Drew Monkman, David and [Read More...]