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The Manitoba Eco-Network's Anika Terton has recently left for Durban, South Africa to attend COP17. International leaders will be discussing our future, and climate change policy at COP17. Read about Ani's involvement through the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, CYCC, and what is these discussion makers are doing about our future here... …

Recycle Everywhere is Canada's first Away-From-Home recycling program focusing on what we believe to be the 2 main obsticles that reduce recycling.

1.) Availability - We believe that if we make recycling containers available Everywhere that people will recycle if given the choice.

2.) Changing Behavior - If we all change our behavior to a culture that recycles from a culture that does not then sustainability becomes the social "Norm".

Recycle Everywhere (CBCRA) is making recycling easier than ever by providing recycling bins to All Away-From-Home Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (this includes schools) facilities accross Manitboa. 

The Green Party of Manitoba is gearing up for the next provincial election. The date is October 4th. If you believe in Green Politics then please join us in the fight. Email at info@greenparty.mb.ca and also check out our website at www.greenparty.mb.ca

If you're looking for organisations outside the environmental movement that are pushing sustainability in a major way, a few corporations may come to mind.  Starbucks, say which sees being green as a way to attract employees.  Or perhaps even NewsCorp, which recently became carbon-neutral (ironically enough, given its ownership of such outlets as fox news).  Certain governments, too, are making the push.  Chances are, though, that the US millitary wouldn't come to…

Do you love camp? Do you want to know where we’ve come from, and more about how the natural world works? Are you a leader, just waiting for a chance to lead? Camp Next is for you!

Run at our Siobhan Richardson Field Station, Camp Next is a day program for 14-15 year olds. Each week, FortWhyte Alive Education staff and experts from different fields of study will put on a world-class program where campers explore history, natural science, leadership, and outdoor skills through unique…

          The environmental movement looks completely different from the inside than it does from the outside.  Often, somebody on the outside looking in, it seems to be much more united, much larger than it actually is.  First, the movement seems to be animated by a (relatively) smaller group of hyperactive, workaholic types.  That, though, is not what I want to talk about.

          Recently, as I mentioned in my last post, i was in New York for the 2nd Prepcomm for the rio…

Late last year, in the closing month of 2010, I found myself having a phone con-versation with my superior at an NGO I belong to. This itself was not unusual. The topic, however, was. Did I want to go to New York City in March to participate in some UN meetings? Invitations to events in other cities and countries come fairly often if you’re involved in the environmental movement, but the nature of it is that that you…

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If you are of voting age I encourage you to vote on May 2, 2011. The Candidate for the Green Party in Winnipeg South Center is encouraging youth to vote. Please check out these videos and re-post them on your Facebook page or Twitter account. We want as many young people to vote!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPngXFUB7u0 and…

I just wanted to say that what I notice everytime I go up north and visit other rural communities. There are not enough efforts to recycle, thre are not nearly enough depots to recycle and not enough people are thinking of recycling because of this. There are many conviences available in the city; so people who wish to participate have that choice. However, up north complete different story.

I also think that if recycling bottles, at the very least people would do if the governments…

In fall 2010 I started my first semester at Red River College.  It was quite a shock after spending two years studying at the University of Winnipeg.  The lack of environmental awareness throughout the campus, for students and staff alike, was alarming.  My time at the University of Winnipeg was enriched by fellow students being involved in environmental issues.  I was excited by initiatives taken by the university, such as a water bottle ban and a cafeteria featuring local and organically…

If like many people you have been following the news recently, you ahve been witness to a historic event.  First, there was tunisia- spontaneous protests spread like wildfire throughout the country, and before anybody really realised what had happened, the ruling Ben Ali family had been outsted.  Shockwaves rippled through the arab world, and others began to wonder if they could do the same.  And now, only nineteen days later, the Egyptian Government, police state and all, has been toppled. …

The first two years of my post-secondary life were spent at the University of Winnipeg. I quickly became used to composters, advertisements for environmental events/speeches, locally grown and organic foods, and biodegradable dishes and cutlery. So I received quite the "culture shock" when I first arrived at Red River College this year. Although there are recycling bins everywhere, barely any one uses them. There are composters, but they are only used by the culinary arts students when…

The annual Manitoba Environmental Industries Association Environmental Career Fair will be happening this year at the UofW on Wednesday, March 2 from 12:30 to 4:30 in the Duckworth Centre.  The first MEIA Career Fair happened last year at the UofM.  This year's fair will be larger with approximately 42 booths and 4 breakout sessions happening simultaneously and there are prospects that there will be 400 attendees.  This is a unique…