Manitoba’s Green
Living Hub
We’re here to help Manitobans find ways to improve the air quality in our province and health of our planet. From workshops and events to online resources, Green Action Centre strives to provide information for schools, households, workplaces, and community groups about Living Green, and Living Well.
Green Living Resources for Manitobans
Work
Our workplaces have an ecological footprint. Think of the resources consumed, the waste produced, cleaning products used, and the energy needed to run lights, heat and cool the work space, and operate equipment. Greening our workplaces has multiple benefits – reducing costs, increasing the comfort and efficiency of the work space, boosting the personal well-being of employees, reducing environmental impacts, and meeting the social responsibility goals of the business.
Looking for Green Action Centre’s social enterprise, Compost Winnipeg? Click here for details!
Home
At Green Action Centre, we do our best to integrate our work into our daily lives. Want to learn about backyard composting, or find some great new DIY ideas? Consider signing up for our monthly Living Green, Living Well newsletter or following us on social media. As your ‘Green Living Hub,’ we’re here to help you make choices that improve your health, reduce waste, and connect with issues that improve your community.
Want to dig deeper? Our policy papers take an in-depth look at environmental issues, and reflect upon how we might create a more just and sustainable future.
School
A great deal of our programming is aimed at schools and educators, providing them with the resources and support to more deeply integrate sustainability education into their curricula and extracurricular programming.
Interested in having our environmental educators present to your class? Want to start a walking school bus in your neighbourhood? Interested in composting at your school, or exploring waste reduction through hands-on activities with your students? We can help.
Community
Green Action Centre aims to provide a useful source of sound environmental solutions and thoughtful policy analysis. Whether you want to start composting in your community, ensure your kids are safe on their way to school, or develop a sustainability committee in your neighbourhood, we’d love to help!
Keep an eye on our blog and events pages to stay up-to-date on the green actions we’re involved in, and drop us a line if you’d like to connect!
Our Impact
3500+
Students participated in ASRTS bike and walk events
23/24
Through innovative programs and support of local champions, more kids are biking and walking to school. Here are some of our accomplishments from this past year.
10+
Workshops and presentations delivered to students, parents and teachers!
228
Students participated in Clean Air Day!
Explore
RESOURCE
Composting Basics and Getting Started
Regardless of whether you are a garden enthusiast with a large yard or an apartment dweller, there is a composting system that will work for you.
PROGRAM
First Nations Waste Minimization Program
Minimizing and reducing waste in your community can result in immediate environmental benefits, both locally and globally.
Get to Know Green Action Centre
Did You Know?
Jack Frost Challenge
Bougeons en Hiver
February 9 – 22, 2025
Gather a team of 1-5 family members, friends, or co-workers to complete 130 collective kilometres of outdoor activities. This could include walking, running, biking, skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tobogganing, & more!
Events
GAC Event
Jack Frost Challenge 2025
From Sunday February 9th to Saturday February 22nd, we want Manitobans to walk, roll, ski, skate, and cycle as part of a team or solo. Everyone has the chance to …
Our Blog
Remembering Dr. Donald Shoup: ‘Parking and the City’ in Winnipeg
Dr. Donald Shoup, professor emeritus of urban planning at UCLA, passed away on February 6, 2025. Dr. Shoup joined us in 2019 for a two-day event to bring Winnipeggers together …
Donate Today
Our climate is changing and it is more important now than ever before for us to unite and take bold actions on environmental issues.
We invite you to support our work through a one-time or monthly, tax deductible donation.
