Environmental Speakers Bureau

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Recycle Now Contest for Schools – NOW CLOSED

PLEASE NOTE – The deadline has passed and this contest is now closed. Thank you for your great entries! Winners will be announced on Earth Day, April 22, 2012.

Want to make Manitoba a better place and win prizes for your school? Green Action Centre, in co-operation with Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba, is sponsoring a great contest for Manitoba students.

Design a reminder button, bookmark or fridget magnet to help others remember to simply recycle everywhere!

Any student in elementary or high school (K-12) can enter. Check out contest details (PDF) including an entry form and template showing the finished sizes of the items. All entries must be postmarked on or before March 23, 2012. All e-mail entries must be received by 4:00 p.m. CST in March 23, 2012. Winners will be announced on Earth Day, April 22, 2012.

About the Environmental Speakers Bureau

Green Action Centre offers classroom presentations for schools in Winnipeg. Topics include recycling, litterless lunches, composting, climate change, water and the ecological footprint concept. See the complete list below. Presentations are age-appropriate for Nursery – Grade 12.

This program is supported by Manitoba Conservation and Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba.

Presentation Topics

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The Environmental Speakers Bureau offers classroom presentations in Winnipeg on a variety of topics for all grade levels. Presentations emphasize positive actions kids can take to make a difference.

Resources for Teachers

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Teachers can obtain free ESB resources including backgrounders, activity ideas and handouts for students on this site. (Coming March 2012.) Meanwhile, sample PDF activity sheets are available for download.

Book an ESB presentation

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Teachers in Winnipeg can book a free classroom presentation here. Note that March, April and May are busy times, so we suggest booking well ahead.

News

Transition Winnipeg – Unleashed!

  On April 28th at the University of Winnipeg, over 80 Winnipeggers…

Need leaves for your compost?

Just bought a compost bin? Don’t have any leaves to start composting? Here are some suggestions.

Greening Manitoba’s Provincial Budget

As part of Manitoba 2012 Provincial Budget Consultations, Green Action Centre submitted its list of proposals to the Province to make Manitoba’s economy and budget more environmentally sustainable.

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Research

Sorting through plastic grocery bags

Green Action Centre estimates that Manitobans carry home more than 200-million disposable plastic bags provided by grocery stores and retail shops every year. How can we make this stop? What’s a person to do?

Greener Christmas Trees

It is better for the environment, not to mention your wallet, to skip a Christmas tree altogether. But for a household for which a Christmas tree is important, which is better – a natural or artificial tree?

Waste diversion and industry

Green Action Centre’s discussion paper on the challenges and possible solutions for Winnipeg to achieve higher waste diversion rates for the ICI and C&D sectors in Manitoba (download here).

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Links

Waste Reduction Week National website

Check out the national website to register, download posters and info kits for schools or businesses. Lots of great ideas on how you can participate in Waste Reduction Week.

Composting Links

Find links on everything from where to get compost bins and supplies to where to buy your red wrigglers or how to build your own pet waste digester!