Environmental Speakers Bureau

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 Water Stewardship.

 

ESB 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.

Resources for Teachers

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Teachers can obtain free ESB resources including backgrounders, activity ideas and handouts for students on this site. PDF activity sheets are available for download.

Request an ESB presentation

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

News

Driving our Kids to Unhealthy Habits

Today’s release of the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity…

Myth busting! Garbage carts are too small

Are garbage carts really too small? After having the carts for approximately 6 months we are asking what your experience has been.

TomorrowNow Recommendations

Green Action Centre has submitted an extensive 83 page submission with wide ranging recommendations on the TomorrowNow consultation document.

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Research

Recycle

Did you know that 70% of the ‘garbage’ that comes out of our houses and apartments can be recycled or composted?

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?

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Links

Buy Nothing Day – Teaching Resource

The Media Awareness Network provides a great teaching resource for Buy Nothing…

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!