Projects of The Manitoba Eco-Network
Alice Chambers Memorial Library
The Alice Chambers Memorial Library is a public library of environmental information. It contains several thousand items, including books, journals, DVDs, and periodicals. [5] In addition, the library is a public registry for development proposals in the Province of Manitoba. [6] The Eco-Network has also partnered with another library in Manitoba (Ducks Unlimited) to offer an inter-library loan program. [5]
Children's Health and Environment Partnership
The Children's Health and Environment Partnership was formed in 2003. [7] At that time, it was a partnership between several environmental NGOs attempting to educate the public about the effects of environmental issues on the health of children. It was then called "The Children's Environmental Health Project". [7] In from 2006 to 2008, it went through several changes and became a more formal project. A new website was launched and the name was changed to its current incarnation, The Children's Health and Environment Project. [7]
In its current form, The Children's Health and Environment Partnership is composed of five supporting member groups, including The Manitoba Eco-Network. [8]
Climate Change Connection
Climate Change Connection is an initiative to provide public education and outreach to Manitobans about [Climate Change]. This organization takes the position that man-made climate change is occurring. The organization was "started in January 2002 as part of Canada's effort to meet our Kyoto Protocol objectives." [9] Climate Change Connection is partially funded by The Province of Manitoba and Manitoba Hydro, which is the main Manitoban electricity utility. [9] It is jointly governed by The Manitoba Eco-Network and The University of Winnipeg. [9] The organization frequently holds free workshops for young people to educate them about climate change, and teach them about potential ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [10]
ecoDriver Manitoba
The ecoDriver Manitoba program is the result of a partnership between Resource Conservation Manitoba and the Manitoba EcoNetwork. According to the ecoDriver website, it is "a public outreach and education program aimed at helping Manitoba drivers save money by reducing their fuel consumption and at the same time decrease CO2 emissions." [11] It was established in 2009 in a partnership with Manitoba Public Insurance and The Centre for Sustainable Transportation.
Eco-Journal
The Manitoba Eco-Network publishes the Eco-Journal five times per year, which features articles about Manitoba's environmental issues. It serves to provide a platform for individuals and groups to reach out to the community and share issues that may not be frequently covered in mainstream local press. This also provides an educational service to the community. The Eco-Journal is published both in printed form (on post-consumer recycled paper) and online. [12] A voluntary subscription fee of $30 is charged, which also includes an individual membership. [12]
GIS/Mapping Centre
The GIS/Mapping Centre is a project of the Manitoba Eco-Network, with the goal to help environmental organizations organize and interpret spatial data from a variety of sources. [13] The GIS/Mapping Centre specializes in Graphical Information Systems (GIS), and has produced several interactive online maps (and printed maps) for public use.
The Winnipeg Green Map was produced to help the public identify environmental businesses, transportation methods, projects, and initiatives in their communities. [14] It is available online and is built on a platform using Google Maps.
The Spence Neighbourhood Green Map is a more detailed version of the Winnipeg Green Map, focusing solely on the Spence Neighbourhood region of Winnipeg. [15]
The Manigotagan River Map was produced to encourage use of Manitoba's natural Manigotagan River for recreational purposes such as canoeing, and to promote the river's preservation. [16] This map is unique and gives a lot of details for each rapid. An online map also provides many more photos and more information.
Manitoba Environmental Youth Network
In October 2007, The Manitoba Eco-Network held an environmentally themed youth forum called Greenspace with the intention of stirring more youth involvement in the organization. There was a strong response, and several participants requested that a support group should be formed. In response, The Manitoba Eco-Network launched a new website and project called The Manitoba Environmental Youth Network. [17] To better engage the younger demographic which the network aims to support, the website was built in the form of a self-contained [social network] on the Ning platform. [17] The Manitoba Environmental Youth Network website is used by the community as a resource to plan events, participate in discussions, and seek out connections and support from other young environmentalists.
Organic Lawn Care Education
The Organic Lawn Care Education project was established by The Manitoba Eco-Network to provide workshops on organic lawn care practices and lawn care without harmful chemicals with the goal of decreasing exposure to pesticides and insecticides, and preventing excessive algae growth caused by water runoff from fertilizers. [18]
Water Caucus
The Manitoba Eco-Network's Water Caucus is intended to support other environmental organizations in Manitoba with interests in water issues. It plays a similar role with water-themed environmental organizations to the role the Manitoba Eco-Network plays with all environmental organizations, in the sense that it is a non-advocacy group, but some of the groups it supports do have advocacy or partisan components. [19] As part of its services, the Water Caucus provides an information directory on water issues to the public [20] and a series of informative publications. [21]
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) which provides independent information on the environment.
The Meteorological Service of Canada is a division of Environment and Climate Change Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards. MSC also monitors and conducts research on climate, atmospheric science, air quality, water quantities, ice and other environmental issues. MSC operates a network of radio stations throughout Canada transmitting weather and environmental information 24 hours per day called Weatheradio Canada.
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America.
The University of Winnipeg is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that offers undergraduate faculties of art, business and economics, education, science and kinesiology and applied health as well as graduate programs. UWinnipeg's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter. The governance was modeled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was a link between the bodies to perform institutional leadership.
Glen R. Murray is a Canadian politician and urban issues advocate. He served as the 41st Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1998 to 2004, and was the first openly gay mayor of a large North American city. He subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Toronto Centre in 2010, serving until 2017.
Markus Buchart is a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the first leader of the Green Party of Manitoba, serving from 1999 until his resignation in March 2005.
Christine "Chris" Melnick is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She is a former cabinet minister in the government of New Democratic Party (NDP) Premier Greg Selinger.
Terry Duguid is a Canadian politician and executive in Manitoba, Canada, and is currently the MP for Winnipeg South in the House of Commons of Canada. He has campaigned for elected office at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, and served as a city councillor in Winnipeg from 1989 to 1995. He is the son of two time world and Canada curling champion Don Duguid.
Carman is a small agricultural town of about 3,000 people in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba. Carman is at the junction of Highways 3 and 13, 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, in the heart of a rich prairie agricultural belt, 60 kilometres north of the American state of North Dakota.
The Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) is an umbrella organization for environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) located across Canada. This non-profit organization was mainly funded by Environment Canada and helped to facilitate networking and communication between environmental organizations, and coordinate ENGO participation in consultations with government. A portion of the funding flowed through to affiliated provincial environmental networks before it was cancelled in 2011. The RCEN also works to educate the public on major issues and policy-making in regards to the environment.
The Manigotagan River is a river located in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The river flows into the eastern side of Lake Winnipeg and it is a rare remote river of southern Canada. The last southern herd of woodland caribou in Canada can be found near this river and in Nopiming Provincial Park. Logging roads and over development can potentially threaten the important habitat and ecology of this area. The river is popular for canoeing, and is close to the many remote and pristine rivers along the east side of Lake Winnipeg. These eastern rivers in Manitoba are the last undeveloped rivers in Southern Canada.
This article includes information about environmental groups and resourcesthat serve K–12 schools in the United States and internationally. The entries in this article are for broad-scope organizations that serve at least one state or similar region (Kenya).
Carousel Productions, Inc. is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Earth and Miss Philippines Earth beauty contest. The annual events are produced in partnership with ABS-CBN Corporation. The organization is based in the Philippines.
Climate Action Network - International (CAN) is an global network of over 1,300 environmental non-governmental organisations in over 130 countries working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. It is most active at meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, where it publishes civil society's ECO newsletter presenting the views of civil society and communities around the world during the climate negotiations, and the satirical Fossil of the Day Awards to countries who are blocking the progress at the climate negotiations in implementing the Paris Agreement. It also supports and coordinates its members in its global network through capacity-building, campaigns, projects and mobilisations to urge governments and other stakeholders to act on the climate emergency.
An eco-action is any action or activity within a program that is intended to have a positive impact on the environment. For this reason it is often used as a synonym for environmental action. People adopting eco-actions tend to target activities around the ‘Three Rs’ of the waste hierarchy, Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. They may decide to carry out small-scale eco-friendly actions such as reducing the volume of paper used in offices, or purchasing products only from companies that have environmentally friendly or sustainability policies. Others may adopt eco-actions that affect where they live by cleaning up beaches, removing graffiti, supporting community gardening, and re-planting coastal wetlands because the immediate community has come to be considered part of their ecosystem.
Green Action Centre is an environmental non profit organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It works to promote greener living through environmental education for households, workplaces, schools, and communities. It also develops and advocates environmental policies for Manitoba communities. Its primary areas of activity include green commuting, composting and waste, sustainable living and resource conservation.
Robert Sopuck is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 2010 to 2019. First elected in a by-election on November 29, 2010, Sopuck represented the riding of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette from 2010 to 2015 and the riding of Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Aytzim, formerly Green Zionist Alliance (GZA), is a New York-based Jewish environmental organization that is a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. A grassroots all-volunteer organization, Aytzim is active in the United States, Canada and Israel. The organization is a former member of the American Zionist Movement and has worked in partnership with Ameinu, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL), Hazon, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, Interfaith Oceans, the Jewish National Fund, GreenFaith, Mercaz/Masorti, and the National Religious Coalition on Creation Care. Aytzim's work at the nexus of Judaism, environmentalism and Zionism has courted controversy from both Jewish and non-Jewish groups.
