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Carbon credits – Farmers Helping Farmers
Farmers Helping Farmers is a nationally recognized, award-winning organization of community-minded people with an agricultural background from Prince Edward Island.
PEI’s Island Nature Trust reprints booklet on etiquette in nature
A new outdoor etiquette booklet teaches people how to respect PEI lands.
The book was produced by Island Nature Trust, which received a $2,300 grant from Shell Environmental Funds to reprint a booklet on outdoor ethics and etiquette.
Erosion threatens PEI’s coastlines
Prince Edward Island’s West Point Lighthouse is an icon. But now that icon is in danger of being claimed by the very element it guards against.
Trees In Trust: Saving our forest one piece at a time
Charlottetown – Trees In Trust has the perfect green gift. For a donation of $30, you can dedicate a piece of woodland to someone special. Your donation is used by a charitable land trust to purchase and preserve endangered forest in the Maritimes.
Province going public with draft energy plan
RON RYDER The Guardian The provincial government is preparing to go to Islanders with a draft proposal for an energy strategy that would see the province set a framework for dealing with the challenges of greenhouse reduction targets and skyrocketing fuel costs. Read the article from The Guardian….. Related articles PEI’s Island Energy (thegreenpages.ca) Leave [...]
$354,000 for environmental protection project
By JIM DAY The Guardian (Prince Edward Island) Farmers aren’t looking to become rich by following sound environmental practices, nor do they want to dig themselves into a financial hole. That, at least, is how Fred Cheverie, co-ordinator of the Souris River Watershed Committee, sizes up the challenge of encouraging farmers to be good stewards [...]
PEI Certified Organic Producers Co-op (COPC)
The PEI Certified Organic Producers Co-op (COPC) was established in 2002. The Co-op is composed of certified organic agriculture producers who wish to see organic agriculture grow within Prince Edward Island. Organic agriculture can be a rewarding experience as one produces healthy food and contributes to a healthy eco-system.
Green Party wants school safe from pesticides
The leader of P.E.I.’s Green Party is demanding government put Montague’s new school away from farm lands where pesticide spraying could be an issue. In a statement sent to media Thursday, Sharon Labchuk said she expects government to put the newly announced school in a safe place. The highest priority should be put on selecting [...]
Stratford sees savings in wind power
Town council in Stratford, P.E.I., hopes to save thousands of dollars a year in energy costs by installing two wind turbines, but isn’t quite ready to put up the towers. A study by the Wind Energy Institute of Canada, commissioned by the town, shows the turbines could pay for themselves in about seven years. Stratford [...]
UPEI Energy Awareness Program
Do you know how much money UPEI spends on energy consumption? Do you know the impact our energy use is having on our community, and ourselves? To answer these and many more questions on energy use, consumption, and awareness, UPEI is launching its campus Energy Awareness Program. Visit the web site.
