Category: Community Stewardship and Living

Community Stewardship and Living, Energy, Law, Policy, and Standards, Water

Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America

Wood identifies two possible strategies to address our uncertain freshwater future. We can build more dams, reservoirs, river diversions, aqueducts, canals, pipelines, wells, recycling plants and desalination facilities. Alternately, “we can choose how we use what we have now.” The latter, an approach Wood advocates, involves changing the way we manage our watersheds; using ecologically sound appliances and irrigation techniques; and changing our markets, our bookkeeping, and the laws that undervalue this life- giving resource. Continue reading Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America

Community Stewardship and Living, Energy, Law, Policy, and Standards

Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster

In his newest book, Managing Without Growth, York University professor Peter Victor makes a convincing case that rich nations, such as Canada, can abandon economic growth as a national goal without compromising their citizens’ happiness. He suggests that helping developing nations approach the Western world’s standard of living would provide a better and safer future. Continue reading Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster

Community Stewardship and Living

EcoDriver Manitoba is blogging

The purpose of the EcoDriver Manitoba blog is to provide a venue for the ecoDriver Manitoba team to update you on what’s new and interesting in the world of eco-driving, fuel efficient vehicles, and transportation. It also provides you with a means of giving us feedback, expressing your opinions, and follow along with us as we promote easy driving habits that save you money and reduce emissions! Continue reading EcoDriver Manitoba is blogging

Community Stewardship and Living

It Ain’t Easy Being Green

It takes a lot of time, money and research to be green.

Waste – do you think it is fun to take the composting out in the middle of the winter? Heck no. In fact we both let it go as long as possible in hopes that the other person will finally give in and take it out. I rarely win this game. I try to entice Joe by pulling out the bin and putting it by the back door. I know he sees it there, but one look at the snow outside and he can just forget that it is there. How much easier would it be to just toss our compostables in with the rest of the garbage that is stored in the semi-warm garage.

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Community Stewardship and Living, Waste and Pollution Management, Water

Sand, Salt or….Ecotraction??

Yep you read that right. Ecotraction. I first heard about this product from a colleague who saw it on CBC’s Dragon’s Den.  What is it exactly? It is a green alternative to salt, sand and de-icers. That means you get to have all the benefits of a slip free walkway/driveway this winter and don’t have to worry about the impact you are having on the environment.

 

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