Funding For Cattails To Energy Project

Premier Greg Selinger last week announced $150,000 in funding for a pilot project at Netley- Libau Marsh to explore ways of preventing pollutants from getting into Lake Winnipeg while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “In partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the University of Manitoba, we are announcing

Going Green In The Greenhouse

On first glance they looked like various sizes of peat pots but they were actually Cow Pots. The greenhouse industry is not known for being particularly environmentally friendly. Most of the containers used in plant production are non-recyclable plastic and most of the planting medium used is peat based. The extensive use of plastics, derived