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Car-share researcher Bruce Berry (right) finds many people are sold on the idea.
Curbside composting
EVERY person on Prince Edward Island composts almost 200 kilograms a year, the equivalent of two heavyweight boxers.
On average, Manitobans compost about 28 kilograms a year, according to Statistics Canada. That's about the weight of a medium-size dog.
Winnipeggers might be bad at composting because we're too busy complaining about the ...
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A familiar conflict in new territory
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The way of the west
If a power line is built through the forest and no one notices, does it really hurt the caribou?
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Four for Mother Earth
YOU’VE trained yourself to remember the cloth bags when you get groceries. You caulked all your windows. All your light bulbs are compact fluorescents. You at least feel a twinge of guilt about the carbon emissions from your flight to Cancun.
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Car co-op researchers impressed, plan their own
WINNIPEG could have its first official car-share up and running by next year after a group studying the idea decided to take on the project themselves.
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