Pellets of power

By: Staff Posted: 1:03 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 25, 2014

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In honour of Earth Day (April 22), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), in partnership with the City of Winnipeg, hosted an event at the Living Prairie Museum (2795 Ness Ave.) to show how pellets made of cattails and grasses can be burned to create energy.

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Some of the cattail and grass pellets handed out to visitors at the Living Prairie Museum. — Jordan Thompson Some of the cattail and grass pellets handed out to visitors at the Living Prairie Museum.

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Glenn Crook, vice-president of Commercial Financial Services with RBC, Rodney Penner, city naturalist with the City of Winnipeg’s Naturalist Services department, and Dr. Henry Venema, vice-president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development each dump a scoop of cattail and grass pellets into the Living Prairie Museum’s pellet stove. — Jordan Thompson Glenn Crook, vice-president of Commercial Financial Services with RBC, Rodney Penner, city naturalist with the City of Winnipeg’s Naturalist Services department, and Dr. Henry Venema, vice-president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development each dump a scoop of cattail and grass pellets into the Living Prairie Museum’s pellet stove.

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