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FNWM: Electronic Waste
Consumer batteries are among the easiest materials to collect in yourcommunity for recycling. Call2Recycle will cover the cost of shipping consumer batteries from your community if you become a collection partner and follow their guidelines.
FNWM: Electronic Waste
Consumer batteries are among the easiest materials to collect in yourcommunity for recycling. Call2Recycle will cover the cost of shipping consumer batteries from your community if you become a collection partner and follow their guidelines.
FNWM: Composting
There is no registration required with an industry stewardship organization for composting. However, there are multiple good resources available to help you and your community choose the right method for composting.
FNWM: Composting
There is no registration required with an industry stewardship organization for composting. However, there are multiple good resources available to help you and your community choose the right method for composting.
Living Sustainably - Part 1
Intended for First Nation schools, this presentation provides a basic understanding for high school students about Traditional Ecological Knowledge, its role in protecting the environment, and how that knowledge is connected to Indigenous worldviews. This includes an overview of current waste practices in various First Nation communities around Manitoba and examples of how communities are making changes to live more sustainable ways of life to ensure there's a healthy planet for the next seven generations. Students will learn actions they can take to respect the environment.
Living Sustainably - Part 1
Intended for First Nation schools, this presentation provides a basic understanding for high school students about Traditional Ecological Knowledge, its role in protecting the environment, and how that knowledge is connected to Indigenous worldviews. This includes an overview of current waste practices in various First Nation communities around Manitoba and examples of how communities are making changes to live more sustainable ways of life to ensure there's a healthy planet for the next seven generations. Students will learn actions they can take to respect the environment.
Buy Less, Fix More, Trade Often
Have you ever thought about the resources required to make your cell phone? Or what it took to produce the jeans you are wearing? From resource extraction to disposal, the materials economy has created a linear system of consumption on the finite planet we call home. This presentation covers ways to help our planet � buy�less,�fix�more, trade often, and divert all waste from the landfill.
Buy Less, Fix More, Trade Often
Have you ever thought about the resources required to make your cell phone? Or what it took to produce the jeans you are wearing? From resource extraction to disposal, the materials economy has created a linear system of consumption on the finite planet we call home. This presentation covers ways to help our planet � buy�less,�fix�more, trade often, and divert all waste from the landfill.
Bike Maintenance 101
Get the tools and tips you need to ride your bike, hop on a bus, carpool, or walk to work and elsewhere. Learn how to use the various transit tools, plan your route to bike to work, and begin thinking of your daily travel options in a whole new way. Create a commute that you�ll enjoy!
Bike Maintenance 101
Get the tools and tips you need to ride your bike, hop on a bus, carpool, or walk to work and elsewhere. Learn how to use the various transit tools, plan your route to bike to work, and begin thinking of your daily travel options in a whole new way. Create a commute that you�ll enjoy!
Vermicomposting 101
No yard or space for an outdoor compost bin? No problem! Vermi-composting is an easy and compact way to reduce your waste. Learn the basics behind composting with Red Wriggler worms, including setting up a bin, feeding your worms, keeping them healthy, and harvesting your finished compost.
Vermicomposting 101
No yard or space for an outdoor compost bin? No problem! Vermi-composting is an easy and compact way to reduce your waste. Learn the basics behind composting with Red Wriggler worms, including setting up a bin, feeding your worms, keeping them healthy, and harvesting your finished compost.