The Eco-Journal

The Eco-Journal is Manitoba's premier environmental publication, featuring issues and perspectives that are often missed in mainstream media. It is published five times per year.

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Current Journal:  May/June 2010 (vol 20 #3)

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Featuring:

  • Making the Grade (Active Transportation)
  • Bringing Children Back to Nature
  • Death Becomes Life
  • A Truly Green Lawn
  • Paddling the Manigotagan
  • Winnipeg Water Conservation?
  • Composting is Not Yet the Norm
  • Saving One Wildlife at a Time
  • Farmers' Markets Take Over the World

 

 

Previous Journals:

Vol 20 # 2 - March/April 2010

  • Art Meets Science at AYCCF
  • Citizen Bird Monitoring
  • Community Gardening
  • Extended Producer Responsibility
  • Misuse of Antibiotics
  • Grants for MEN
  • Water Conservation Event

Vol 20 # 1 - Jan/Feb 2010

  • Will the Delta Marsh Field Station Survive
  • Garbage Gas Capture
  • A Rocha Pembina Valley
  • Living Prairie Museum
  • Mixedwood Forest Society
  • Prairie Conservation Conference
  • Copenhagen Hope Sequestration
  • Fisher Bay Economic Benefits

Vol 19 # 5 - Nov/Dec 2009

  • Challenges to a Copenhagen Deal
  • The Shift to Sustainable Farming
  • Luisiana-Pacific Pleads Poverty, Shuts Off Pollution Controls
  • Power Shift Shifted My Views and Aspirations
  • Canadian Youth in Copenhagen
  • Community-Led Emissions Reduction Here in Manitoba
  • Grass River Logging Road to Proceed

Vol 19 # 4 - Sept/Oct 2009

  • The 25L Water Experiment
  • Eco-Driving Comes to the Prairies
  • Beautiful Destruction
  • A Devastating Diversion
  • The Mel Johnson School Gardening Project
  • 2009 Award Winners Announced
  • Manigotagan Map Showcased in Ottawa

Vol 19 # 3 - May/June 2009

  • Why Not Spend Your Summer on Sustainability?
  • Federal Report Shows Caribou Habitat Under Threat
  • Mapping Becoming Valuable Environmental Campaign Tool
  • Nuclear Power in Manitoba?
  • Feeling the Sting
  • Students Promoting Organic Lawn Care
  • Get Unfogged!
  • At the Trough

Vol 19 # 2 - March/April 2009     

  • Cap and Trade, Offsets and Carbon Sequestration
  • The Threat of GM Alfalfa to Sustainable Livestock Production
  • From Blue Box to...Where?
  • Environmental Concerns of Water Privatization
  • Show Us Your Moves!
  • Tar Sands Not Just an Alberta Issue
  • Groups Protest As Government Alters Waterway Protections

Vol 19 # 1 - Jan/Feb 2009

  • A Victory for Manitobans
  • Minister of Conservation Speaks on Logging Legislation
  • Safe Drinking Water
  • Peak Phosphorus
  • Groups Lobby City for Active Transportation Funding Increase
  • Thinking Outside the Box
  • A Case for Wetlands   

Vol 18 # 5 - Nov/Dec 2008

  • The RED Zone
  • First Public Orchard Planted in St. Vital
  • Greenhouse Technology Blooms
  • Canada Designates Bisphenol A as "Toxic"
  • GreenSpace Youth Conference
  • Winnipeg Trails Benefit From 2008 Upgrades   


Vol 18 # 4 - Sept/Oct 2008

  • Community Market a Big Seller in The Pas
  • Increasing Transportation Options in Winnipeg
  • Awards for Good Work
  • Protecting Our Children's Environment
  • An Experience of a Lifetime
  • Launching MBECOYOUTH.ORG
  • Mountainside Community Woodlands Project Becomes Reality


Vol 18 # 3 - May/June 2008

  • Rapid Transit Finally on Tap For Winnipeg?
  • Green Renovations
  • Voluntary Simplicity and the Sustainability Challenge
  • A Rocha Establishes a Field Study Centre in the Pembina Valley
  • Moving Backwards on Recycling
  • Greening in Manitoba Marathon   


Vol 18 # 2 - March/April 2008

  • Can Winnipeg Get a Handle on Our Plastic Bag Problem
  • Aboriginal Wilderness Conservation Project Launched
  • Gaps in Government Policies Allow Exposure to Toxins
  • Watershed Planing and Participation Process   


Vol 18 # 1 - Jan/Feb 2008 Anniversary Edition

  • Milestones for the Manitoba Eco-Network
  • Grassroots Action Launched Recycling in Manitoba
  • Protecting Children's Environmental Health
  • Roseisle Creek Watershed Association
  • Coalition to Save the Elms
  • TREE Sprouts
  • Native Orchid Conservation, Inc.
  • The Manitoba Naturalist Society
  • Manitoba Ozone Protection Industry Association
  • Campaign for Pesticide Reduction! Winnipeg (CPR! Winnipeg)
  • Organic Food Council of Manitoba   


Vol 17 # 5 - Nov/Dec 2007

  • The Green Map Project
  • Connecting Environmental Youth
  • Golden Carrot Awards a Success
  • FSC Certification Ineffective
  • Woodland Caribou Habitat Protected
  • Protected Areas Audit 2007
  • Cool Nights Reading

Vol 17 # 4 - Sept/Oct 2007

  • Growing Up Organic in Manitoba
  • First Nation Calls for a Park
  • Update fron the EcoCentre
  • The Idle Free Girls
  • Switching to Sustainable Methods
  • Non Essential Pesticides: Progress Lacking
  • Status Report: Protected Areas in Manitoba
  • 2007 MEN Environmental Award Winners

Vol 17 # 3 - May/June 2007    

  • Poplar River Celebrates International Environmental Prize
  • Engaging Youth in Environmental Work
  • The Treat (or Promise?) of Air Travel
  • Hog Industry Sustainability; Where do we go from here?
  • Youth Activist Retreat (August 2007)
  • Living by Water
  • Spring Butterflies in Manitoba
  • MEC Joins One Percent for the Planet

Vol 17 # 2 - Mar/Apr 2007    

  • Bike to the Future
  • CEC Agrees With Environmentalists
  • Climate Champions-Round Two
  • The SPIN on Urban Farming
  • Eco-Evening at the Park a Great Success
  • Small Farms Challenge - Winners All
  • Sharing Water Resources
  • Poplar-Manowin Rivers Park Reserve
  • 100 Mile Manitoba

Vol 17 # 1 - Jan/Feb 2007

  • Forest Stewardship Council may Offer Hope
  • Conserving our Native Orchids in Canada's National Seed Bank
  • Overallocation of Forests to Louisiana-Pacific
  • Are We Adequately Protected?
  • Member Group Profile; Planners Network Manitoba
  • What's the Deal with Organic Milk?
  • Southern Exposure

Vol 16 # 5 - Nov/Dec 2006    

  • Mixed Reaction to Announcements; hog industry report
  • Fair Trade Manitoba Launches Campaign
  • CEC Hearing: Pembina Valley Water Cooperative
  • Drilling in Sandilands
  • Going 3D for Alternative Transportation Proposed Ban on Phosphates in Detergents
  • Manitoba's Golden Goose
  • Naturescape Manitoba
  • Are you a Climate Champion?
  • Eco-Housing Project Seeks Participants

Vol 16 # 4 - Sept/Oct 2006    

  • Mapping the Manigotagan
  • Yesterday and today; Overallocation of forests to Louisiana-Pacific
  • Thinking outside the energy box
  • Climate Tour Arrives
  • Active & Green; New Green Commuting Newsletter from RCM

Vol 16 # 3 - May/June 2006

  • The Manitoba Food Charter; Planning for food security
  • City Summit 2006; A disappointment for Winnipeg, democracy and the environment
  • Building a Fund for the Future
  • Getting off the Pesticide Treadmill
  • Children's Environmental Health Project
  • Greening Brandon
  • Local Actions for a Global Challenge
  • Blue Lagoon's Winter Greenhouses

Vol 16 # 2 - Mar/Apr 2006

  • Small Farms Challenge
  • OlyWest: The Broader Scope
  • Prosperity, Pork and the Public
  • Eco-Network Member Group Forum 2006
  • New Direction for Waste Management
  • Greenhouses and Food Security
  • Funders Convening in Manitoba

Vol 16 # 1 - Jan/Feb 2006

  • City Shows Support for Community Gardens
  • Composting 101 for Ag. Producers
  • Prairie Permaculture Revolution
  • Soft Paths for Water
  • History in the Making
  • Goldeneye Field Station

Vol 15 # 5 - Nov/Dec 2005

  • SOS Launches Seine River Greenway Map
  • Fisher Bay Park Reserve Extended
  • Shopping Comparison Surprises
  • The LFE System and Project Green
  • Youth Conference on Climate Change
  • Nuclear Waste is back
  • Toward Greening Sacred Spaces
  • Master Compost Volunteers in the Community

Vol 15 # 4 - Sept/Oct 2005

  • Simmering outrage over Devils Lake outlet
  • Organic farmers set to appeal against class action decision
  • Tracking Manitoba's Migrating Songbirds
  • A Foundation for Lake Winnipeg
  • Stalking Spiders in Manitoba
  • The Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre

Vol 15 # 3 - May/June 2005

  • Floodway Structure cuts River in Two
  • The Toxic Tale of Smelters
  • Caribou at the Crossroads
  • Hoping for the Best; Mosquito Control Policy
  • A Vision for a Floodway Greenway
  • Lake of the Woods under threat
  • Weed Control in the Organic Garden
  • All About Alternative Energy

Vol 15 # 2 - March/April 2005

  • Decision Time for Manitoba's New National Park
  • The Toxic Tale of Smelters
  • Forest Management from Aboriginal Perspective
  • A CROW's-Eye Vision
  • Riding Mountain Ecosystem Atlas Released
  • Youth Lead Greenhouse Gas Reduction
  • Manitoba Earth Day Celebration

Paper copies of older issues are available at our office.

 

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