by Alex Deneka | May 25, 2022 | Climate-Resilient Living
Agriculture contributes 8 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, so we need to change how we farm. Climate change will also reduce the quality and quantity of our food. Addressing climate change, then, will help save the rural prairie economy. Of course, we...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Representatives from around the world converged in Glasgow for COP26 in November (after being delayed one year due to the global pandemic), to check in again on who’s responsible for stopping climate change. I’m going to go ahead and spoil the main outcome right now:...
by Alex Deneka | Mar 17, 2022 | Road to Resilience
Energy Solutions for Manitoba is the a groundbreaking study to examine in detail how a Canadian province can replace its fossil fuels with low-carbon electricity. In Manitoba, all fossil fuels are imported and account for roughly 60% of annual climate pollution. In...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Mar 10, 2022 | Events, Get Involved, Human Impacts
On February 28th, the leading climate scientists of the world (270 of them from 67 countries) told us (again) that if we don’t rapidly transition away from fossil fuels now, our future is unfathomably difficult—it is hungry, it is sick, it is war-torn, it is...
by Alex Deneka | Oct 21, 2021 | Climate-Resilient Living
As the snow falls and the temperatures drop, many cyclists put away their bikes for the season. We are here to tell you that cycling doesn’t have to be a seasonal sport! Cycling is for all-year-round commuting, transportation, and leisure – even in Manitoba. Cycling...
by Colleen Ans | Oct 4, 2021 | Climate-Resilient Living, Events
Now is a great time to implement sustainability initiatives at the workplace. With the changing of seasons, you may be thinking of office cleaning… or perhaps you’re inspired to finally put some plans to action! Either way, with change in the air,...
by Alex Deneka | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Take the Just One Trip Pledge! Gas is expensive, parking is a hassle and traffic keeps getting worse. What if there was a less stressful way to travel? At GoManitoba, we’re here to help! This October, we invite all Manitobans to take the pledge to convert Just One...
by Manitoba's Climate Action Team | Mar 25, 2021 | Press Release
TREATY 1, WINNIPEG: The Supreme Court ruling today on the federal government’s constitutional authority to lever a price on carbon pollution is welcome news for those seeking climate action. The Manitoba government should accept this ruling and move on to address the...
by Alex Deneka | Jul 16, 2020 | Human Impacts
The Painful Face of Climate Change is Glaring at us in Manitoba An unprecedented news release on Canada Day showed the glaring impacts of our unfolding climate catastrophe, the swollen Little Saskatchewan River in western Manitoba is threatening to break its dam at...
