At Cascades we believe that improving the Earth is possible simply by choosing to take small green actions every day. That’s why we have chosen today – Earth Day 2009 – to launch the “Cascades’ Green Challenge” Contest.
The “Cascades’ Green Challenge” Contest offers you the chance to increase your environmentality by completing quick and easy green challenges. Each green mission is a chance for you to make the Earth more beautiful, and involve others in the cause! Starting May 22nd you will be invited to select green challenges, and every challenge you complete will earn you additional chances to enter in a draw for a $5,000 ecotourism adventure for two, courtesy of Cascades, Air France and Ekilib travel agency.
If you sign up before May, 22nd you will earn five more chances to win. Invite your friends and earn one more chance to win for each friend who completes a first mission.
The environment is everyone’s responsibility. Sign up for the “Cascades’ Green Challenge” Contest today and show the world that everyday is Earth day!
Help embarass the Manitoba government into bringing back the deposit and return system on drink containers, other than beer, like Saskatchewan has. Now that would be green!
I think every other province has a deposit and return system in place. In PEI you pay 20 cents deposit for a 1 litre glass bottle. Here in Edmonton on June 1 we will be paying 25 cents deposit on a 4 litre MILK jug. Manitoba must be both fisically and enviornmentally irresponsible not to be able to return bottles etc. All the plastic bottles that are returned to a bottle depot in Alberta are sold to Americans who turn the plastic into household plastics.
we now have started blue bin recycling here. some people do not like the idea but I think it is great for the people who do not have a way to get to the recycling bins hopefully it will be a success
we now have started blue bin recycling here. some people do not like the idea but I think it is great for the people who do not have a way to get to the recycling bins that are set up at designated places hopefully it will be a success
Ontario is really trying to step up to the recycling plate.Still some people take alot of convincing though
I was born in Manitoba and now live in BC, where I have roadside pickup (big blue bins) and can recycle everything. I go back every other year and it is SO frustrating to have to throw SO much recyclables into the landfill. I agree, they should be embarrassed, but they can still step up. Soon hopefully.
Thank you all for all your comments!
We’re so looking forward to begin the contest and having all those green challenges complete.
Are you ready?
We need plastics recycling for all plastics.
Our City has gone to one bag or can of garbage per week. After recycling and composting, I only have about half a can per week anyway, but those who don’t bother to recycle are finding it tough.
I’ve been doing all my “department store” shopping at ValueVillage and the Salvation Army since my teens. I simply saw no point in spending more money for new stuff, when I could save hundreds of $$ shopping re-sale, especially when you could get fantastic bargains on like-new stuff. My friends used to be “embarrassed” for me for shopping second-hand (they didn’t call me “Second-Hand Rose” for nothing!), but lately I’ve been running into more and more of them at the second-hand stores and yard-sales, especially in these increasingly difficult economic times.
I have become obsessive about recycling – when my partner occasionally discards a piece of that overpackaged plastic in the garbage, I snatch it to recycle. Also, I feel no shame in going out of my way to pick up beer cans, or pop cans to recycle. Some folks may think it’s tacky, but I like to clean up the environment
Guelph, Ontario started the 3 bag garbage systems years ago. Clear Green for compost, Clear Blue for recyclables and Clear for non recyclable. Manitoba should get with the times.
It is never too late to start.
In January 2009 we started using eeFuel in our vehicles. This is a fuel additive like no other. We are currently saving 50% in fuel and our emissions tests were phenomenal. Even the mechanic was astounded, saying he never sees results like that. Hydrocarbons went from 70 to 0 ppm, Carbon Monoxide went from .40 to .01% and NOx emissions went from 55 to 39 ppm!!! If you are serious about climate change and making a personal contribution to our environment, check out http://www.nanotechfuel.info. To purchase, distr. # 188020.