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Climate Change Connection (CCC) is a hub for information about climate change in Manitoba, Canada.
We are a project of the Manitoba Eco-Network.
This website will help you to become informed about climate change and to get connected to others who are working on this issue in Manitoba.
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"YOU NEVER RIDE ALONE" - FILM |
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GREEN LIFESTYLE & ORGANIC LIVING |
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 Sat Aug 28 - Thu Sept 2
Cinematheque
"Robert Alstead's documentary about Critical Mass rides in Vancouver is the best film about the intersection of bicycle culture and civic involvement since Ted White's landmark film Return of the Scorcher. If you're upset with social and cycling conditions in your town but don't know where to begin to change things, watch this with a friend and take notes." - Robert Zverina, Carbusters Magazine
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Sat Sep 11 - Sun Sept 12
Winnipeg Convention Centre
Shop, taste, discover, and explore the world of natural & eco living at the Green Lifestyle & Organic Living Show. This first-of-its-kind-in-Winnipeg convention offers a fun, fashionable, and unique place to learn about living a healthy, earth conscious lifestyle from over 100 eco friendly & organic exhibitors.
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Updated: Tue, Aug 31 11:26 AM CDT |
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Arctic ice: Less than meets the eye
Aug 31 , 2010 - New Scientist
WINNIPEG – The ice may not retreat as much as feared this year, but what remains may be more rotten than robust. David Barber, an environmental scientist at the University of Manitoba says the extent of sea ice is not all that matters. Look deeper and there are even more dramatic changes. This is something everyone should be concerned about because the transformation of the Arctic will affect us all.
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Banks grow wary of environmental risks
Aug 30 , 2010 - The New York Times
NEW YORK -
Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants.
They may be legal and lucrative but a growing number of banks are taking a stand on industry practices that they regard as risky to their reputations and bottom lines.
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World's most high-profile climate change sceptic changes tune
Aug 30, 2010 - The Guardian
LONDON -
Bjørn Lomborg, the world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby.
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Canada's 'majestic' ice shelves disintegrating, says scientist
Aug 29, 2010 - Calgary Herald
CALGARY - Canada is home to plenty of ice, but the ancient, undulating ice shelves on the north coast of Ellesmere Island are something special. They are home to the oldest sea ice in the northern half of the planet - 3,000 to 5,500 years old. And they are disintegrating.
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Idle Free Zone signs
