Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free april 11 o Earth Day Manitoban who made a difference by Pat Rachey How often have you heard some one my getting involved wont make a difference following Are some accounts of Manitoban who have made a difference through their actions on environmental these Manitoban achieved re sults and Are from backgrounds As varied As the environmental issues from a concerned Parent fighting herbicides on school Yards to a prominent zoologist who has dedicated his life to studying the effects of the environment on Canadas d Kathleen Youngson while Youngson does not consider herself an environmental she says she has always been More interested than most people in environmental her once passive inter est kicked into Active in with a letter to the Winnipeg school the letter asked the school to ban the use on school property of two who has two Ages 8 and was concerned about the effects such herbicides could have on students As a result of the letter and lobbying by the Luxton Parent Council the school Board banned their usage on school grounds Gerry free press Kathleen Youngson wants City to ban All herbicides Dolecki two year fight Youngson says the ban pleases her very but says she is still concerned Over the school boards re cent application for a permit to Spray her ultimate besides getting a University degree in environmental is to persuade the City of Winnipeg to Stop using she is a member of a task Force which has urged such a ban in its Brief to City d Joe Dolecki an assistant professor of economics at Brandon describe himself As an in i am probably More of an he while questioning the practice of Labelling people based on their Dolecki is a founding member of scrap Stop construction of the Raffert Alameda project and one of the key players in bringing about a court order to halt construction on the Raffert Alameda dam pending an environmental Raffert Alameda involves construction of two reservoirs on the Souris River which flows from Saskatchewan into North Dakota and then the million project is being built to irrigate control Spring flooding and provide Cooling water for an electrical generating Dolecki became involved in the Issue after Reading a 1987 Saskatchewan environmental he says he was convinced the project was questionable in terms of tech Nical economically unfeasible and ecologically Dolecki says his training is Pri Marily in economic Public finance and resource econom it was the latter and his work with students in cos Benefit analysis that stirred his interest in Rafferty while pleased about the injunction halting construction and the appoint ment of an Independent environmental assessment Dolecki says his Job now is to preserve As much As possible the integrity of the panel he wants to ensure All relevant issues Are covered and the review does not resemble what he terms the Hasty one conducted by environmental minister Lucien Bouchard in a judge halted construction on Raffert Alameda pending an environmental Impact and Bouchard reissued the licence six months later follow ing limited Public hearings and an assessment that Only skimmed the the has spent two years fighting the he knew it wast something that could be fought Over a weekend and it turned out to be More intense than originally Dolecki says the image of War is not always a bad analogy in this kind of Situa d Bill Pruit Bill a zoology professor at the University of has dedicated his life to studying the environment and particularly the Ca Nadian he has received Many including the and Ralph Campbell outreach award in 1988 for encouraging positive interact Ion Between the Community and the he is an speaker and but is probably Best known for founding the taiga biological station in a research Sta Tion at Wallace Lake in Northern fruits studies Centre upon Winter ecology and How Snow particularly affects his current research is into the effects on Small animals of the accumulation of Carbon dioxide under the Snow while Pruit has devoted his life to education and he emphasizes that there is no longer any time left for education on the Environ it is time for things Are going to have to change or Glenn free press Glenn free press Barker says Public leads Way on environmental zoologist Bill fruits studies Centre on Winter it will be too Pruit was just 10 years old when he began studying biology with intentions of pursuing that Field at uni he has taught at u of m for 21 years and is still very Active there and at the taiga biological Sta while other activities keep him confined to Winnipeg most Pruit tries to visit the station every second weekend in Winter and More frequently in d John Barker John executive director of the resource recovery has spent the past two years Organ izing and executing the Blue bag recycling program currently in place in Winnipeg if All goes according to plan the program could be in Homes by Barker we Are being flooded with re quests from All Over the he adding that the Pilot project has been overwhelmingly successful since its Start last he says the project demonstrates that people will Recycle if they have the vehicle to do so and if there is a Market to accept the recyclable ref under the householders Volunteer to store Alou Minum or tin plastic drink Bot plastic grocery bags and Glass bottles in recyclable Blue garbage bags provided free of Fri staff pick up the bags from curbside once a and All the recyclables Are profits Are turned Back into the which has received financial support from the province and Federal gov who has a degree in environmental studies from the University of says his interest in the environment goes Back to his childhood exposure to the outdoors in a Small Rural Community in South Western his involvement in the environmental movement has been primarily Over the past 10 he served two years As coordinator for the Manitoba Environ ment network renamed eco net work and currently sits on the Barker founded the resource recovery Institute and has been director since january of this he is also a member of the Manitoba environmental Council and the governments recycling action com Mittee task Barker feels the Public is Way out in front of the business Community on environmental con citizens Are starting to make lifestyle but he says Laws with Teeth must be enacted to regulate the actions of Industry and the Public toward environmental How do you extend the life Cycle of the 1990s will see an Ever increasing focus on environmental concerns As we All become More aware of ecological and resource its an evolving process to better manage our environment and natural resources for the future of our both individual and corporate citizens Are taking the initiative to be involved in recycling programs that reduce the uncontrolled waste that is part of today please support the following recycling programs we do fort Whyte recycling Council of aluminium and newspaper resource 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