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The leaves are changing color, the temperature is dropping and.. School is back in session! With this change in season it means that the Environmental Initiatives Section and the Brandon Environment Committee are busy planning for school programs. October is sustainability month and we will be hosting the 6th annual Brandon Waste Reduction School Challenge Oct.11-25th. Participating classes will be earning waste reduction points trying their best to earn the bragging rights and be Waste Reduction All stars. This successful program shared with municipalities across Canada helps kicks off environmental action within the class, school and at home. Students make a pledge to carry out an environmental action in their day to day lives during the school year. Thank you to Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba for being the platinum sponsor for this worthwhile initiative.

Brandon Resident's Build a Rain Garden

If you drive down Patricia Avenue you will notice a large landscaped depression of rocks with several types of plants on the corner of a residential property. "What is it?" you may ask yourself and "why does it have a sign?". Greg More and his wife Joanne with the help of the Assiniboine Hills Conservation District built a rain garden on their front property. The rain garden is built to collect and slowly filter rain water back into the ground without running off into the street. The depression is made of permeable materials and water tolerant plant species. When the rain garden is completely full it takes about a day to a day and a half to empty again. To listen to Greg's story of how he went about making his own rain garden listen to the CBC interview below.

cbc interview (7.9 mb,mp3 file)

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