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Pesticide Protest - Sharon Labchuk

Posted by Bill van Asperen

PesticideProtestSharonLabchuk.jpgA PEI environmentalist plans to break the law to prove a point by spreading non-toxic corn gluten on the lawn outside Province House.  Sharon Labchuk says it's absurd that corn gluten - a legal livestock feed supplement - is on PEI's list of banned pesticides. She joined us in the Island Morning studio.

 

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The first EarthShip on PEI

Posted by Bill van Asperen

EarthshipIM.jpgJordan Cameron from Summerside is looking to build what he says is the first EarthShip on PEI... with a little help from his friends, and some recylced materials. An Earthship is a passive-solar house, made of recycled materials, which creates and conserves its own electricity, heat and clean water. Julia Cook spoke with Jordan Cameron.

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C.L.I.V.E.

Posted by Tim Hamming

Our coastline is shrinking rapidly....and a new tool created by researchers at U.P.E.I. shows that 1000 homes are in jeopardy of being lost over the next 90 years due to erosion.

 

 

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