To reduce pesticide use in Manitoba

Goals:

• Promote social change in a positive, socially conscious way
  (i.e. Mosquito Café)
  
• Collect, display, and disseminate information on pesticide risks, use and alternatives (and providers)
  
• Increase Receivership of the newsletter As the Crow Flies
  
• Achieve a cosmetic pesticide use by-law, an end to fogging, and a Precautionarily Principled approach to all pesticide use
  
• Reduce the use and effects of Malathion and Dursban
  
• Increase awareness of the need for 'safe' (pesticide-free) parks & green spaces
  
• Increase public awareness of the sheer volume and variety of pesticides used and the combined effects of all these poisons, for all stakeholders
  
• Prevent governments and corporations from making claims of safety, which is against the law
  
• Secure funding for 2005 and beyond
  
• Use sustainable practices, always

Support for these initiatives is greatly appreciated. To donate your time, make a financial contribution, or subscribe to the e-newsletter, please call or write. We are also available to make presentations and/or provide a display at community functions.