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The Manitoba Eco-Network will be holding its third Eco-Evening on April 24, 2009 at the Franco Cultural Centre, and there is an opportunity for you to participate.

The theme for this event is At Last Something to Smile About, with an improv comedy troupe and a 10x10x20 series (10 innovative eco-projects, 10 slides each, 20 seconds per slide!) The idea of the 10x10x20 series is to give a snapshot of some great eco-projects without going in to too much detail but keeping it interesting.

We are inviting any member groups interested in taking part in the 10x10x20 series to submit a paragraph describing your eco-project to us by March 13. Paragraphs can be submitted to info@mbeconetwork.org.

Keep in mind:

• Only 1 project should be submitted.
• The project must be current (active in 2008) and relate to an environmental issue.
• The project should be novel, innovative and solutions-based.
• Projects that are new to Manitoba are encouraged.
• The project should be reproduceable or encourage involvement.
• Projects will be presented verbally with slides used for visual enhancement (slides will advance automatically every 20 seconds).
• Slides have little text and great pictures.
• Slides cannot have Internet or sound files.
• The goal is to be upbeat and positive.

This is a great opportunity to promote the good work you are doing as the Eco-Evenings are quite popular and get good media attention.

After March 13th, a committee will select the most interesting projects and provide further direction to those groups.

We hope you will join us in making this Eco-Evening a great celebration of eco-solutions.

Lise Smith
Manitoba Eco-Network, Coordinator
3-303 Portage Ave
Winnipeg, MB
R3B 2B4
Ph: (204) 947-6511
Fax: (204) 989-8476
Web: www.mbeconetwork.org