Author: Jeremy Sroka

Students Go Beyond Recycling For The Future Of Our Planet

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This school year, 13 classes from around the Columbia Basin joined Wildsight educators on a 24 week Beyond Recycling investigation into the impact of their lifestyles—energy, waste and consumption—to discover how their everyday actions affect the health of…

A Conflux Of Water Work and Appreciation

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Not only is it Canada Water Week all week, but World Water Day is all day today - which makes this Wednesday a real confluence of water-related celebrations. We figured we'd take a moment to join in the festivities…

In Memory: Jesse Jensen and Imme Askevold

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It is with a heavy heart—a heart heavy with both sadness and gratitude—that we take a moment to pay tribute to two amazing pillars of the East Kootenay community. There is no doubt that their love and passion…

Stand with Jumbo

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On March 13th, Wildsight will present the Keep Jumbo Wild petition to the Ktunaxa tri-nation leadership at a special ceremony in Cranbrook (please join us if you're local). After that, we’re travelling to Victoria to present the…

CBEEN’s 2017 Awards of Environmental Education

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The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) recently announced the recipients of their 2017 Awards of Environmental Education Excellence and we couldn't be more proud to see that three of the six educators recognized this year are members of…

Help Protect our Bees: Ban the Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid

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Health Canada is currently taking public comments on the proposed ban of imidacloprid, a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide that many experts believe to be a significant threat to our declining bee populations. Public comments will only be accepted until March…