Author: Lorene Keitch

Webinar: Save forests; safe communities

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Missed our webinar with Dr. Peter Wood? Watch it now, and get informed on how BC’s forestry industry needs a paradigm shift to better protect our communities agains the affects of climate change:

Going beyond single-use

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To reduce our waste, we need to not just recycle more. We need to produce less. Wildsight Elk Valley is looking to change the way you think about the materials you bring into your home. Single-use packaging threatens the health of our planet. From throwaway coffee cups to plastic bags at the checkout, from a … Continued

Returning to our roots: West Kootenay Youth Climate Corps restarts

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Youth Climate Corps (YCC) has returned to the West Kootenay this fall after a successful inaugural program last year. This season, the West Kootenay crew will be working on wildfire reduction strategies, fortifying and diversifying the boundaries of West Arm Provincial Park. The crew will also be digging into an innovative agroforestry project that is … Continued

Safer communities through saved forests

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Landslides. Floods. Wildfires. They come with a vengeance, sweeping away or burning up communities. When they’re happening, they seem inevitable. But what if these events weren’t inevitable? What if the solution was closer than we think? To get to the root of these problems, we need to look to the trees. The provincial government released … Continued

Sustainable food from the ground up

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“Start small, grow what you like to eat, and learn as you go.” Sound advice from Chad Kile, Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook’s sustainability coordinator. In ways big and small, this branch encourages local food sustainability from the ground up. The hope for the branch, says Chad, is to encourage a local food economy. This desire was brought … Continued

A deep dive into local water

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The subject of water is as deep as the ocean itself. You can skim the surface, or dive deep on the subject, look at it from different directions, investigate it through science, mathematics, economics, art, history and more. Water, quite literally, is life. So it’s critical that students learn about water in a way that … Continued

Classroom with Outdoors invites environmental explorations

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You can almost hear an audible sigh if you stop and listen: the collective release of tension from every teacher, administrator, education assistant, and parent as a full year of COVID teaching comes to a close across B.C. In a year of uncertainty, nature was a source of peace and security like never before. This … Continued

The heart of learning

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Kitchen tables became office cubicles. Family gatherings turned into Zoom meet-ups. And in schools across the country, in-class learning turned to virtual classrooms when COVID-19 arrived more than a year ago. Teachers rose to the challenge, coming up with creative ways to engage students in learning despite a world turned upside down. With traditional classroom … Continued

The toad angels of Revelstoke

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They’re not as cuddly as a koala, as photogenic as a polar bear, or as charismatic as a caribou. But western toads are just as worth saving. These bumpy-skinned scramblers are described in terms like stout, stumpy, and stocky; not exactly the picture that would grace the cover of a Canadian Wildlife Federation calendar. Luckily … Continued

What I learned…

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Wildsight educators teach thousands of students every year about the importance of conservation, habitat protection, and understanding and appreciating the natural places in our own backyard. But how does what students learn transfer to their life view as adults? We set out to ask just that question to four former students from a variety of … Continued