Memorial to Ellen Zimmerman
Racing down the highway between Golden and Invermere on Highway 95, the rest stop at Castledale would look like hardly much at all. Just a smile-faced piece of pavement, a flash of a view as you make your busy…
Author: Lorene Keitch
Ellen Zimmerman Award 2022: Kat Hartwig
From her early efforts as president of Wildsight’s Invermere Branch in the 1990’s to her internationally-recognized conservation leadership today, Kat Hartwig has been recognized as this year's Ellen Zimmerman Award recipient.
Teach the Columbia workshop
If you missed our workshop on our new curriculum, Teach the Columbia, not to worry — we have it right here for you! Feel free to share with other educators who have an interest in using this curriculum too: https://vimeo…
Students, snowpack and science
Living in the Kootenays means we know snow. We shovel it, watch it, talk about it, play in it, and then shovel it some more. Students at Kimberley's Selkirk Secondary School added another layer to their winter's snow…
Hiring now: Youth climate crew for Kimberley/Cranbrook
Wildsight's Youth Climate Corps (YCC) is looking for young adults interested in taking direct action to tackle the global climate crisis and support local community needs, all while getting paid to do so.
Wild spaces and Winter Wonder
Students in Sarah Kinsey's Grade 2/3 class at Marysville Elementary found there's more fun to be had outdoors than snow angels and snowmen during Winter Wonder, a Wildsight education program geared to our littlest learners.
Youth Climate Corps open house
If you missed our virtual get-together, watch the recap now. Hear directly from staff about what makes Wildsight's Youth Climate Corps such a unique program, and listen to alumni as they share what they learned, and what they…
A year of community-powered local food
The eggs should be here any minute. Potatoes and apples are arriving later today. Perched in the backroom with one ear bent to the phone and the other to the door, Jennifer Lennon juggles the day-to-day operations while…
Connecting youth, the climate crisis and water
We watch a pair of beavers slip silently through the water. Their lodge is just below us, nestled alongside a bank of the Columbia Wetlands near Invermere, BC.
We've disturbed their quiet abode, but for a good cause.
Students explore waste at RDCK landfill
A plastic light-up Santa coolly eyes the scene below him. Sitting up high, Old St. Nick keeps watch over the good citizens from the greater Castlegar area as they deposit their garbage at the Ootischenia Landfill.