Going beyond single-use
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.
Author: Lorene Keitch
Returning to our roots: West Kootenay Youth Climate Corps restarts
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…
Safer communities through saved forests
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…
Sustainable food from the ground up
"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.
A deep dive into local water
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.
Classroom with Outdoors invites environmental explorations
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.
The heart of learning
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.
The toad angels of Revelstoke
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…
What I learned…
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…
Saving the Toby Creek mountain goats
In the Columbia Valley, a lucky herd of mountain goats have found themselves an advocate in local rancher John Zehnder. His interest in the local herd began as a boy growing up on a ranch that borders the Toby Canyon…