FutureMakers inspires students to build sustainable future

Wildsight's new environmental education program focused on sustainability and climate resilience is inspiring students to design the communities of tomorrow. By pairing examples of sustainable living with hands-on activities, FutureMakers shifts climate education away from eco-anxiety and towards hope and action. Based on Wildsight's long-running Beyond Recycling program, this new resource provides an updated, streamlined…

Wildsight news : Conservation

In a time of drought, a modernized Columbia River Treaty offers hope

April 23, 2024 by Graeme Lee Rowlands

It’s official: B.C’s annual April snow survey confirms this winter is leaving our province with its lowest snowpack on record at just 63% of normal. Last year’s snowpack was significantly higher at 88%, but even that…

Help make sure these polluters pay

April 16, 2024 by Casey Brennan

We’re fighting to ensure Teck and Glencore are held to account for the environmental damage caused by the Elk Valley coal mines. Your gift will support our work pressuring politicians to make these polluters pay, so our wild waters are kept cleaner for future generations.

British Columbians want mining industry to clean up its mess or pay, survey reveals

April 11, 2024 by Casey Brennan

‘Clean it up or pay’ — that’s the clear message that British Columbians want to send the mining industry, according to new Wildsight-commissioned polling from Research Co.

What a flight over B.C.’s North Columbia Mountains tells us about the dire state of caribou habitat

March 25, 2024 by Eddie Petryshen

Our plane hovers at 9,000 feet above the massive glaciers of British Columbia’s northern Monashee Mountains. It’s hot and cramped in this small, aluminium sky-box, which is currently being pushed around by rough summer winds.

Report reveals Elk Valley’s $6.4 billion water pollution problem

March 19, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

A new Wildsight-commissioned report has revealed it will cost at least $6.4 billion to reverse rising selenium concentrations in Canadian and United States waterways due to toxic runoff from British Columbia’s Elk Valley coal mines

Wildsight welcomes Elk Valley water pollution inquiry

March 11, 2024 by Wildsight

Qukin ʔamakʔis/Fernie - Wildsight celebrates the announcement of an International Joint Commission (IJC) investigation into water pollution from British Columbia’s Elk Valley coal mines as the first step towards addressing a complex problem with transparency, trust and respect…

The importance of critical minerals should not condone their extraction at all costs

March 6, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

Here in the Kootenays, we have a long history of mining a wide range of materials, including gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc and gypsum. Many of these minerals, like zinc and copper, would very easily fit into most critical mineral definitions.

After years of delay, caribou need your help

February 27, 2024 by Amelia Caddy

We’re calling on Canada and B.C. to protect southern mountain caribou habitat and save our last deep-snow herds. Use our pre-written letter to add your voice to the movement. Logging has no place in their forest homes.

Proposed Crown Mountain coal mine could fan the flames of selenium crisis

February 20, 2024 by Simon Wiebe

NWP Coal Canada is forging ahead with its plans to build a new metallurgical coal mine in British Columbia’s Elk Valley, a region already plagued with the fallout from an international water pollution crisis.

Over 1,400 demand environmental assessment for Zincton

January 23, 2024 by Wildsight

Over the past two months, more than 1,400 people have contacted the provincial Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) to voice their concern that the proposed Zincton All-Season Resort, in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains, might not undergo an environmental…

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Wildsight Golden's Online Auction Fundraiser 2024
Golden
October 17 - October 28
Fancy getting your hands on a whole host of amazing local treats and experiences? All the while helping support climate action and conservation programs? If…
FutureMakers: Resources to inspire students for sustainability
Regional
Tuesday, October 29
Instead of messages of doom, FutureMakers provides students in grades 4 to 7 with the knowledge to design a thriving sustainable future.
Wild Spaces Recreation Dialogues: Wolverines - Creston
Creston Valley, Regional
Tuesday, October 29
What climbs mountain peaks all winter, eats frozen carcasses and prefers solitude? Join Wildsight on October 29 to hear about the elusive wolverine.
Home Retrofit Fair
Invermere
Sunday, November 10
With a fall chill in the air, many animals are busy preparing their winter homes. We too could benefit by making our homes more cozy…
Wild Spaces Recreation Dialogues: Mountain Goats—Kimberley
Regional
Wednesday, November 13
Hear from local wildlife experts about their work researching recreation’s impacts on mountain goats across the seasons, and learn about collaborative efforts to protect mountain goat populations throughout the Kootenays.

FutureMakers inspires students to build sustainable future

Wildsight news : Conservation

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