Applications open 2025 Youth Climate Corps

Applications are now open for both the West and East Kootenay 2025 Youth Climate Corps seasons. Wildsight’s Youth Climate Corps is an opportunity to kickstart or further develop your career in climate related fields through multi-month paid contracts in BC’s Columbia Basin region. You will receive professional certifications, mentorship, leadership development, and practical work experience.

Wildsight news : Youth Climate Corps

Youth Climate Corps retrofit project helps local residents

July 25, 2022 by Lorene Keitch

A Nelson group home is a more comfortable, energy-efficient place to live thanks to a hardworking team of altruistic young adults. A partnership between Wildsight, FortisBC and Kootenay Society for Community Living (KSCL) led to the retrofit project on…

Hiring now: Youth climate crew for Kimberley/Cranbrook

April 5, 2022 by Lorene Keitch

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.

Youth Climate Corps open house

February 23, 2022 by Lorene Keitch

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…

Local youth find employment theory and practice through partnership

January 28, 2022 by Wildsight

A group of young adults in the West Kootenay have a few more job skills in their pockets thanks to a successful collaboration between Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS) and Wildsight. Fresh from this successful venture, the two organizations are…

Connecting youth, the climate crisis and water

January 17, 2022 by Lorene Keitch

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.

Imagine Nelson: Webinar

November 30, 2021 by Lorene Keitch

Did you miss our West Kootenay Youth Climate Corps' webinar? Not to fret, we recorded it. Watch the fascinating panel discussion now. https://vimeo.com/651744196 Community Climate Action Opportunities: Nelson Next: City of Nelson’s Climate Change Action Plan…

Bannock Point Begins to Bloom

November 23, 2021 by Wildsight

An innovative new project is putting food into the forest and fighting the risk of forest fires at the same time. Wildfires blanketed BC this summer, with climate projections showing that, if business as usual continues, temperatures will continue to…

Upcoming events

Plant-based Potluck
Kimberley & Cranbrook
Saturday, January 18
We invite you to join us for a plant-based potluck to share dishes, recipes, and knowledge with members of the Kimberley Cranbrook community!
Keeping the Flow: Watershed Wisdom for a Drier Climate with Jim Smith
Saturday, January 18
This free presentation is part of a skill share series with community experts held at the Creston Library.
Safe Haven: The Rainbow Jordan Wilderness
Revelstoke
Friday, January 31
On Friday January 31st 2025 join us for a screening of Damien Gillis and Valhalla Wilderness Society's new film, Safe Haven: The Rainbow-Jordan…
Wildsight Revelstoke Online Auction
Revelstoke
Friday, January 31
Stay tuned for how to bid on items in our up-coming online auction, launching the start of February! We are accepting donations up until…
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
Creston Valley
Friday, February 21
Join us for the Creston Valley’s showing of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival on Friday February 21st at 7pm.

Applications open 2025 Youth Climate Corps

Wildsight news : Youth Climate Corps

Youth Climate Corps retrofit project helps local residents

Hiring now: Youth climate crew for Kimberley/Cranbrook

Youth Climate Corps open house

Local youth find employment theory and practice through partnership

Connecting youth, the climate crisis and water

Imagine Nelson: Webinar

Bannock Point Begins to Bloom

Reflections on attending COP26

Sustainability in the West Kootenay: Panel presentation

Studying the forest for the trees

Applications open 2025 Youth Climate Corps

Wildsight news : Youth Climate Corps

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