Revelstoke

Columbia River Conversations

In nature, everyone belongs
September 17
"Being in nature creates a feeling of connection; a feeling that you belong. A lot of kids don’t know how to fit into this…
Shaping water stewardship in Canada
September 16
Studies show that a popular East Kootenay lake now has more disturbed shoreline than natural — a situation not seen in any other surveyed lakes in…
Five years later, BC is still failing to protect old-growth forests
September 11
Five years after the release of the Old-Growth Strategic Review report, the BC NDP’s momentum towards a “new, holistic approach” to the management…
Scat, scrambles and stewardship
September 10
When students step outside the classroom walls and into the wild, something shifts. Learning becomes tactile. For Grade 4 students from Cranbrook's Gordon Terrace…
On the importance of a wild childhood — and the shift I've noticed in my 20 years of teaching
September 2
My eight-year-old daughter doesn’t go anywhere without her books. They’re her safety net — her escape from the world. But this summer, when we camped at Kootenay Lake, her pile of books sat untouched.