A Panel Webinar with Nature Canada, Protect our Winters and the Columbia River Salmon Reintroduction Initiative Nature is arguably one of the most powerful tools we have in the fight against climate change, and yet it has too often been disregarded as such. Nature-based climate solutions are the emerging response, and a reminder that protecting, … Continued
No-one will protect what they don’t care about and no-one will care about what they have never experienced.David Attenborough If you ask my daughter what trees need, she’ll tell you confidently, it’s hugs. And she’ll follow up with a not so gentle reminder that if you take too much from trees, they won’t be able … Continued
Wildsight Golden has signed up with Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network to participate in their Every Child Matters Year Long Learning Challenge. The purpose of this challenge is to help deepen knowledge and extend the actions required to move towards truth and reconciliation beyond just one day, and help to enable real change over time. … Continued
Summitted to Wildsight Golden, By Mike Demuth, P.Eng., P.Geo. Research Geoscientist (Powell River, BC) As it concerns differentiating weather from climate, there is a not-so-old invocation espoused by climate scientists and casual observers of our environment alike… Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get. A related concept concerning the difference between climate … Continued
Missed our webinar with Dr. Peter Wood? Watch it now, and get informed on how BC’s forestry industry needs a paradigm shift to better protect our communities agains the affects of climate change:
Christmas is coming! I know it’s still months away, but we have a perfect gift for the Wildlife and Art lover in your life. The 2022 Donna Mendes art calendars are beautiful and the total proceeds of every calendar go to the Columbia Valley Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project. The calendars are $25 each and are … Continued
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made public its final report on the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system. There were 94 Calls to Action. Call to Action #80 called upon the Federal Government to establish a statutory holiday, A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. In consultation with Canada’s indigenous people, … Continued
Coal mines in the BC Rockies send toxic selenium pollution downstream that puts fish in danger, not just in BC, but in Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River for hundreds of kilometres through Montana and Idaho — and back into BC. With no long-term solution in sight, Teck has proposed Castle, yet another massive mountain-top … Continued
“We are hopeful that the Commissioner of the Environment will undertake an audit of Canada’s remarkable failure to adequately regulate coal mine pollution in the Elk Valley over the last twenty years. This regulatory failure has directly contributed to one of the most serious and permanent environmental disasters in Canadian history, and one of the … Continued
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. Single-use packaging threatens the health of our planet. From throwaway coffee cups to plastic bags at the checkout, from a … Continued
