Inspiring changemakers with FutureMakers

Wildsight's own Dawn Deydey led a workshop on Tuesday, October 29 with the Outdoor Learning School & Store to officially launch our newest educational offering! FutureMakers is designed for grades 4–7 students, and empowers them to design a hope-filled community of the future. Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/DCU5fzta9ig Learn more and invest in sustainable learning…

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Every day should be “Take Me Outside Day”

October 15, 2019 by Jill Jennings

On October 23, Canada celebrates Take Me Outside Day—a day that encourages teachers across Canada to bring their students outdoors and provide opportunities for children and youth to explore, play and learn outside.

Wildsight’s Melissa Flint awarded CBEEN Environmental Education Award of Excellence

October 4, 2019 by Jill Jennings

Each year the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) awards educators who demonstrate excellence in environmental education in the Columbia Basin. This year, Wildsight Educator Melissa Flint won the Environmental Education Award of Excellence for her work as a Community…

Closed—We’re Hiring: Communications Specialist

October 2, 2019 by Vanessa Humphries

This position is no longer open. Wildsight is looking for a creative, collaborative, passionate and productive Communications Specialist to join our team. This is a 1.0 FTE position that comes with five weeks vacation and a Private Health Services…

In celebration of World Rivers Day let’s ask, “What are our values?”

September 22, 2019 by Graeme Lee Rowlands

By Graeme Lee Rowlands, Program Coordinator of the Columbia River Field School Photos by Bailey Repp “I wonder[ed how they] could understand so little about my purpose, what I was born for: to find my way with great freedom…

Proposed Water Bottling Plant community meeting Cancelled

September 11, 2019 by Wildsight Golden

As many Golden community members are aware, there is a company (GoldenKey Investments) with commercial interests looking to bottle groundwater from Golden’s municipal aquifer. Wildsight Golden is completely opposed to this development, as we have a number of environmental…

Columbia Valley Osprey Survey Reveals 42 Active Nests in 2019

September 5, 2019 by Wildsight Golden

Columbia Valley Osprey Survey Reveals 42 Active Nests in 2019 Most people who live in the Columbia Valley are familiar with the large unmistakable, white and black raptors that nest along highway 95.

Golden Community Invasive Plant Program 2019 Final Report released

September 4, 2019 by Wildsight Golden

Wildsight Golden's recently wrapped up the 2019 Community Invasive Plant Program (CIPP),which aimed to decrease invasive plant infestations while increasing public awareness about the environmental, social and economic impacts invasive plants can have on Golden.

Press Release: Canadian government supports Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area for Jumbo Valley and Qat’muk

August 29, 2019 by Vanessa Humphries

There is welcome news in the long plight of the Jumbo Valley. The Ktunaxa Nation Council has received approval from Environment and Climate Change Canada for funding to develop an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, up to 211,045 hectares, in the Qat’muk area of the

Death on Highway 3: Keeping wildlife and our communities safe

August 27, 2019 by Vanessa Humphries

“There was a time when most things were nature, most was habitat. And you were trying to connect a couple of towns by a road—that was the corridor of that day.

Wildsight Golden concerns about Water Bottling Plant Proposal

August 26, 2019 by Wildsight Golden

Wildsight Golden wants the community to be aware that there is currently a company that is looking to set up a water bottling plant in Golden.

Upcoming events

The Upper St. Mary's Valley: What's at stake
Kimberley & Cranbrook, Regional
Tuesday, November 26
Join us for an informal town hall gathering to learn about proposed logging in the Upper St.
Sustainability Clothing Shu-Swap
Golden
Thursday, December 5
Join us at Golden's Senior Centre for a fun and eco-friendly Clothing Swap event.
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Kimberley & Cranbrook
January 3 - January 4
Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival.

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