Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society in collaboration with Selkirk College would like to invite you to take part in our Nest Box Building workshop which aims to encourage wildlife into our community. Within the workshop Selkirk students will be teaching you about two bird...
From coast to coast to coast, over 300 educators will have the opportunity to gather to learn, share and connect at this made-in-Canada environmental education conference. The theme for the 2018 Conference is Classrooms to Communities (C2C) which envisions learners and educators being deeply...
Description: This presentation will offer up an environmental framework for education, centered on stewardship and drawing on Indigenous Ways of Knowing. If we truly want to foster the environmental citizens of tomorrow, we need to involve our entire community: That means parents, grandparents, educators, schools,...
Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society’s annual Kootenay Lake Summit is taking place on November 3rd, 2018. Where: JV Humphries School - 500-6th Street, Kaslo The Kootenay Lake Summit is a free event offering an opportunity for community members to engage by attending talks and...
ASWM invites you to participate in the first of four webinars hosted by U.S. EPA Region 10, the Association of State Wetland Managers and an Advisory Committee comprised of representatives from the Tribal Wetlands Working Group (TWIG). This first webinar, entitled Cultural Values Based Planning...
Four years ago, a small group of people came together to explore how to change attitudes and behaviours and increase the amount of time people in our city were spending outdoors for living and learning. We created an annual weeklong outdoor education festival, and a...
Celebrate a decade of Darkwoods with a special night of stories about the plants and animals that make Darkwoods an internationally important conservation area. Enjoy real life tales from the people who have explored and studied this amazing land that flourishes right in Nelson’s backyard....
November 27 | 9:00am to 4:00pm PST Victoria, B.C | The Parkside Hotel & Spa Hosted by ICLEI Canada, this one-day event will focus on learning how to manage local climate risks through collaborative action, considering climate impacts across urban systems, hearing adaptation stories from...
Description: Today’s modern agriculture faces the challenge of feeding a growing world population, which is estimated to be 9 billion people by the year 2050. As the world population continues to increase, it is worth noting the available arable land globally is decreasing. With fewer students...
February 6 | 8:00am to 5:00pm PST Vancouver, B.C | Pinnacle Hotel Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense as the global climate changes. Smoke from these fires causes episodes of the worst air quality that many populations will ever experience. The first part of...
Join Gregoire Lamoureux for the third webinar in the KCP Winter Webinar Series. The Slocan River Streamkeepers have implemented over 40 riparian restoration projects in the Slocan Valley since 2005, restoring the equivalent of 5 km of riverbank. Some of the projects have also included fish habitat...
Registration is now open for the Local Government Forum on “Tools for Conservation in the Kootenays” on March 13, 2019 at the Creston Community Complex The goal of this Forum is to identify specific tools/resources required by local governments of the Kootenays to integrate conservation...
