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Webinar – Creating Community-Wide Outdoor Education Festivals

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...

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NatureTalks: Grizzly Tales

Hume Hotel 422 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC, Canada

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....

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Workshop: Advancing Collaborative Climate Adaptation in British Columbia

The Parkside Hotel & Spa Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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...

Webinar – Feeding Plants That Feed the World

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...

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KCP Winter Webinar Series: Riparian and Wetland Restoration in the Slocan Valley

  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...

KCP Local Government Forum

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...

Safe Drinking Water Foundation: World Water Day Webinar

  Join the Safe Drinking Water Foundation (SDWF) for their  Live Learning Canada/ Streamable Learning Webinar on World Water Day, March 22nd, 2019 at 12:10 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. EDT (9:10 am and 11:10 am PST)   Live Learning Canada/Streamable Learning is giving SDWF two...

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UN World Water Day March 22, 2019 at Adventure Hotel

The Nelson chapter of the Council of Canadians will be hosting an event at the Adventure Hotel on March 22 at 7:00 pm in collaboration with a number of other water-focused groups with the emphasis on education and engagement around protecting our precious resource. March 22nd...