One River, Ethics Matter is an annual conference facilitated by the Ethics and Treaty Project. The conference focuses on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and the treaty review process now underway and does so within a framework that emphasizes social and environmental justice,...
With Dave Quinn, Outdoor Educator Extraordinaire Outdoor learning offers a host of social, mental, and academic outcomes for your students that they can benefit from year-round. Outdoor Educator Dave Quinn will share some ideas, tips, and tools to extend successful outdoor learning into the winter...
Join educators, members and partners from across the Columbia Basin as we gather to reflect on the year gone by, and look to the future. We will have special guest Laurie Klassen share more about the future of environmental education and CBEEN, and how you...
As more educators turn to the outdoors amid COVID-19, there are compelling reasons for integrating environmental inquiry – a process shaped by students’ questions and interests – into practice. The Indigenous lens on Natural Curiosity provides a starting point for all educators to consider how...
*THE POLAR BEAR SWIM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO JANUARY 30) AT 12PM* The Polar Bear Swim is happening on Sunday, January 30th at Lakeside Park Beach in Nelson at noon. Join hundreds of brave plungers who are fundraising to support the work of two local...
This workshop will give educators an overview of the resource, Connecting the Dots, which supports teachers in linking transformative teaching practices to environmental education. We will explore why the seven core strategies are central to learning with today’s students, and how this resource provides a...
Join us for two evenings of panels featuring two different topics our community has requested to learn about: Topic 1: Envisioning Sustainable Boating on Kootenay Lake Topic 2: Restoring Kootenay Lake's Fisheries Each topic will feature a panel of 4 knowledge keepers who will be...
April is Earth Month and to celebrate, we are challenging you to participate in 10 stewardship activities that will give back to Kootenay Lake this month! By signing up below, you will receive a challenge card with activities you can check off during the month....
After a long winter, it's time to clean up our shorelines and give them a fresh start! The beaches of Kokanee Creek are littered with Styrofoam, an oil spill, and other debris and we need your help to clean this up. More info &...
Garbage from the mall parking lot builds up along the shoreline, easily making its way into Kootenay Lake. Get your hands dirty and join other passionate lake lovers to clean up this area. To bring: Shovel (optional) Rake (optional) Bucket (there will be extra buckets)...
Join Friends of Kootenay Lake this Earth Day to clean up East Nelson Shorelines! We will be splitting up volunteers into two groups and tackling two different locations: the shoreline in front of RCMP office and the Old Kootenay Forest Products Site near John's Walk....
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fence-deconstruction-and-highway-cleanup-south-kootenay-lake-tickets-319070046097 Description: Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society, Trails for Creston Valley Society, Creston Rod & Gun Club, Wildsight, and the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area are planning a day of fence decommissioning at south Kootenay Lake for the benefit of wildlife and...
