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Learn About Local Climate Solutions at TEDx Coundown

What are some of the most inspiring climate initiatives in the Kootenays? Find out at the 3rd annual TEDxSelkirkCollege Countdown event...

Nelson’s All-Candidates’ Forum on the Climate and Environment

7 pm Wednesday, October 5, Nelson United Church. Local groups concerned with planetary health have joined forces to organize a Nelson...

Inaugural webinar features Youth Climate Corps

We were thrilled to feature Wildsight's Youth Climate Corps for our inaugural noon-time webinar series. We learned about the history of...

Hope to stay 'wide awake' to climate crisis

The following poem was inspired by 17-year old Peregrine Hoskins' moving speech at the Nelson climate vigil in December. Today at a...

Vigil held in Castlegar to remember those impacted by climate disasters

The West Kootenay Climate Hub helped to organize candlelight vigils outside of MLA offices in Castlegar and Nelson on December 13 – part...

Nelson candlelight vigil held outside MLA's office to remember those lost to climate disasters

The West Kootenay Climate Hub helped to organize candlelight vigils outside of MLA offices in Nelson and Castlegar on December 13 – part...

Candle-lit vigils for the climate to be held in Nelson and Castlegar

We are supporting local candle-lit vigils in front of our West Kootenay MLA office, as part of a province-wide initiative to commemorate...

November News

Some exciting news! The West Kootenay Climate Hub officially launched a few days ago, corresponding to the start of the COP26 UN Climate...

West Kootenay Climate Hub Launches

Local residents are organizing to increase climate action in the West Kootenay. Concern intensified during this summer of deadly heat,...

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