Over 900 Local Residents Show Support for RDCK Climate Plan
West Kootenay Climate Hub members from the Nelson area, Kaslo and Creston presented a petition in support of RDCK’s draft climate plan at...
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Laura Sacks
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Laura Sacks
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Laura Sacks
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Laura Sacks
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Laura Sacks
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Laura Sacks
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Laura Sacks
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Abrosimoff-Penner
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Michael Abrosimoff-Penner
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
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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