Sept 2 2025. Transportation summit in Kimberley, and local cycling events. New documentary looks at clear-cutting forests’ role in flood calamities.

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SEPT 2 25 ECOCENTRIC HERE:

Fall season kick off with Solita Work and Keith Wiley co-hosting. Hear about this weekend’s SLOW FOOD CYCLE, an easy family event in Krestova. Then the Wild Turkey Cross-country Cycle race coming up in Kaslo on September 13. Excitement about the BC Interior’s first Active Transportation Summit coming to Kimberley. Ruth Lloyd tells us about cycling promotion in Williams Lake with Streets for People. Filmmaker Daniel Pierce talks about making his new documentary film, Trouble in the Headwaters, which is screening in Nelson, September 6.

COMING EVENTS:

10-Noon Saturday, September 6
Krestova Food Cycle Bike a route to over 12 farms and vendors.
Parking at Linden Lane Farms.

West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative is showing the new local documtary: Trouble in the Headwaters. Anyone who takes water from a creek, stream or lives downstream will want to see this film about Grand Forks and the Kettle River.
The Filmmaker Daniel J Pierce and UBC Professor Dr. Younes Alila and Forester John Cathro will be in attendance for a panel and Q and A.

https://www.westkootenaywater.ca/

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BC ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT IN KIMBERLEY
Sept 10 – Sept 12, 2025,
Kimberley, BC

This multi-day event showcases solutions to active transportation challenges, emphasizing practical knowledge exchange for smaller, rural, northern, and Indigenous and urban communities across the province. Co-hosted by the Planning Institute of BC (PIBC) Kootenay-Rocky Mountain Chapter, and the British Columbia Cycling Coalition.
Columbia Basin Residents receive 75% off registration fee. Carpooling from Nelson area, so reach out if you plan to attend!
More details online: https://bccycling.ca/

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NOON Saturday, September 13
Wild Turkey Cross Country Cycling Race
Kaslo Nordic Ski Centre
Advanced, immediate and children’s races. Games and Prizes. Old style turkey dinner.
Please cycle up if possible parking limited at Moose Meadows at the Nordic Ski Centre.

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Saturday, September 20th
Draw the Line… global event on peace, justice and climate
Events in Castlegar and Nelson

Seniors for Climate the West Kootenay Climate Hub, and other groups organizing Nelson and Castlegar events to take part in the Canada-wide and World-wide call for peace, justice and climate sanity..

Stay tuned for more details WestKootenayClimateHub.ca

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