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Climate, peace and social justice organizations world-wide have called a global event for Saturday, September 20, and the Kootenays response with events in Nelson and Castlegar. Monica Carpendale with Kootenay Lake Seniors for Climate tells us what’s happening here.
Local forest protector Joe Karthein and Save What’s Left came out with a report on the devastating impact of BC Timber Sales on old growth and forests. He comes back to tell us about that and give us an update on what’s planned for local clear cuts and opposition.
While China is rapidly electrifying it’s entire economy, and becoming the world’s largest car maker, mostly EV, Canada is still putting billions into an oil and gas industry run by multinational fossil giants. Journalist Markham Hislop with Energi Media is a close observer of oil and energy economics and he says the clean energy transition is picking up speed fast. How could Canada be making such a bad (and giant) bet on the future of oil and gas?
LOCAL EVENTS
6: 30 pm Tuesday, September 16
Castlegar Community Complex
Climate Crisis, The Big Picture & Nature Based Solutions
West Kootenay Naturalists are hosting an interactive presentation on climate change, which will fill us in on the global perspective, then explore local nature-based solutions which have multiple co-benefits. Speaker Laura Sacks is the co-founder of the West Kootenay Climate Hub.
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Thursday September 18th
Loe Karthein from SaveWhatsLeft.ca is presenting to the Regional District of the Central Kootenay Board about forest management planning and industry plans to increase clear cutting. Check with RDCK.ca for Board meeting time.
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..
In Nelson join the Draw The Line event at Noon on Baker St. at Kootenay St.
In Castlegar the Draw the Line event starts in Millenium Park at 11:30 am.
More details WestKootenayClimateHub.ca
Thursday September 25 7 pm
Capitol Theatre Nelson
Fighting Fire With Fire Film and presentation
West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative
A talk from fire ecologist Dr. Kira Hoffmann, a short film screening from Simon Shave, and a public Q&A panel where both presenters will be joined by local forestry experts Dr. Rachel Holt, John Cathro RPF, and Erik Leslie, RPF.
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