Forest ecologist Rachel Holt discusses what’s become of old growth and biodiversity big promises in BC.
Local therapist Richard Klein has released a new book on facing up to the climate crisis.
The global climate summit, the COP, is coming up in Brazil. The Climate Action Network gives us a preview.
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The big forestry companies in BC are panicking because the tariffs are blocking them from their market in the US. This is the pretext for the BC government to completely turnover their approach to forestry. and gone are the days (last year!) of protecting old growth. We have Nelson forest ecologist Rachel Holt back too help us unpack all this.
Local counselling therapist Richard Klein has brought out a new book on taking care of ourselves in the midst of a climate crisis. He tells us why he wrote the book and a bit of what he’s talking about.
I also wanted to find out a bit about the expectations for the upcoming global climate summit, the COP, in Belem Brazil in a couple of weeks here. I called up Soomin Han, a climate finance policy analyst with theA Canadian Climate Action Network in Ottawa tells us what things are looking like.
LINKS MENTIONED
STAND.Earth Forest Eye https://stand.earth/forest-eye/
Sierra Club of BC https://sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/environmental-advocacy/forests/
Wilderness Committee https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/our-work/protecting-nature
Dogwood BC https://www.dogwoodbc.ca/
Climate Action Network/Reseau Action Climat https://climateactionnetwork.ca/
ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS COMING UP
Wednesday, October 29th 7 pm
The Capitol Theatre in Nelson
MIr Centre for Peace presents Duncan McCue on Learning from the Land.
In this Mir Lecture, Duncan McCue will share his coming-of-age story about spending a year on a trapline in northern Quebec when he was 17 (the basis of his memoir, The Shoe Boy) and the work he is currently doing at Carleton University in Ottawa to develop a new Indigenous journalism program that incorporates land-based learning
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Tickets are $29 each from The Capitol Theatre.
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Saturday, November 8th. 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Nelson Public Library
Thriving Together: Connecting Communities, Health, and Environment
For the British Columbia Library Association’s Climate Action week, join the West Kootenay Climate Hub and Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health at the Nelson Public Library for an evening of food, and a community exchange about connecting big concerns we share.
It’s called Thriving Together: Connecting Communities, Health, and Environment and its a chance to explore the connections between climate and so many of the better life together issues we face in our modern times.
It’s free and everyone is welcome.
Saturday, November 8 10 to 3
Indoor Food Festival and Market with Bite-sized: a short film showcase
Mary Hall, Selkirk College Fairview
Explore 60+ vendors from across the Columbia Basin. Sip, sample and shop local while discovering producers and makers you won’t find at your regular farmers market.
BITE-SIZED: A SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE (11:00am-12:50pm)
This free event, coinciding with the Indoor Public Market, brings together powerful stories where food becomes a lens into community, culture, and resilience. From a haunting meditation on industrial farming, to the public film premiere celebrating our local food co-op’s 50th anniversary, to intimate looks at honey production and grassroots food justice, this cinematic tasting menu celebrates the connections that bring us together around the table. Filmmakers Jonathan Ramos and Jon Steinman in attendance.
Sunday Nov 16 1 pm
Taghum Hall
Friends of Falls Creek
Friends of Falls Creek is hosting a fundraising festival to support the Bonnington and Beasley communities against BC Timber Sales proposed commercial logging in the watershed. A day of music, thought, and gathering to show gratitude for nature’s life giving source.
Featuring music by Young Braised, Song Keepers Choir and Ryan Shane Owen.
Chef Rosh Kubelka of Hume Hotel will be sharing some of his favorite foods available for purchase.
Suggested donation $10, kids free. Water is life, water is love.
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