November 4, 2025. EcoCentric

Drought brings hardship in the Slocan Valley. Communities organize to protect their water from clearcutsWhere does YOUR drinking water come from? THIS MAP SHOWS HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF SMALL WATER LICENCES ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE KOOTENAYS. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE November 4 SHOW HERE Where does your drinking water come from? EcoCentric host Solita Work … Continue reading November 4, 2025. EcoCentric

October 28 2025. The EcoCentric

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. BC STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT … Continue reading October 28 2025. The EcoCentric

EcoCentric Oct 21 2025

Nelson Library hosts climate connections event. Slocan River streamkeeper, Gregoire Lamoureux gets Conservation Leadership Award. Pesticide Regulatory agency sticks with glyphosate. SLOCAN WETLAND PHOTO: SLOCAN RVIER STREAMKEEPERS. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD OCT 21 ECOCENTRIC SHOW HERE: The Nelson Public Library and local climate groups are putting on a community reflection on climate and connected causes. That’s … Continue reading EcoCentric Oct 21 2025

Oct 14, 2025. EcoCentric

The animals sing and dance in new Kootenay musical. Nelson and RDCK’s Regional Energy Efficiency Program helps sort through the changing subsidies available for home retrofits. Princeton, BC faced floods and wildfires in recent years. Mayor Spencer Coyne says we need to keep the crisis from getting even worse. PRINCETON BC FLOODED IN 2021. … Continue reading Oct 14, 2025. EcoCentric

October 7, 2025.

Rossland group takes Record Ridge mine assessment waiver to court. Large Kootenay dams could be threatened by earthquakes and landslides. Canadian governments jump on nuclear energy bandwagon, environmental critics baffled by decisions. PROPOSED SITE OF AN OPEN PIT MAGNESIUM MINE ON RECORD RIDGE ABOVE ROSSLAND. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD OCTOBER 7 SHOW HERE An open-pit magnesium … Continue reading October 7, 2025.

Sept. 30 2025. The EcoCentric

Riding the rail trail to Kimberley and biking summit Biking to a morning coffee meet up Active transportation summit in Kimberley brings activists from all over BC RAIL TRAIL PAULSON TRESTLE BETWEEN CHRISTINA LAKE AND CASTLEGAR. LISTEN TO THE SEPTEMBER 30 SHOW HERE Ciel Sander and her partner decided to ride their bikes from home … Continue reading Sept. 30 2025. The EcoCentric

September 23 2025. Logging resistance in the Walbran on Vancouver Island. Draw The Line protests across Canada and in Nelson! What’s happening with EVs in Canada?

DRAW THE LINE PARADE IN NELSON. PEOPLE. PEACE. PLANET. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SEPTEMBER 23 SHOW HERE: Across Canada DrawThe Line protests brought out thousands and over 100 folks paraded in Nelson, too. Draw The Line was about the connections between the climate crisis, militarism, poverty injustice and genocide. We hear about what folks in Nelson … Continue reading September 23 2025. Logging resistance in the Walbran on Vancouver Island. Draw The Line protests across Canada and in Nelson! What’s happening with EVs in Canada?

September 16, 2025. Tofino bans plastic bottles. 5 years after ‘paradigm shift’, old growth forests still under threat. Big ‘national’ oil projects, what we need?

UNDISTURBED KOOTENAY FOREST: PHOTO KEITH WILEY. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SEPTEMBER 16 SHOW HERE: Last week the District of Tofino on Vancouver Island finalized the ban on the sale of all single use plastic bottles one litre and under. Lilly Woodrow from the Surfrider Foundations tells us about why it took five years and why the … Continue reading September 16, 2025. Tofino bans plastic bottles. 5 years after ‘paradigm shift’, old growth forests still under threat. Big ‘national’ oil projects, what we need?

September 9 2025. Kootenays join in global event for climate and justice. Defence of BC forests and old growth continues against government inaction. Is Canada betting badly with the global shift to clean energy?

ONE OF SIX GIANT CLEAR CUTS JUST BELOW KOKANEE GLACIER PROVINCIAL PARK. PHOTO: JOE KARTHEIN. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SEPTEMBER 9 SHOW HERE: 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 … Continue reading September 9 2025. Kootenays join in global event for climate and justice. Defence of BC forests and old growth continues against government inaction. Is Canada betting badly with the global shift to clean energy?

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

INDUSTRIAL CUTTING. FROM THE DOC: TROUBLE IN THE HEADWATERS. THE FILM IS SCREENING IN NELSON, SEPTEMBER 6. PHOTO COURTESY RAMSHACKLE PICTURES, BY JAN VOZENILEK. 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 … Continue reading Sept 2 2025. Transportation summit in Kimberley, and local cycling events. New documentary looks at clear-cutting forests’ role in flood calamities.