CLEAR CUT AT SALISBURY CREEK ON ARGENTA SLOPE OVER KOOTENAY LAKE.PHOTO: WILLETWILDERNESSFOREVER.CA Talking with this year’s winner of the Suzy Hamilton Legacy Award, Jessica Ogden. Update on the July 19 court hearing for the forest protectors who were arrested on the Argenta slope. Gary Diers from Argenta gives us an update on what’s happening … Continue reading Kootenay forest protectors in court, winning awards, still campaigning. Canada climate minister makes excuses for big oil.
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Touring Elk Root farm, cycle coalition planning Nelson-Creston bike corridor, what’s in a name?
KATE MIZENKA IN FRONT OF ELK ROOT CONSERVATION POLLINATOR GARDEN. Kate Mizenka takes us on a tour of a wonderful farm conservation project, Elk Root Conservation Farm.https://elkrootconservation.org/. Solita Work from the West Kootenay Cycling Coalition tells us about real progress on a possible separate bike route all the way between Nelson and Castlegar. Follow the … Continue reading Touring Elk Root farm, cycle coalition planning Nelson-Creston bike corridor, what’s in a name?
Crow’s hunger strike for old growth. How much old growth has the province really protected? SueBigOil.ca a new campaign to make the corporations that cause the crisis shoulder some of the costs.
THE WATER SPONGE EFFECT IN AN OLD FOREST. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE JULY 5 2022 EPISODE HERE: We speak to Last Stand West Kootenay activist CROW who is now on his 20th day of a hunger strike to demand a moratorium on old growth logging in BC. Torrance Coste from the Wilderness Committee sorts out … Continue reading Crow’s hunger strike for old growth. How much old growth has the province really protected? SueBigOil.ca a new campaign to make the corporations that cause the crisis shoulder some of the costs.
June 21, 2022. LNG not a climate saver in just a few years. BC to drop 25% of driving in next 8 years: how!
WONDER ALL AROUND US. HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE! LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD JUNE 21 SHOW HERE: How's reconciliation with indigenous people going on National Aboriginal Peoples Day? We hear from Wet'suwet'en Chief Woos. BC politicians have long been saying exporting LNG from the province's fracking fields is a climate winner. U of C prof Sara Hastings-Simon says, … Continue reading June 21, 2022. LNG not a climate saver in just a few years. BC to drop 25% of driving in next 8 years: how!
June 14, 2022. Ban fossil ads, say health pros. Create BC-wide bus network. Connecting with West Kootenay Climate Hub.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SAANICH, MONDAY. OLD GROWTH PROTESTORS BLOCK THREE MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN LOWER MAINLAND. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE: Helen Boyd from the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment, CANE, will be on to talk about the cross-Canada campaign, by a number of health professions, to BAN advertising for fossil fuels, and all fossil … Continue reading June 14, 2022. Ban fossil ads, say health pros. Create BC-wide bus network. Connecting with West Kootenay Climate Hub.
June 7, 2022. Forestry impacts and flooding, students’ climate anxiety, logging protest ongoing
BC FORESTS... IMPORTANT FOR THE PLANET... AND FOR US. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE SHOW HERE: Researcher Ben Parfitt from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives compiled expert opinions showing that clearcutting, improper logging roads and wildfires cause instability and landslides like the ones last fall that killed 5 on the Duffy Lake Highway.Selkirk College pre-med … Continue reading June 7, 2022. Forestry impacts and flooding, students’ climate anxiety, logging protest ongoing
May 31, 2022. Nelson boosting ebikes, Farms to Friends supporting local agriculture
LOGGING RIGHT DOWN TO THE SHORE ON THE NW CORNER OF DUNCAN RESERVOIR. THE RESERVOIR DRAINS OVER WINTER AND IS A FIELD OF SAND AND ANCIENT CEDAR STUMPS IN MAY. THE RIVER WINDS THROUGH THIS MESS. Show opens with a short update on the logging protest camp by Argenta. The City of Nelson is pushing … Continue reading May 31, 2022. Nelson boosting ebikes, Farms to Friends supporting local agriculture
May 24, 2022. Arrest story at Argenta logging protest, BC cancels Deep Well gas subsidy, Okanagan citizens group opposes Fortis pipeline expansion
MAP PROJECT SHOWS FOREST COVER LOSS 2000-2021. GREEN SHOWS EXISTING FOREST COVER, RED SHOWS FOREST COVER LOSS. VISIT THE SITE HERE!https://glad.earthengine.app/view/global-forest-change#dl=0;old=off;bl=off;lon=-122.76853053087183;lat=43.175011401742864;zoom=4; LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MAY 24 EPISODE Follow up on May 17 RCMP raid on the logging protest camp near Argenta with a personal account of Argenta man's arrest. Last Stand West Kootenay is fundraising … Continue reading May 24, 2022. Arrest story at Argenta logging protest, BC cancels Deep Well gas subsidy, Okanagan citizens group opposes Fortis pipeline expansion
May 17, 2022. RCMP move on Argenta logging protest camp. New film, The Antropocene. Talking about Degrowth!
PEOPLE DEFENDING FORESTS IN BC LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MAY 17 SHOW: May 17, 2022. The EcoCentric Breaking news from the Argenta face logging protest camp. The RCMP moved in on the camp at 8 am. Wrinkle called in to tell us what she saw going on, 5 people arrested, cars towed and an excavator brought … Continue reading May 17, 2022. RCMP move on Argenta logging protest camp. New film, The Antropocene. Talking about Degrowth!
May 10, 2022. Reports from Argenta Face logging protest camp. Looking at BC’s old mining laws through UNDRIP
ARGENTA FACE CAMPERS ROUGHING IT ON THE COUCH! LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MAY 10 SHOW HERE: It's two weeks in for the logging protest camp protecting the Argenta Face forest from clearcutting. We have two reports directly from camp, Bravery sings here song: Wake Up! and Dirt tells us about the week and interactions with the … Continue reading May 10, 2022. Reports from Argenta Face logging protest camp. Looking at BC’s old mining laws through UNDRIP
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