HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMPS CAN SAVE MONEY AND EMISSIONS. DO WE HAVE THE POWER? LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE JANUARY 23 SHOW HERE: Nelson Hydro’s manager Scott Spencer explains why we hit a new peak power record during the cold snap and why it’s going to cost us more. Can we switch to heat pumps? How much … Continue reading January 23, 2024. Nelson’s peak power during cold snap, and logging trucks rolling with trees from our backyard.
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The joy (and feasibility) of winter cycling in Nelson, Nov. 26, 2024 EcoCentric
This past Sunday, Nelson had it’s first Winter Cycling Expo. The City is giving away lots of winter cycling gear in a series of promotions of winter cycling. Cecilia Jaques the City’s Senior Climate & Energy Strategist talks about the promotion, snow clearing, city cycling route progress and more. Sarah Simonet is a Nelson Uphill year-round … Continue reading The joy (and feasibility) of winter cycling in Nelson, Nov. 26, 2024 EcoCentric
LNG public forum in Nelson, Columbia Basin Trust cutting funding for environmental education programs
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS IN KOOTENAYS CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE NATURAL WORLD. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE APRIL 11 2023 ECOCENTRIC: Stephenie Hendricks from Kootenay Morning sets up an interview with Johnny Strilaeff, the CEO of the Columbia Basin Trust partly about reductions in support for long-running environmental education in the region. Dave Quinn is one of the … Continue reading LNG public forum in Nelson, Columbia Basin Trust cutting funding for environmental education programs
November 15, 2022. BC’s LNG development smashes climate targets. UN Secretary General pleads for climate progress at COP 27
PROTESTORS DEMAND LOSS AND DAMAGE REPARATIONS FROM CLIMATE DESTROYING ECONOMIES. Geologist David Hughes looks at BC's LNG development and the rising emissions it will cause. Opening speech from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is a plea to go beyond greenwashing. A message from the theoretical Just Transition Ministry and more. DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN HERE: EVENTS … Continue reading November 15, 2022. BC’s LNG development smashes climate targets. UN Secretary General pleads for climate progress at COP 27
Jan 25, 2022: Foreign power hurts Canadian climate action. Fortis BC shmoozes students
PROFESSOR GORDON LAXER'S REPORT ON FOREIGN OIL POWER IN CANADA. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD JANUARY 25th SHOW HERE: Alberta academic and author Gordon Laxer has written a detailed study on big foreign-controlled influence in Canadian energy and climate policy. Hint: it's not a plot from 'subversive' foreign environmentalists. Fortis BC has produced a comprehensive curriculum on … Continue reading Jan 25, 2022: Foreign power hurts Canadian climate action. Fortis BC shmoozes students
Sept 8 2021 Calling to Fairy Creek, forests protect climate, federal election overview
THE PLACID SIDE OF THE SLOCAN IN SEPTEMBER. Linn Murray is here to tell us specifically about local candidate debates on CLIMATE. These debates are happening across the country this week… and we have them here in both the Kootenay ridings, with all the candidates. Max Fawcett writes for the Nationalobserver.com, a great online … Continue reading Sept 8 2021 Calling to Fairy Creek, forests protect climate, federal election overview
June 22, ’21: Logging interior old-growth. How Canada moves from petrostate to climate reality. Principles of Extinction Rebellion and the wording for a Stop Ecocide law
THE STOP ECOCIDE FOUNDATION'S INTERNATIONAL PANEL HAS A DEFINITION OF ECOCIDE. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE SHOW MP3 HERE: Wildsight in the East Kootenay is raising the alarm about old growth logging in the interior of BC. Wildsight's Eddie Petryshen tells us about it. Senior economist Marc Lee from CCPA BC outlines major steps to confront … Continue reading June 22, ’21: Logging interior old-growth. How Canada moves from petrostate to climate reality. Principles of Extinction Rebellion and the wording for a Stop Ecocide law
Feb 2, 2021 Healthy forests reduce climate impacts, sham of BC old growth protection.
THE OLD GROWTH TRAIL ON KOKANEE CREEK ROAD. Want to chill in an age of global heating? Check out an old growth forest. BC’s forests help prevent some of the worse disasters that are coming at us with the climate crisis, fire, flood and yes, even heat waves. The Sierra Club of BC has come … Continue reading Feb 2, 2021 Healthy forests reduce climate impacts, sham of BC old growth protection.
Jan 26, 2021. Transitioning from oil jobs, dangers of wood heating, climate accountability law isn’t accountability.
Economist Jim Stanford from the Centre for the Future of Work explains how Canada can transition workers and communities out of fossil fuel industries. This week on the show we find out how easy it could be to transition workers and families away from the dwindling oil industry. Economist Jim Stanford says oil isn’t that … Continue reading Jan 26, 2021. Transitioning from oil jobs, dangers of wood heating, climate accountability law isn’t accountability.
Jan. 5 2021 Protecting back country, Zincton, Nelson Next gets go ahead
Local activists have launched TheWildConnection.ca a campaign to protect the corridor along Highway 31 A between Kaslo and New Denver from intensive recreational development. We talk to veteran activist KL Kivi and Nicky Blackshaw about their bold new initiative. Back on December 18th, Nelson City Council approved the Nelson Next proposal for battling … Continue reading Jan. 5 2021 Protecting back country, Zincton, Nelson Next gets go ahead
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