EcoCentric December 16, 2025

Alberta energy deal dismantles Canadian climate policy – Keith Brooks, from Environmental Defence. Tofino banned plastic single use bottles 1 litre and under this fall. – Lilly Woodrow from the Surfrider Foundation campaigned for the ban. Filmmaker Daniel Pierce showed his investigative documentary, Trouble in the Headwaters, to Nelson back in September. He tells us … Continue reading EcoCentric December 16, 2025

December 9, 2025 EcoCentric

Province waives assessment for Zincton. Wildsight goes to court. – Robyn Duncan.Another pipeline, really? West Coast Environmental Law’s Eugene Kung unpacks it. Dawson Creek’s river dries up, declares water emergency. —Ben Parfitt. DOES DEAL WITH ALBERTA DESTROY THE PRIME MINISTER’S CLIMATE REP? LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD DECEMBER 9, 2025 ECOCENTRIC HERE: This fall, the BC government … Continue reading December 9, 2025 EcoCentric

December 2 2025. EcoCentric

GIS high tech mapping of cycling routes in the Kootenays.A volunteer cycle brigade to sweep clear the shoulders of the highway used some much by cyclists on the North Shore.Community push for a cycle and pedestrian bridge across the Kootenay on the old piers at Taghum. Kootenay cyclists’ Christmas wish from Santa: more bike routes. … Continue reading December 2 2025. EcoCentric

November 25 2025

Broken Promises on saving old growth triggers rallies in Nelson and around BC. David Suzuki comes to Nelson to lend his support to the movement to protect forests. Speakers, Suzanne Simard, Herb Hammond, Rachel Holt, Ramona Faust lean in to explain the importance of protecting forest. OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS AT NELSON BROKEN PROMISES RALLY. RIGHT: DAVID … Continue reading November 25 2025

November 18 2025. The EcoCentric.

BC continues old growth clear cutting. Find out about RADON gas. LNG in BC could be wasted money CLEARCUT DEVASTATION OF OLD GROWTH NEAR REVELSTOKE. PHOTO: REANNE HARVEY. LISTEN NOW OR DOWNLOAD NOVEMBER 18 SHOW HERE: The BC government has talked a lot about protecting biosystems and old growth forests, but new research came out … Continue reading November 18 2025. The EcoCentric.

November 11 2025 EcoCentric

David Suzuki to speak at Nelson forest rally, November 18th. Forest activist Jennifer Houghton explains how watershed clearcuts can devastate communities. Federal budget guts climate action, an economist explains. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE NOVEMBER 11 SHOW David Suzuki is coming to Nelson to speak at a rally to save old growth and primary forests on Tuesday, November … Continue reading November 11 2025 EcoCentric

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