NELSON, BC NOT A BIG CITY BUT ROOM FOR BIKE LANES? City of Nelson planner, Matt Kuziak talks about the planning process for the next leg in Nelson's active transportation corridor and bike route: on into Rosemont. Why is the province building a diesel fuelled ferry for Kootenay Lake and NOT planning to make it … Continue reading Feb. 8, 2022. Nelson plans bike corridor. Make ferry electric! Province discusses watershed protection.

COULD A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME MAKE IT EASIER TO TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMY? The Green Resiliency Project is calling for a basic income plan as part of the just transition. Poverty reduction expert Sheila Regehr talks about the new initiative. Nelson is planning the next leg of it ‘active transportation corridor’ and Nelson isn’t the only … Continue reading Feb. 1, 2022. Can a basic income be part of a just transition off a fossil economy? Building West Kootenay bike routes.

AN AVALANCHE SLOPE UP THE KOKANEE CREEK ROAD. Dipping into the deep pool of Kootenay artistic endeavours this week,  First up we have KL Kivi on the new website from the Kootenay based Blood of Life Collective and the Autonomous Sinixt.  Walking Among Giants is a short form video essay from Kaslo videographer Jesse Schpakowski. … Continue reading January 18, ’22. New Sini’xt website, video on learning from old growth trees and a national campaign for a just transition from the fossil fuel economy

CUTBLOCKS TAKEN FOR PELLETS NEAR BURNS LAKE. PHOTO: KAI NAGATA. The deadline is coming up this Friday, January 14th to have input into the Canadian plan to reduce emissions by 2030.  See links for your input below. One of BC's on-going crises is the failure to stop the destruction of our forests and old growth … Continue reading January 11, 2022. Interior rainforests in trouble, hidden subsidy cuts more old trees, your input on Canada’s climate plan

MORE EXTREME PRECIPITATION WITH SNOWMAGGEDON IN THE KOOTENAYS. Last Stand West Kootenay, the activist group that has been working to stop local old growth logging mobilized today at the Six Mile Forestry office. Miguel Pastor gives us a live report. The City of Nelson has been talking a lot about dealing with the climate crisis … Continue reading January 4, 2022. Local climate action with Nelson councillor Rik Logtenberg, and BC conservation futures with Candace Batycki

RALLY SAVES KOOTENAY OLD GROWTH BLOCKS The Autonomous Sinxi’t and Last Stand West Kootenays joined together last week when they learned that old growth cutblocks were being logged up Enterprise Creek, on the border of Kokanee Provincial Park. They rallied on the logging road, and yesterday we learned the feller bunchers were being pulled out. … Continue reading Dec. 14, 2021. Kootenay old growth saved, feller bunchers pulled out! Checking progress on the City of Nelson’s climate plans.

GRAND CHIEF STEWART PHILLIP, UNION OF BC INDIAN CHIEFS The Union of BC Indian Chiefs hosted a major media event to respond to the BC government logging plan. Nelson’s Dr. Rachel Holt was one of the speakers on the logging changes, and we have short speeches from several other participants as well, including Grand Chief … Continue reading Dec. 7 2021. Strong reactions to provincial announcement of old growth policy, RDCK recycling going strong.

SLEYDO, left, AND OTHERS WITH HANDS RAISED AS RCMP BREAK INTO THEIR CABIN. FROM YINTAHACCESS.COM LISTEN TO NOV. 30 EcoCentric here: A first-person account of the violence and initimidation of RCMP actions against land defenders in Wet'suwet'en Territories from Sabina Dennis, who was arrested on November 18th. Lawyer Pam Palmeter explains the unlawfulness of RCMP … Continue reading Nov. 30, 2021. Sabina Dennis tells her story of being violently arrested on Wet’suwet’en lands. It’s all against the law, says indigenous lawyer, Pam Palmeter. More on getting your views in on BC Natural Gas Royalty plans.

NELSON PROTEST OF ATTACK ON WET'SUWET'EN TERRITORIES. NOV 23 EPISODE. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE: Climate disaster hit again and BC is going to be digging out for a long time yet. We talk with University of BC Professor Dr. Simon Donner about the climate context for these catastrophes.  The RCMP moved in and arrested some … Continue reading Nov. 23, 2021. Protesting RCMP attack on Wet’suwet’en, climate implications of BC’s floods, how communities can make good climate changes

LOGGING IS NEVER PRETTY. THIS CLEARCUT PATCH IS JUST ABOVE THE 16TH HOLE OF THE GRANITE POINT GOLF COURSE, IN NELSON. CLEARCUT LOGGING UNDOUBTEDLY AGGRAVATED THE LANDSIDE DISASTERS OF THE EXTREME WEATHER EVENT. A tribute to local environmental activist Michael Jessen who passed away in October.  Lisa Bramson tells us about this amazing man and … Continue reading November 16, 2021. Loss of Michael Jessen, reports from COP 26, BC reviewing oil and gas royalties (and subsidies?)