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

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.

August 19, 2025. Death of teacher Joanna Macy. BC Active Transportation Summit coming to Kimberley. BC government waives environmental assessment for Zincton resort proposal.

PONDEROSA PINE GROW TALL AND COMPLEX ON KOOTENAY LAKE. LISTEN TO AUGUST 19 SHOW HERE: Great environmental teacher Joanna Macy died at the age of 96 in July. We talk with local Malin Christensson who does workshops based on Joanna Macy’s Work that Connects, dealing with grief, deep emotion and caring. The BC Active Transportation … Continue reading August 19, 2025. Death of teacher Joanna Macy. BC Active Transportation Summit coming to Kimberley. BC government waives environmental assessment for Zincton resort proposal.

August 12, 2025. Vigil for caribou. Story of the Watershed Sentinel magazine. Grim story of anti-fracking protest in Elsipogtog, New Brunswick in 2013.

THE VIEW LOOKING DOWN FROM PULPIT ROCK AT KOOTENAY LAKE IN FALL. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE AUGUST 12, 2025 REPEAT SHOW HERE: Folks held a Nelson City Hall vigil marking the end of the southern interior caribou herd in January of 2019. A short clip from the event tells the story. In 1991 Dolores Broten … Continue reading August 12, 2025. Vigil for caribou. Story of the Watershed Sentinel magazine. Grim story of anti-fracking protest in Elsipogtog, New Brunswick in 2013.