RDCK'S CLIMATE PLAN FACES FREEDOM BACKLASH AND DISINFORMATION. LISTEN NOW OR DOWNLOAD HERE: The West Kootenay Climate Hub has launched a petition to show support for the Regional District of Central Kootenay climate plan. Laura Sacks explains why they felt they needed to do this. A well-organized disinformation attack on the climate plan forced the … Continue reading May 23, 2023. Disturbing attack on RDCK climate plan, Go By Bike Week coming up
May 2 2023. BC tackles methane gas in homes and buildings. Smithers chokes on slash burning, pellets. Kootenay Lake summit.
BC LAKES HAVE BEEN DUMPED IN FOR OVER A CENTURY. STEWARDS PROTECT THEM. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MAY 2 2023 ECOCENTRIC HERE: Last week Nelson City Council’s Committee of the Whole had two big presentations about using natural gas, called methane in Nelson buildings. The same discussion is happening in communities all over BC. Sue Kirschman … Continue reading May 2 2023. BC tackles methane gas in homes and buildings. Smithers chokes on slash burning, pellets. Kootenay Lake summit.
April 25 2023. Why do bike routes take so long? Can school buses help with public transit. Guest host Solita Work finds out more.
TOM BABIN'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL ON ALL THINGS BIKE COMMUTING. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD APRIL 25 ECOCENTRIC HERE: Solita Work from the West Kootenay Cycling Coalition cohosts the show. Lisa Phillips, operations manager with local School District 8 talks about school buses and whether they can help with other transit. Former Nelson City Councillor Nicole Charlwood, the provincial … Continue reading April 25 2023. Why do bike routes take so long? Can school buses help with public transit. Guest host Solita Work finds out more.
April 18 2023. Nelson’s environmental building codes, comment on Canada’s stubborn climate emissions
CANADIAN EMISSIONS ROSE FROM 2020 TO 2021 BUT LOWER THAN 2019 BEFORE PANDEMIC. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO EPISODE HERE: is the Nelson's Climate Resilience Planner, Natalie Douglas, discusses new building code standards in the City to reduce energy use and emissions from new buildings. Mayor Janice Morrison invites input to City Council's strategic planning. Tom … Continue reading April 18 2023. Nelson’s environmental building codes, comment on Canada’s stubborn climate emissions
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
April 4, 2023. Protesting Royal Bank fossil fuel financing, problems with LNG in BC, Small Modular Reactors… nuclear power in Alberta?
NELSON ART DAYS PROTEST OF BC FRACKING, PIPELINES AND LNG DEVELOPMENT. SIMILAR ART PROTESTS TOOK PLACE IN OVER 40 COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND BC ON MARCH 26 AND 27TH. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO APRIL 4TH ECOCENTRIC HERE: LINKS FROM THE SHOW Sign the petition to tell RBC to stop financing the Coastal GasLink Pipeline. bit.ly/3Kifxrl More … Continue reading April 4, 2023. Protesting Royal Bank fossil fuel financing, problems with LNG in BC, Small Modular Reactors… nuclear power in Alberta?
February 28, 2023. Road safety, road violence, sharing the road with cars, pedestrians and bicycles.
LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD FEB 28 2023 SHOW HERE: Kingston, Ontario father Tom Flood thinks it's not too much to ask that his kids should be able to bike or walk to school safely. Co-Host Solita Work talks to Tom Flood about 'reframing' the road-safety, road-violence, discussion. RCMP Constable Mike Moore spent some 20 years as … Continue reading February 28, 2023. Road safety, road violence, sharing the road with cars, pedestrians and bicycles.
March 21 2023. RDCK launches climate plan. Youth Climate Ambassadors coming to Nelson. Eby government oks new LNG plant
LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MARCH 21 SHOW The Regional District of the Central Kootenay has signed on to the climate goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050. Now the RDCK has come out with a detailed climate adaptation and mitigation plan. Paris Marshall-Smith from the RDCK tells us a bit about it. The Wildsight organization has … Continue reading March 21 2023. RDCK launches climate plan. Youth Climate Ambassadors coming to Nelson. Eby government oks new LNG plant
March 14 2023. Revylution & company saves old growth, BCTS says loggers must pay. Kelowna: stick with foreign management of transit?
LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MARCH 14 2023 SHOW HERE: Folks are raising Questions in Kelowna about renewing a Swedish company’s contract for management of BC Transit services. Kirstin Pulles from Kelowna tells us why they want their transit publicly managed. Back in 2021, the Old Growth Revylution folks from Revelstoke talked a logging company out … Continue reading March 14 2023. Revylution & company saves old growth, BCTS says loggers must pay. Kelowna: stick with foreign management of transit?
March 7, 2023. Nelson rally for old growth. Women benefit in just transition? Province looking for clean transport ideas.
PROTECTING OLD GROWTH FORESTS RALLY IN NELSON DRAWS A WIDE CROWD. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO THE FULL MARCH 4 SHOW HERE: Sounds and voices from the Last Stand West Kootenay Save Old Growth rally held Saturday, March Fourth. Clips for rally talks by Lance Ledger, Judith Fearing from Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health Kootenay … Continue reading March 7, 2023. Nelson rally for old growth. Women benefit in just transition? Province looking for clean transport ideas.
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