100% Renewable Kootenays
Clean energy, green jobs, healthy communities. We need West Kootenay communities to join the global movement and phase out fossil fuels and transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. EcoSociety works will grassroots, community leaders and businesses and local governments to get to 100% renewable energy.
Seniors Energy Efficiency Program
West Kootenay EcoSociety and Nelson Hydro’s EcoSave program are happy to announce their partnership on the new Seniors Home Weatherization Program! The program aims to do 100 installations of basic home energy efficient materials for seniors in the Nelson Hydro service area.
Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable
Forest fires, droughts, and landslides are natural events, but the frequency and severity are increasing drastically due to climate change. Right now, communities are being forced to foot the bill, but that’s not fair. We are reclaiming the legal power to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable in partnership with West Coast Environmental Law.
Stop Unregulated Private Logging
Poor logging practices will still negatively impact the forest ecosystem regardless if it’s done on public or private lands. But the province is not regulating logging on private lands. In the current provisions, private land owners can log their land without even the most basic standards of environmental stewardship.
Keep Jumbo Wild
Qat’muk is the name of the lands of the Ktunaxa Nation. It includes the area of the Jumbo Valley. For over 26 years Kootenay residents have been fighting to keep Qat’muk free from industrial development from the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort. It is the largest tract of non-roaded wilderness in Southern BC and home to the Grizzly Bear spirit.
Kokanee Creek Nature Centre
EcoSociety operated the Kokanee Creek Nature Centre and its education programs at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park from 2011 to 2018. Now, Kokanee Creek Nature Centre Society is operating the Nature Centre. Be sure to drop in for a visit!
Protect Old Growth Forests
BC’s current forest policy and regulatory regime are insufficient to maintain healthy, sustainable forested ecosystems, particularly in the face of climate change and the need to manage for ecosystem resilience. We need a moratorium on logging old growth forests now!
Our Farmers’ Markets
Connecting local farmers, artisans, and producers within 150 km of Nelson to local residents, our Nelson farmers’ markets are building greater food resiliency in the West Kootenays while lowering carbon pollution from food transportation and boosting the local economy.
