EcoFriendly West

Casey Brennan is the Conservation Director for Wildsight, a grassroots organization working to protect biodiversity and encourage sustainable development in BC’s Columbia and Rocky Mountain region.

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Retraining Alberta’s oil and gas workers would cost only a fraction of oil and gas subsidies; 2) Prairie strips increase biodiversity and improve water quality; and 3) Researching human-bear conflict and the impact of environmental variability

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Guide to excluding bats from buildings; 2) Water Security Agency prepare to drain 70% of SK’s wetlands; and 3) Imaginative educational approaches from braille maps of the solar system to role-play and treasure hunts

Did you know? Blue jays can carry up to 5 acorns at a time. Over a lifetime, white oaks produce 3 million acorns. Acorns have been used to make flour, noodles, and a coffee substitute.

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) At the Table: A Chef’s Guide to Advocacy; 2) The impact of solar development on wetlands; 3) Focusing on water and ecosystem functionality; and 4) Swimming in a galaxy of sea jellies

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Agricultural greenhouse gases in Saskatchewan; 2) California passes a right-to-repair law; and 3) BC’s Interior Health adopts a climate change and sustainability roadmap

Calgary Climate Hub: “Our vision is for Calgary to become a leader on climate action. It will take a lot of work, but it’s perfectly doable.”

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) The future of design in a circular economy; 2) Do you know where your clothes come from; and 3) Crops grow better thanks to earthworms

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Books and volunteer opportunities for youth; 2) Painting without pollution; and 3) Tackling the problem of agricultural plastic

In Streams of Consequence: Dispatches from the Conservation World, Lorne Fitch shares his love of nature, describes the changes he has seen in 50 years of conservation work in Alberta, and outlines the ecological choices that must be made in the future.