EcoFriendly West

Community leaders and books: trees, wildflowers and fungi, loneliness, wildlife conversations, and the history of life

EcoWest News highlights: 1) Keeping it dark at night; 2) Protecting caribou, grasslands, and marine environments: and 3) Observing sustainable forestry and whooping cranes on screen

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Protecting Canada’s forests and farmlands; 2) Glacier preservation and adaptation; 3) Maintaining animal societies; and 4) Citizen science projects

Less showy than butterflies, moths fly under the radar. But they’re remarkable: complex wings, disguises, and unexpected superpowers.

This week’s highlights in EcoWest News: 1) Farming challenges and opportunities, 2) Benefits of industrial carbon pricing, 3) Recovering grasslands, and 4) Air dry your clothes and save money

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: monitoring badgers, connecting climate change and social work, a carbon-neutral community, and a fish doorbell

Books and community leaders: from Indigenous farming, wetlands, and waste reduction to snails, owls, sports, and volcanoes

Highlights from EcoWest News, March 4: 1) Endangering human health - flowers, fire retardants, oil & gas wells; 2) Green roofs + solar; 3) Ants, mountain goats, and polar bears

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) An energy drink for sandpipers; 2) Crowdfunding support for global rewilding; 3) Throwaway homewares; and 4) A 3-step framework for action

Winter is the perfect occasion to admire the plant life that surrounds us – from the fire engine red stems of a dogwood to bright white snowberries and neon yellow lichen