Informing and encouraging initiatives that support Western Canada's natural environment

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) 4 policies that could eliminate plastic waste; 2) Transportation and construction policies that benefit people and nature; and 3) Need for increased public awareness of endangered plants

Books and community leaders: from glowworms and the coolest bugs in Alberta to visions of climate futures and buying less rubbish

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) An ecological corridor in Manitoba; 2) Preparing for extreme weather events; 3) Funding bird-safe window retrofits; and 4) Documentaries on caribou and plastics

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Manitoba’s hydro-electric highways, 2) Re-examining BC’s forestry policy, 3) Wetland drainage in Saskatchewan, and 4) The importance of sufficiency

Whether hunting their prey, attracting a mate, or building a web, there is so much to learn about the surprising lives of spiders.

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Deconstruction saves valuable materials, 2) Calling for a halt to commercial herring fishing, 3) Concerns about peat harvesting, and 4) Reducing nitrous oxide emissions