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

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Protecting peat, grasslands, frogs, ground squirrels, and estuaries 2. BC hospitals are lowering their carbon footprint 3. Guide to low-carbon construction materials and recycling road sand

Climate litigation is on the rise globally and is an important avenue for addressing climate change. Several organizations are playing a valuable role in Western Canada.

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Comparing provincial progress toward a low-carbon future 2. Large farm equipment is damaging the soil 3. Municipalities are tackling pollution from gardening tools & introducing disincentives for large vehicles

The Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project, undertaken by Wildsight Golden, is identifying, restoring, and enhancing nesting sites for Barn and Bank Swallows in BC's Upper Columbia Valley.

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1. Reconciling energy conservation and promoting biodiversity online 2. Art and climate action 3. Wastewater - oil industry and cruise ships

Shifting sands, stranded boulders, eroded stone columns, rock art, cactus, and lizards - isn't it time you visited some of Western Canada's hoodoos, rocks, and sand dunes?