EcoWest News, April 29, 2025
EcoWest News highlights: 1) Customer-based energy resources; 2) Dark Sky-approved outdoor sports lighting; and 3) Cartoons, music, and films
EcoWest News, April 22, 2025
EcoWest News highlights: 1) The economic benefits of protecting old-growth forests; 2) Starting a climate conversation; and 3) A new species of butterfly in Waterton Lakes National Park
EcoWest News, April 15, 2025
EcoWest News highlights: 1) Lemay Forest expropriation; 2) Being a good dog owner; and 3) Migratory flies and bumpy elephant skin
EcoWest News, April 8, 2025
EcoWest News highlights: 1) The environmental cost of sunscreen, stuffed toys, and pharmaceuticals; 2) A renewable replacement for peat; and 3) A year of environmental lunacy
Community Leaders & Books: March 2025
Community leaders and books: trees, wildflowers and fungi, loneliness, wildlife conversations, and the history of life
EcoWest News, April 1, 2025
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
EcoWest News, March 25, 2025
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
Moths and Their Superpowers
Less showy than butterflies, moths fly under the radar. But they’re remarkable: complex wings, disguises, and unexpected superpowers.
EcoWest News, March 18, 2025
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
EcoWest News, March 11, 2025
This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: monitoring badgers, connecting climate change and social work, a carbon-neutral community, and a fish doorbell