Erinanne Harper

Infographic: How do forests mitigate climate change?

INFOGRAPHIC: How does a coastal douglas fir forest mitigate climate change?
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On Salt Spring, Every Drop Is Precious

(Article published in the Driftwood Apr. 14 2021) BY ANDREA PALFRAMAN  On our raincoast island, it can seem like there’s “water, water, everywhere.” In a landscape dotted with lakes and…
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Using Nature’s Ways to Fight the Climate Crisis

Video Presentation Recording: On Sunday, April 11th 2021, TSS hosted a presentation by one of Canada’s key biodiversity specialists, Dr. Risa Smith, who helped to clarify the possibilities for local…
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Report from Fairy Creek

May 2021 Please see here for updates. April 2021 Many local islanders have been spending time at the Fairy Creek Logging blockade in the past months. As the pressure builds…
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Bicycle grain mill conversion video

Our family here at appleturnover farm on Salt Spring Island has made a new short film in our ongoing series. This one is about converting a hand-crank grain mill to…
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Let’s Pick it Up- At Xwaaqw’um!

TSS’ Marine Ecosystem Protection group is organizing a clean up at Burgoyne Bay (Xwaaqw’um) which is registered for the garbage pick up event sponsored by Laurie’s Recycling and the Driftwood…
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Open Letter on Forests and Forestry

On behalf of the board of directors of Transition Salt Spring, we write to all Salt Springers in response to the direct mail recently mailed to all islanders from the stoptheislandstrust.com initiative…
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Carbon Stewards – Resources and Links

Here is a list of resources and links from our panelists and participants from the Green and Blue Carbon Stewardship Workshop on March 17th 2021. More to come- please check…
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Three Generations Of Batemans

Published in The Driftwood, March 23, 2021 We often talk about the impacts of climate change falling disproportionately on the shoulders of future generations. One way to make the need…
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