Land Use
BC Releases Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy
| Built Infrastructure, Fire and drought, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Resources, Transportation
The strategy strengthens BC’s capacity to anticipate, prepare for and respond to the changing climate. This includes sudden events like wildfires, floods and heatwaves as well as changes that happen…
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| Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project
Climate Adaptation Research Lab (formerly The Mt Maxwell Watershed Project) In 2021 Transition Salt Spring secured $100,000 in federal funding and other support to initiate this groundbreaking research around fire…
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Notes from the Field: Updates from the Mt. Maxwell Team
| Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, News
Intern Simona Taronna Writes an Update from the Field 9:00 am and the little parking lot by the “No Trespassing” North Salt Spring Waterworks District sign on Maxwell Road is…
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Learning from Nature: Nature-based Approaches to Restoration in the Maxwell Creek Watershed
| Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, News
People have relied on what we call Maxwell Lake and the surrounding watershed for thousands of years, for water, food, and other resources provided by the forests. These forests support…
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Permaculture Design Day
| Events, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Land Use
“If we buy the first round of drinks, nature picks up the tab for dinner and a show.” – Toby Hemenway Permaculture Design, Forest Gardening & Food Sovereignty Presented by…
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Fracking the Peace – Film Screening
| Climate Justice, Land Use, Past Events
Fracking the Peace – Film Screening Join us on Tuesday, May 3rd for a community screening of Fracking the Peace, a powerful new documentary telling the story of residents in…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project
| Ecological Research Network, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, News
On March 2nd, some of the members of the TSS Maxwell Watershed Project Team including Ruth Waldick (TSS), Pierre Mineau (SSIC photographer), Sandra Ungerson (NSSWD Director and wetland expert), and…
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The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist
| Forests, Land Use, News
How a blind spot in the Kyoto Protocol helped create the biomass industry. excerpt from The New Yorker By Sarah Miller, December 8, 2021 In the North of England, in a…
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Locally made films on regenerative ways of living at Appleturnover farm.
| Food and Agriculture, Land Use, Resources, Videos, What can I do?
Check out these awesome homegrown films by Elisa Rathje and family at www.appleturnover.tv on Salt Spring Island, BC Wood stove cookery, continuous improvement + permaculture in episode 1 of the journal…
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We can’t ignore the role deforestation plays in triggering devastating floods
| Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, News
excerpt from : PETER KUITENBROUWER in THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 19, 2021 Journalist Peter Kuitenbrouwer is a Registered Professional Forester. Startling photos have been circulating this week of the…
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