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​​TSS Launches Updated Wood Smoke Reduction Rebates for 2023

​​Transition Salt Spring Launches Updated Wood Smoke Reduction Rebates for 2023 Starting in March, rebates of up to $1000 will be available to Southern Gulf Island residents upgrading an old…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Field Files

The Maxwell Creek Watershed Project (AKA the CARL Project) is a collaborative, multidisciplinary forest restoration project based on Salt Spring Island under the leadership of Transition Salt Spring with the…
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Waste reduction news

Federal government bans single-use plastics Effective December 20, 2022, the manufacture and import for sale of the following harmful single-use plastics in Canada will be prohibited: The ban on the…
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Climate Report Card Update

Our Climate Report Card expert Kacia Tolsma presents on how far we’ve come with our Climate Action Plan 2.0 on Salt Spring Island, BC in this short 16 min presentation.
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Research & Training Assistant Position Available

Research & Training Assistant Position Available Transition Salt Spring, with funding from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, is acceptingapplications for the role of Research & Training Assistant for our…
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Biochar Working Group

BioChar Activities and workshop on Salt Spring

December Biochar Workshop: presented by Brian Smallshaw Changed from Saturday, Dec 10 to SUNDAY, 11 December 2022 1-4pm Geri Alton’s horse paddock, 125 Stevens Road South end: Beaver Point Road, past…
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Salt Spring Local Elections 2022

SSI Local Government Elections All Candidates Forum   Hear what our local Islands Trust and CRD candidates have to say on issues related to climate change, the environment, and housing.…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 2: Developing surveying methodologies 

Exerpt from: https://www.raincoast.org/2022/08/maxwell-creek-watershed-project-field-files-part-2-developing-surveying-methodologies/ Andrew Simon shares about the methodologies used in the Maxwell Creek Watershed project. By Shauna Doll, Gulf Islands Forest Project Coordinator August 5, 2022 The project takes…
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Ruth Waldick and Pierre Mineau

CBC Features Ruth Waldick and the Mt. Maxwell Project Team

Maxwell Lake, along with the watershed, provides water for about half of Salt Spring Island and the team is taking a look at how to protect this crucial freshwater source.…
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