News
World Water Day – March 22nd, 2022
Ecological Research Network, Freshwater, News, Past Events, Resources
|World Water Day – March 22nd, 2022 For Release March 16, 2022, authored by SSIWPA World Water Day reminds us we live at the intersection of climate change and elevated…
Read More Non-profit in Salt Spring Island, B.C. offers rebate to homeowners collecting rainwater
Climate Coach, Freshwater, News
|From CBC News · Posted: Oct 30, 2021 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: October 30, 2021 A non-profit organization in Salt Spring Island, B.C., dedicated to fighting climate change is encouraging…
Read More TSS Annual General Meeting
Events, News, Past Events
|We held our AGM on Tuesday Feb 22 at 7pm. Read our annual report here:
Read More 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…
Read More One Cool Island: How Do We Cope With The Challenges We Face?
News, One Cool Island
|By DARLENE GAGE, Transition Salt Spring excerpt From the Driftwood, Dec 14, 2021 There is something changing in the air. Can you feel it? Rain, heat, smoke. Fear, division, loss.…
Read More Nature-based Climate Solutions Report (sneak peek)
Climate Justice, News, Resources
|Nov 3 2021 This is a sneak peek of a full report on The Risks and Threats of ‘Nature-based Climate Solutions’ for Indigenous Peoples which will be released soon. We…
Read More TSSEC Members’ Newsletter – December 2021
Green Loans/ Financing, News
|See this newsletter on the TSSEC website HERE. This is our first newsletter since the Spring—since the heat dome, the drought, wildfires, floods, and the fourth wave of the pandemic.…
Read More Maxwell Watershed Project Radio Interview
Ecological Research Network, Forests, Freshwater, News, Resources
|Listen HERE to our Dr Ruth Waldick on CBC Radio’s All Points West discuss TSS’ new project at Maxwell Lake
Read More 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…
Read More TSS EV Group Update Dec 2021
Electric Vehicles, News
|The role of the Transition Salt Spring – EV Group is to encourage vehicle owners to join the growing trend of driving electric vehicles rather than gasoline or diesel-fuelled vehicles.…
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