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World Water Day – March 22nd, 2022

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…
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Non-profit in Salt Spring Island, B.C. offers rebate to homeowners collecting rainwater

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…
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TSS Annual General Meeting

We held our AGM on Tuesday Feb 22 at 7pm. Read our annual report here:
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The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist

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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One Cool Island: How Do We Cope With The Challenges We Face?

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.…
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Nature-based Climate Solutions Report (sneak peek)

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…
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TSSEC Members’ Newsletter – December 2021

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.…
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Forest with Clouds

Maxwell Watershed Project Radio Interview

Listen HERE to our Dr Ruth Waldick on CBC Radio’s All Points West discuss TSS’ new project at Maxwell Lake
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We can’t ignore the role deforestation plays in triggering devastating floods

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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TSS EV Group Update Dec 2021

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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