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One Cool Island: Initiatives Aim To Boost Homegrown Food Supply

(Article published in the Driftwood, May 12, 2021) By ANDREA PALFRAMAN, Transition Salt Spring On any sunny Sunday, especially now, town can seem so quiet. It wouldn’t seem out of…
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ERN seeking volunteers to help with a SSI Watershed Stewardship Video Series

ERN (Ecological Research Network) is developing a “SSI Watershed Stewardship” video series.  This video series builds on various SSI freshwater stewardship initiatives, by the WPS, by SSIWPA, and by other…
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Rebate Guide- Bring It Home 4 The Climate

Homes and buildings make up 30 to 50% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the capital region of British Columbia – mostly a result of the use of oil and…
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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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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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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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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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May Update – the Larmour Lands Project

If you were thinking of donating to protect Lot F, May is the time!   A generous supporter has offered to match every donation received — up to a total of $10,000 —…
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New Climate Action Plan Released- Driftwood Article

While the coronavirus pandemic has preoccupied Salt Spring Island and the world in the past year, a core group of 23 volunteers has continued working on how to manage another…
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Islanders were invited to the Salt Spring Climate Action Plan Live Zoom Public Presentation & Launch

Transition Salt Spring hosted the release of Salt Spring Island’s very own Climate Action Plan with Bryan Young, Transition Salt Spring Society (TSS) Chair, Gary Holman, CRD Director, and Elizabeth May,…
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