Resources
AGENTS OF CHANGE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
News, Resources
|Want to make a difference in the world? Are you between 18 and 30 years old? Join this free social entrepreneurship program and learn how you can help drive progress…
Read More An Environmental Organization that’s Changing Our Future Outcome – The Conscious Planet Network on Gulf Islands Radio
Eco Home Directory, News, Resources
|LISTEN HERE! July 21, 2019 Gaianna Sophia interviews people who share inspirational stories of change, new technologies, consciousness pioneers, & people who are making a practical difference to our future.…
Read More Dreaming, Designing & Building A Net Zero or Small Footprint Home with Green City Builders
Eco Home Directory, Resources
|The Eco Living and Home Tour is thrilled that Green City Builders sponsored the tour again this year, but this time as one of its Presenting Sponsors! We connected with…
Read More Green Building Projects? Slegg Can Support You
Built Infrastructure, Eco Home Directory, Resources
|We are grateful that Slegg Building Materials is a Presenting Sponsor for the 2019 Eco Living and Home Tour! Slegg’s General Manager on Salt Spring, Curtiss Maude, and local Slegg…
Read More Renewable Energy in the Eco Living Landscape
Built Infrastructure, Eco Home Directory, Resources
|The Eco Living and Home Tour is grateful to have Bearfoot Renewables as one of its Presenting Sponsors. We connected with owner Jeff Chamberland by phone to ask him some…
Read More Laser-Focussed on Electric Vehicles
Eco Home Directory, Electric Vehicles, Resources, Transportation
|One of the Presenting Sponsors of the 2019 Eco Living and Home Tour is Motorize ─ Your EV Store. Talking to owner Julian Sale is a great education! If you’re…
Read More A Low-Carbon Citrus Greenhouse in Canada- local grower frequently featured on our Ecohome tour!
Built Infrastructure, Food and Agriculture, Resources
|Growing Subtropical Fruit with Minimal Inputs for Heat, Water and Nutrients May 7, 2019 (reposted from BC Farms And Food) On Salt Spring Island, in Canada’s Pacific maritime climate, oranges…
Read More Would you like a free land stewardship visit?
Land Use, Resources
|Farms are not only necessary places for food production, they’re vital habitats for wildlife. The Salt Spring Island Conservancy is offering a handful of island farmers a stewardship visit by…
Read More Environmentally Friendly Ways to Deal with Woody Debris
Biochar, Fire and drought, Forests, Resources
|As published in the Gulf Islands Driftwood, January 23, 2019, p. 7- also from https://saltspringconservancy.ca/environmentally-friendly-ways-to-deal-with-woody-debris/ With so many branches and trees down from the big storm, it’s important to be Fire-Smart…
Read More EV Tips
Electric Vehicles, Resources, Transportation
|Promoting Sustainable Transportation on Salt Spring Island ~ I am pleased to announce that the ArtSpring EV chargers are back in operation. This was the first EV Charger on SSI…
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