Family-owned hotel grows to meet demand with sustainable, guest-focused upgrades in Fernie, B.C.

This Trail business creates lasting tributes for the pets who leave paw prints on our hearts.

Writing effective cold emails that get a response is possible by following some easy-to-do steps

Celebrating Kootenay biodiversity, the GLOWS program is part of Science Literary Week 2020

Do you know a successful business entrepreneur? We are always looking for innovative and noteworthy people to feature.

Local farmers markets help to increase food security and create sustainable communities—check out our list of markets across the Kootenays.

Community-powered local food is at the heart of the Local Store in Fernie, B.C.

The 100% Renewable Kootenays campaign for clean energy, led by the West Kootenay EcoSociety, continues to grow, adding No. 12: Golden

Are you a green business? KootenayBiz is looking for sustainable business stories.

The 100% Renewable Kootenays campaign for clean energy, led by the West Kootenay EcoSociety, continues to grow, adding No. 10: Fruitvale

The City of Cranbrook begins its fleet transition to EVs with the purchase of its first electric vehicle

Michael Keefer, an exemplary entrepreneur, owns three green businesses in the Kootenays

Prestige Hotels and Resorts are business leaders with 7 “green” certifications from Sustainable Tourism 2030

A certification from Sustainable Tourism 2030 is good for people, the planet and profits

The Forest Practices Board released a report that recommends better reforestation practices in B.C.’s dry fir forests, including less clearcutting

B.C.’s Forest Basket is featured in a new podcast series by the BC Interior Forestry Museum in Revelstoke, B.C.

A trip of goats are trained as targeted grazers for a unique business: Vahana Nature Rehabilitation in Ta Ta Creek, B.C.

This year plant a Pandemic Garden to help the dual crises of coronavirus and climate change

Revive the lost art of reading aloud during Earth Hour—Saturday, March 28th starting at 8:30 p.m.

The Bee BC Program has funding available to support bee health throughout the province.

The Happy Hills Farm in Rossland is growing super healthy food year-round

Three more West Kootenay communities have signed on to the EcoSociety’s 100% Renewable Kootenays campaign: Castlegar, Warfield and Kaslo

The Green Bag Company in Revelstoke, B.C., is creating upscale, upcycled bags of all sizes and shapes

The fourth generation keeps Kalesnikoff Lumber Company a proud and successful enterprise with its forward-thinking approach to forestry

Five West Kootenay communities have signed on to the EcoSociety’s 100% Renewable Kootenays campaign. Meet the early adopters of change.

Darcy Wanuk started stitch + cloth Ecodesigns in Kimberley, B.C., to reconstruct old textiles into funky women’s clothing

While checking out Kimberley’s visitor attractions, don’t forget the flowerful Cominco Gardens

The Elderberry Bros. Farms in Cranbrook, B.C., sells many elderberry delights, including schnapps

thinkBright Homes, based in Invermere, B.C., is at the cutting edge of the green building industry

Petra Naturally in Cranbrook, B.C., expanded to offer even more natural bath and body products and loose teas

Nelson Tiny Houses in Nelson, B.C., proves that downsizing can mean upgrading

Selkirk College is participating in the BC Cool Campus Challenge to lower its environmental footprint

Melinda and Todd Kopet create healthy foods from scratch out of The Purist Pantry in Rossland, B.C.

Grow Tea & Elixir Corner won the Kimberley chamber’s Environmental Stewardship Excellence Award in 2018

Newly opened fullfill in Kimberley, B.C., is a green alternative to traditional stores

National Forest Week (September 23 to 29, 2018) celebrates the research we undertake in our forests, including studies on our Rocky Mountain elk

Green travellers are enthusiastically welcomed at the Lido Motel in Radium Hot Springs, B.C.

Little Lunches Reusable Wraps keep food fresh and reduce plastic use in your lunchbox

The Province of BC has announced the new BeeBC Program

Owner of Grassroots Environmental Services in Golden, Scott Wilson can encounter anything while out protecting waterways … even wolves

Valley Vitals owner Ashley Taylor has a passion to connect people back with their environment and their community through food.

The Raw House in Cranbrook, B.C., offers unique, healthy cold-pressed juices and nut mylks

Based in Invermere, B.C., Forrest Campbell formed Freewheeling Energy

The Swag Hair Studio won a green award from the Kimberley and District Chamber of Commerce

The unprecedented wildfire season in B.C. will affect the forest industry

Harrop, B.C.’s nursery is part of PRT Growing Services Ltd.

Watch wild animals during the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21 and become part of the citizen scientist project.

Golden, B.C., is distributing bear-resistant garbage bins to decrease bear destruction

It’s a great time to be a food citizen in Canada

Landscape your yard for beauty and for food with edimentals—edible, ornamental plants

This year’s theme for Earth Day—April 22nd—is EarthPlay

Accelerate Kootenay is a two-year $1.5-million project to install over 50 electric vehicle chargers along Highway 3

Retired physician Faisal Jhandir is on a mission to save the planet with solar cooking

Road Watch BC is recruiting citizen scientists to gather data that will reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions

The EcoGarden in Fernie was awarded 1,000 red and white tulip bulbs to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary

Hall Printing in Trail, B.C., won the Go Green Award from the local chamber of commerce

Soup du Jar in New Denver, B.C., is Kayte Rock’s pride and joy

A summary of the similarities and differences among all of the Kootenay chambers of commerce Business Excellence Awards

Shifting to electric cars is needed in the Kootenays as our current transportation accounts for 60 per cent of our total greenhouse gas emissions

Nelson, B.C., grew a solar garden in a year and a half with the help of its citizens

Hellbent Geothermal is a leading-edge company offering geothermal systems in the East Kootenay, where the potential for this green energy is overflowing

FortisBC awarded Nelson’s Heddlestone Village an Efficiency in Action award

The Hidden Creek Art & Ecology Centre is a secluded retreat centre across the water from Nelson, B.C.

Canada has committed to planting 35 million trees by 2020, one for each Canadian

Located on the shores of the Upper Arrow Lakes, the Mulvehill Creek Eco-Retreat is looking for residents, partners or investors

Earth Hour encourages you to have a lights-off hour.

Emco in Cranbrook has plumbing and heating solutions that reduce the carbon footprint of your home and business.

Kootenay MPs Richard Cannings and Wayne Stetski talk about their hopes to help our region environmentally and economically

Castlegar's newly released Street Tree Master Plan makes trees top priority

Three East Kootenay communities have rebate programs to encourage energy-efficient buildings

Communities across Canada are promoting the basic human right to clean air, fresh water and healthy food

Turning nut waste into tires is an example of upcycling for environmental benefits

A pilot project of a wildlife detection system in the Elk Valley, B.C., may save lives—both human and wild

Three Kootenay ski resorts are part of a campaign to reduce their environmental footprints

Root For Me in Marysville, B.C., won an Environmental Stewardship Excellence Award from the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce

Businesses should act now to protect the environment and strengthen our economy.

EarthWear in Cranbrook has a complete line of natural skin care products

Choosing to support farms that responsibly caretake the environment and their animals is a very positive way to spend your food dollar.

The versatile Big Green Egg is a barbecue, smoker, grill and oven

Revival Boutique in Rossland is a resale shop and an innovative recycler

Do you know of a Kootenay community in which the local government is a wood champion?

Earthing is a recent health trend with numerous purported benefits

British Columbia's resource roads need more funding for maintenance

Bird-friendly windows from Walker Glass Co. prevent birds flying to their deaths

Five community gardens across the Kootenays grow social capital as well as plants

Earth Day Canada will award $5,000 for its Small Business Hometown Heroes Award

B.C.'s resource roads are a multi-billion dollar asset that needs inventorying and active management

The elk and I were on our morning commutes this lovely morning, Earth Day 2015

Collective Carpentry in Invermere builds healthier and greener houses by fabricating the homes in its shop.

Luca Hair Studio in Trail is joining a movement to green up hair salons across Canada.

Gaia Green Products in Grand Forks has been selling organic fertilizers for 25 years and just keeps growing

This new solar- and wind-powered LED light tower is designed for use in remote industrial locations

Wildsight appoints a new executive director.

Local farmers and locavores have a new resource—a place to connect and engage with the Kootenay food system.

In recognition of the 156 years that honey bees have been a part of agriculture and economy in B.C., May 29 will be declared Day of the Honey Bee.

The issue of extracting rare earth elements is being tackled by Ingenuity Lab, an Edmonton-based scientific organization.

College of the Rockies and the Canadian Solar Institute have signed an agreement to offer solar PV workshops at the College’s Gold Creek Campus.

Sign up for an upcoming day-long Renewable Energy Options Workshop aimed at the professional sector.

Jewel Creek Organic Farm has started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the filming of a video series that will teach a number of natural-building skills.

Farm, Food, Fork (F3) is bringing together the food advocates, marketers and farmers of the Kootenays with a dynamite event.

IncrEDIBLE Trail, a new initiative, will see vegetables and herbs grown throughout the downtown, including in front of businesses.

Aspiring Kootenay farmers will have the chance to learn from Jean-Martin Fortier, a farmer who sells $140,000 worth of vegetables from 1.5 acres in Ontario.

Green Scene has compiled some of the most exciting sustainable building trends to watch for in 2014.

Small businesses are natural leaders in Kootenay communities and have a responsibility to lead with conscious intention. The 3 C’s help them do just that.

Teck has been the recipient of an Environmental & Social Responsibility Award from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

The Kootenay business Revolution Biodiesel is taking strides to reduce the carbon footprint of food miles and transportation using post-consumer bio oil.

The UN has declared 2014 the International Year of the Family Farm. We're pleased to share the best local agriculture stories we’ve written over the years.

Leonardo DiCaprio is part of a group entering the world’s first full electric race series.

If you’re concerned about genetically engineered foods, there’s a presentation coming to Kimberley, B.C., that you should attend.

Whether it’s biking to work or turning off the television to go hiking, getting active is rarely anything but a benefit in a number of ways.

The Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program is funding initiatives that help in the productivity and sustainability of recreational fishing.

Cinderella's Organic Housekeeping was created to provide a safe and green alternative to the harsh chemical cleaners we're all familiar with.

Builders, engineers, designers and homeowners take note—Kimberley is getting set to host its 2013 Green Building Conference.

Electric vehicles have a growing popularity and effectiveness

Elkford, B.C., has realized the dream of establishing a community garden two years after the idea was first brainstormed.

A week-long course in passive house design and construction is coming to Cranbrook. Passive house design is a rapidly growing concept for energy efficiency.

A zero waste conference in Vancouver will consider an alternative to the cradle-to-grave consumer process currently causing global problems.

BC Hydro is giving sustainability-focused non-profits in B.C. the opportunity to win $10,000.

Carolyn Herriot, author of The Zero Mile Diet, will be visiting various Kootenay communities

College of the Rockies is introducing Kootenay Farm School at its Creston campus, with exciting workshops and a 10-month beginner farming course.

The Kootenay Community Bat Project is helping residents discover the importance of bats and ways to help these mammals survive into the future.

The town of Creston has received a level two distinction as a green community. A municipality can receive up to a level three, which is total carbon neutrality.

The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network has been recognized by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education.

Excellent solar conditions could help turn Sullivan Mine’s brownfield into an asset for Kimberley with a pilot photovoltaic plant.

Invasive species are a big problem when it comes to ecological health and knotweed is one of the most common in the Kootenays.

Rick and Brenda Metherals from Cranbrook have melded two important green initiatives. Their eclectic backyard garden utilizes numerous recycled items.

When people imagine a used car parts place they don’t think of environmental initiative. Stuart Ady, owner of Ernie's Used Auto Parts, tells a different story.

Thanks to a growing local-food movement, Buy Local Eat Natural is holding the first annual We Heart Local Awards for B.C.

Community partners will be exploring what programs, services and facilities for agri-food education would best meet Creston Valley needs.

Cranbrook and Kimberley will be offering free gardening workshops as a part of the welcoming communities project.

Christina Lake volunteers are hoping to stop the spread of invasive species by inspecting boats for harmful mussels

The Cranbrook and District Arts Council has come up with a fun way to engage people with an Urban Artsy Deer Quest and Competition.

College of the Rockies' entrance expansion was completed in 2010. Now the design has achieved certification by Leadership in Energy and Environmetal Design.

Columbia Basin Trust is providing funding to help make the knowledge gleaned from Groundswell's community greenhouse in Invermere more easily accessible.

FortisBC is signing people up for an energy diet which offers great initiatives to help residents cut back on unnecessary energy waste.

Invasive species are not a small issue. The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District has recently formed a group to help control these unwanted plants and organisms.

Clear Sky Farm has started developing an innovative cold-climate food forest on one acre near Fort Steele in the East Kootenay.

College of the Rockies is now pleased to be a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

LiveSmart BC has an initiative called the Small Business Program geared at helping the little companies find big environmental changes that can save on costs.

Bring the whole family and have a blast at Silver City Days in Trail, B.C.

A community survey is being conducted to help develop a vision of Castlegar’s future

Results from the Business Outlook Survey for British Columbia

How Juliana and Eric Bower navigate life, work, and homebuilding in Fernie.

The 100% Renewable Kootenays campaign for clean energy, led by the West Kootenay EcoSociety, continues to grow, adding No. 10: Fruitvale