All Environment articles

Idlewild’s dam restoration project is nearing completion

Project data includes water chemistry, velocity, flow, temperature and Environment Canada Analytical Reports.

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

The Idlewild Park Draft Master Plan Open House will be held at the Manual Training School beside the Cranbrook library on September 20—the public is invited.

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

The good, the bad and the unknown.

Produce isn’t the only thing the Hopkins are harvesting—sunlight is next on their agenda.

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

Kootenay Business sits down with Lars Chose and Rachel Ross — co-owners of Mandala Custom Homes — to talk about the interconnectedness of business and passion.

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

The abundant, naturally hot water at Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C., has a second important function.

A recognition luncheon was held on April 8 for rising young stars in the Kootenays

Quagga and zebra mussels pose a serious threat to B.C's aquatic ecosystems, salmon populations, hydro power stations and other infrastructure facilities.

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.

The city of Castlegar has several green initiatives underway that are good for the city, for the environment and for the people who call the area home.

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

A net zero energy home produces as much energy as it consumes.

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

Columbia Basin Trust renews support to two environmental education initiatives.

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

The successful operation of the Kimberley SunMine increases the potential for economic development in that community.

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

Unique, eco-friendly options for babies and children are offered at the Bumble Tree

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

Many more resources are needed for B.C. communities, including Kimberley, to be safe from catastrophic wildfires

At the heart of every community, including Trail, B.C., are an invested few whose vision and hard work are inspiring.

Earthing is a recent health trend with numerous purported benefits

Funding from Columbia Basin Trust will double the number of mobile decontamination units aimed at keeping invasive mussels out of B.C. waterways.

The Trails for Creston Valley Society is improving access to local trails and involving trail users in keeping information current.

Ashley Tanner was instrumental in helping a local business transition to a paperless client records system.

Agetha Bernard is in the planning stages of a scientific expedition focusing on the growing problem of plastics proliferating throughout our Earth’s oceans

Columbia Basin Trust program helps the environment.

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 COTR residence project is unique as it is using two types of solar technology.

Numerous steps were taken to reduce the environmental impact of the Waneta Expansion Project near Trail, including locally engineered sturgeon gates.

ViaSport will be awarding a grant of $14,560 to support an ongoing applied research project by College of the Rockies and Steeples Elementary school.

Interior Reforestation reclaims land disturbed by industry, and Interior Seed & Fertilizer supports agricultural productivity.

A dive team from Northern Underwater Services had been inspecting the underwater concrete work.