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The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) provides advice to Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) with a youth perspective on a variety of issues facing today’s youth.

Students from Golden’s three grade eight classes spent a day travelling around the town and its surrounding area in order to learn first-hand where their water comes from, where it goes after it’s used and how important it is to look after water and keep watersheds healthy.

Selkirk College is pleased to be hosting “Energizing the Kootenays: Workshops on Clean Energy Innovations with Mark Jacobson, Bill McKibben and Guests” on October 26 and 27, 2012.

How has the climate in the Columbia Basin changed in the past, how is it projected to change in the future, what are the potential impacts and what can we do?

Two lifeguards at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort were almost caught in the July 15 mudslide, but acted quickly to alert guests in the pool.

The Globe and Mail is reporting that, “Two leading conservation groups have come up with $10 million in funding to help protect a wilderness valley in British Columbia that President Barack Obama has long urged Canada to save.

This design and drafting company in Kimberley, B.C., makes green building solutions accessible.

Partners in the Waneta Expansion Project—Fortis Inc., Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia Basin Trust—through the Waneta Terrestrial Compensation Program (WTCP), have provided funding to five local projects and are now accepting applications for 2013.

Bill Swan, who is the owner of Greenman Sustainable Solutions in Invermere, worked with the District of Invermere to incorporate four state-of-the-art renewable-energy systems in the design of the new Kinsmen Beach Amenity Building on Lake Windermere.

The District of Invermere has constructed a brand new 1,830-square-foot amenity building at Kinsmen Beach and it is designed to stay open all year long.

The local ranchers contribute to the City of Cranbrook’s wastewater management program by harvesting crops and grazing their cattle on the grass so that it keeps growing and requires more effluent.

It may sound like a complicated process, but the City of Cranbrook’s wastewater treatment and redistribution system is actually quite simple.

The second phase of a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project to upgrade the City of Cranbrook’s existing wastewater treatment and spray-irrigation system is nearing completion.

The Bulfone brothers, developers of Evergreen Ridge in Rossland, B.C., build energy-efficient housing with the buyer's budget in mind.

Patrick Steiner and Colleen O'Brien of Kootenay Joe Farm in Johnsons Landing, B.C., were looking at a promising summer of producing organic heirloom vegetable and flower seeds. Then came the landslide of July 12, 2012.

According to Russell Musio of the Back Road Map books, the Gray Creek Pass is rated as "the most important back road in B.C., if not in Canada."

Micro-organisms are the basis of this waste management system that provides solutions for everything from veggie peels to oil spills.

The Honourable John Duncan, minister of aboriginal affairs and northern development, recently announced his support for 16 eco-energy projects in British Columbia First Nation communities.

Tipi Mountain Native Plant Nursery is a successful native plant nursery in the Kootenay region of B.C. Co-owned by Mike Keefer, the nursery grows and supplies native seedlings for mining companies and other clients to revegetate their disturbed sites.

At the Creston Valley landfill, a major project is underway to help contain waste. The project is now in its second phase.

Three partners from Cranbrook have purchased the consulting side of Interior Reforestation and formed a new consulting firm called Vast Resource Solutions.

When it comes to saving energy, Rod Schmuland is serious about the task.

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) is pleased to announce that it is contributing $2 million to the Nature Conservancy of Canada to help conserve Lot 48 on Columbia Lake in southeast British Columbia.

When Jordan Fiorentino—shop foreman at North Star GM—drove the new Chevy Volt up to the Prestige Inn, the silence was deafening.

The Business in Vancouver newspaper is reporting that Celgar, located just north of Castlegar, is fighting with BC Hydro over the sale of excess power to Fortis BC—BC Hydro’s main competitor.

Stephanie and Aaron Van de Kemp presented their first “baby,” Cleanline Automotive, to the public on April 11, 2012—and they have an actual baby due in June.

Solar systems can save your business money and satisfy your environmental conscience. Greenman Sustainable Solutions facilitated the installation of a system at Kicking Horse Café in Invermere in 2010.

Innovation Building Group is an award-winning construction company based out of Whistler and now Golden, British Columbia. The company's commitment is to sustainability, community and the environment.

Mandala Homes is making great strides by building British Columbia’s first Energy Star qualified home in Nelson.

One of the most iconic and longstanding features of Kootenay National Park is up for privatization, as Parks Canada announced this week that it is seeking an independent operator for the pools at Radium Hot Springs.

Robert Macrae, instructor at Selkirk College, believes that sustainable technologies are the way of the future. He has been a proponent of the advanced certificate in renewable energy technology that the Castlegar campus will be offering in May of 2013.

Know Your Watershed student action project raises awareness of fish habitats.

If you’re looking for advice on organic gardening, you won’t find a better source than the folks at Tesla Springs Farm. Bent Haagerup runs this farming operation with his wife, Gunilla, and son Jens.

Canadian icon Rick Hansen is scheduled to attend the annual sturgeon release festival in Castlegar on April 23.

Canadian icon Rick Hansen is scheduled to arrive in Castlegar on April 23, 2012, for the annual sturgeon release festival.

Libertas Custom Homes, based in Golden, B.C., received a CHBA Keystone Award and achieved LEED gold certification for a home at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. HübertHaus Timber Frames was one of the main partners in the project.

Development of a ski resort on Jumbo Glacier, an issue that has divided the East Kootenay community for decades, must include consideration of 195 environmental conditions.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort has achieved "carbon neutral status‟ for 2011, purchasing sufficient offsets to balance out all the resort's operational emissions.

Lars Chose's Mandala Homes combine beautiful architecture and cutting-edge building practices with energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable materials.

The Building Tree in Nelson is a business with a green focus. Owner Paula Kiss shared some tips with Kootenay Business.

Mad Dog Farm produces Kootenay Mountain Grown-certified produce and owners Nette and Jeremy Lack are strong supporters of the Kootenay Local Agricultural Society.

Believe it or not, Calgary's Motive Industries is developing a "green" electric car complete with a bio-composite body made from hemp called the Kestrel EV.

CBT backs the Nature Conservancy of Canada's plan to conserve Lot 48.

Wildsight’s core values include clean air, clean water, an interconnected landscape for wildlife and healthy communities. These values are reflected and shared by many people in our region, our province, our country, in North America and around the world.

Four unique presenters will be panelists at a grass roots public forum hosted by Wildsight, on March 2nd and 3rd, 2012.

Every year, FortisBC like to acknowledge customers that are doing great things to conserve energy and become sustainable. In 2011, it gave out awards.

CBT supports upgrades to heating and septic systems.

HR Pacific won the 2011 Keystone Award for Best Affordable Housing Project from the CHBACI as well as the Most Affordable Built Green BC Home from the CHBABC—both for the company’s affordable green housing project, The Lofts, in Golden.

Teck Resources Ltd. is keeping CEO Don Lindsay in place, but several members of the senior management team are retiring, prompting an executive shake-up.

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is pleased to welcome 11 new members to its three advisory committees in its core areas of social, economic and environment.