By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyA bid for the Nelson and District Community Complex energy recovery project has been accepted and the long awaited retrofit is now fit to begin. Late last week the Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors voted to accept the $329,728 bid from Venture Mechanical for the...

This spring, Kootenay Permaculture is celebrating 20 years of Permaculture in the Kootenays and across Canada. An Introduction to Permaculture workshop is offered at the Silver King Campus in Nelson, March 12-13 (Participants also have the option to attend just the first day, Saturday, March 12th). During the workshop the...

By Jeremy Hance, MONGABAY.COMIn Shakespeare's play Macbeth the forest of Birnam Wood fulfills a seemingly impossible prophecy by moving to surround the murderous king. The Arctic tundra may soon feel much like the doomed Macbeth with an army of trees (and invading species) closing in. In a recent study, researchers found that...

"If everyone on Earth set out to live like a typical Kootenay resident, we'd need five Earths to get the job done," says Monica Nissen, Wildsight's Education program manager in Nelson."That's a whopping big eco-footprint." The ecological footprint or 'eco-footprint' for short, is more than a concept: it's an equation that...

In celebration of Canada Water Week (March 14 to 22) and World Water Day (March 22), Nelson will see two informative and insightful events staged about water. Canada Water Week (www.canadawaterweek.com) is a new national initiative to increase awareness of water issues and initiatives across the country. Under the theme of ...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyWhat was shaping up as a confrontation between police and protestors over logging on Perry Ridge ended peacefully Wednesday morning. Around 40 people — including 10 children — had set up camp on Little Slocan Forest Service Road near Slocan Wednesday morning, in peaceful protest of the...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyChicken is back on the menu for City council as they prepare to discuss the keeping and nurturing of poultry within city limits next month. Coun. Kim Charlesworth asked City staff and council to pick up where they left off in the debate from December, 2009, when they tabled voting on the ...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyLogging on Perry Ridge begins this week but there could be trouble brewing as RCMP prepare to remove what was deemed to be an “illegal” protest in BC Supreme Court on Friday. An injunction order was upheld in BC Supreme Court in Nelson on Friday, March 4 that anyone “attending at or near ...

By Gary Murphy, BC Hydro This summer, BC Hydro will begin implementation of the Smart Metering Program. This program involves replacing existing meters with a modern, fully integrated, smart metering system as part of our critical infrastructure upgrades. The Smart Metering Program will help to ensure that BC Hydro can continue...

By Allan Dowd, Reuters Countries bordering the North Pacific Ocean have struck a deal that environmentalists said Monday will help protect 16.1 million square miles (41.7 million sq. km.) of ocean floor from a destructive technique called bottom trawl fishing. The agreement calls for the creation of an organization to manage...