OFFGRID SOLAR | Key Considerations for an Off-grid Solar Energy System: Part II
By Ron Young – In part one of this article I discussed various topics including Solar Availability, Types of Mounting, Length of Wire Run, and Charge Controllers. The remaining two major components of...
View ArticleCONSERVATION | Water and Conflict
By Jenny Howell, CCCS – It is interesting to see the different strategies we all take to cope with the news stories of more and more struggling people worldwide in increasingly desperate situations....
View ArticleARTS & EDUCATION | Sustainable Ranching—Learning Applied Skills and...
By Angela Abrahão – The first cohort of students from the Sustainable Ranching Program at Thompson Rivers University is finishing up the program’s very first year, ending with Applied Skills and...
View ArticleSCIENCE | Skywatch with Bill Irwin
By Bill Irwin – The ongoing cloudy and rainy weather eroded some of the observing opportunities this past fall. As we head later into the year, the earlier darkness makes viewing times more convenient....
View ArticleScience | Skywatch with Bill Irwin
By Bill Irwin – The question of whether I have ever seen a UFO arises frequently at the observatory. The answer is no, at this time. Without extrapolating to a spacecraft with aliens in it, I would be...
View ArticleSave-On Foods: Charging for plastic shopping bags—a step forward
By LeRae Haynes – Save On Foods in Williams Lake recently decided to charge for plastic shopping bag—a move that has been very well-received by the community. “Feedback from shoppers about having to...
View ArticleScience | Skywatch with Bill Irwin
By Bill Irwin – This issue finds us looking at the summer months, although recent weather has not precipitated summer thinking, yet. June is the month of solstice where the sun reaches its highest...
View ArticleTechnology | 2016 demonstrated clean energy is here to stay, with or without...
By Trevor Melanson – As Canadian clean energy companies look to sell their solutions abroad, it’s clear who’s buying. New analysis from Clean Energy Canada shows the world’s three largest electricity...
View ArticleScience | Skywatch with Bill Irwin
By Bill Irwin – With fall around the corner at last, the smoke has abated, at least out near Horsefly. I have taken my astro gear from the camper, where it was pending evacuation, and reinstalled it in...
View ArticleScience | Skywatch with Bill Irwin
By Bill Irwin – I stargaze, therefore I am. With the holiday season coming, some of you might be considering purchasing a telescope or binoculars. Most equipment designed for nature watching can be...
View ArticleScience Matters | David Suzuki | On Climate, OECD Head Embraces Environmentalism
By David Suzuki – Angel Gurria sounds like the leader of an environmental or social justice group. In a recent University of Toronto lecture, “Climate Action: Time for Implementation,” he stressed that...
View ArticleConservation Conversation: Family Footprint Challenge Launching March 2018
By Brianna van de Wijngaard, Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society – The Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society is excited to announce its newest project for 2018, and we think it’s quite fitting for...
View ArticleWaste Wise | Taxation vs. “User Pay”
By Tera Grady – Cariboo Regional District (CRD) residents pay for garbage and recycling costs primarily through taxation, not “user pay” as in most other jurisdictions in British Columbia. The CRD is...
View ArticleARTS & EDUCATION | Sustainable Ranching—Learning Applied Skills and...
By Angela Abrahão – The first cohort of students from the Sustainable Ranching Program at Thompson Rivers University is finishing up the program’s very first year, ending with Applied Skills and...
View ArticleAlternative Energy Storage: Gravity batteries
By Bernie Littlejohn – Life continues to become more complex in our search to stop destroying our planet. Despite the few focused totally on profit regardless of environmental damage, most us focus on...
View ArticleAgents of Discovery at Scout Island and River Valley
By LeRae Haynes – An innovative blend of nature and technology has arrived in the form of an app on your phone, and it is here because of the hard work and vision of Scout Island nature educator Sue...
View ArticleSlower is Greener
By Bernie Littlejohn – We seem to have current desires to travel faster and faster, and further and further, both for business and pleasure. For most people this is due to wishing to save time. The...
View ArticleDomestic Bees Suffer from Wildfires, while Native Bees Thrive
By Diane Dunaway – Reports of honey bee losses are high this spring in the BC Interior. Many suffered after a tough summer and fall, followed by an old-fashioned winter and a long, cool spring....
View ArticleBCCFR Challenges Forestry Industry to Enter 21st Century
Members of the BC Coalition for Forestry Reform (BCCFR) were heartened by the positive and realistic recommendations proposed in Mark Haddock’s final report on professional reliance. The report was...
View ArticleConservation Conversation: The Rs Have It
By Vanessa Moberg (& Oliver Berger) – Ah, plagiarism. I love it. I’m kidding, of course. (I also love irony.) My colleague Oliver has been working on a fun new Waste Wise brochure for our...
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