North Columbia Environmental Society

North Columbia Environmental Society joins Wildsight

By joining Wildsight, Revelstoke will have a bigger voice in speaking up on issues, says NCES president Kent Christensen

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North Columbia Environmental Society votes in favour of becoming Revelstoke Wildsight branch

NCES’ members vote in favour of becoming a local Wilsight branch.

Revelstoke’s NCES weighs amalgamating with larger Wildsight environmental organization

The North Columbia Environmental Society (NCES) is reconsidering amalgamating with the larger environmental organization Wildsight. President Kent Christensen explains the pros and cons of NCES becoming a Wildsight branch.

Update: Province rejects Mount Begbie protection plan request

In a response to a request to protect Mount Begbie from a proposed heli-access development, the B.C. government says it is busy working on land use plans in other areas. The response has touched off a new wave of interest in the Mount Begbie development issue.

Revelstoke’s annual Trashion Show moves online for 2020

This year’s event focuses on connecting community in the midst of COVID-19. Entry deadline is April 26.

North Columbia Environmental Society receives environment grant

The Columbia Basin Trust grant will allow for an expansion of the Junior Naturalist Program

Revelstoke NCES environment society spokesperson on their application for federal intervention on caribou recovery

Read and listen: North Columbia Environmental Society director Sarah Newton on the Revelstoke environmental organization's 2018 request to the federal environment minister for an emergency stop to logging in old growth in the Revelstoke area in an effort to aid endangered mountain caribou.

Sustainable Living Expo helps encourage better consumer decisions

Sustainable Living Expo this Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Revelstoke Community Centre.

The dos and definite do-nots of going waste free

Trying to go waste-free for a week is an eye-opening experience

Nailing down Revelstoke’s first tool library

Libraries are usually places associated with books, reading and speaking in hushed voices but a tool library in Revelstoke would be breaking all those rules.