Community Calendar

The community calendar at Local Formation is a central location for all events that pertain to the community of Nelson, British Columbia. All posts are organized into this calendar allowing users the ability to post both a topic and event at the same time.

LEED Building Case Study – A renovation of the Selkirk Tenth Street Residences

To bring everyone up to speed…
We began our public presentation series in April with a general introduction to Cascadia Green Building Council, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), green building costs and benefits, and an introduction to our upcoming Case Study (Selkirk Dormitories). Next, we held a Design Charrette to capture some public input [...]

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‘GREENING THE CUBE – 100 MILE HOUSING’ DOCUMENTARY

Locally Produced Green-Building Documentary ‘GREENING THE CUBE – 100 MILE HOUSING’ comes to Nelson, Kaslo & Revelstoke.

The film will be showing at The Langham Theatre in Kaslo next Tuesday November 3rd and at the United Church in Revelstoke on Wednesday the 4th of November.
The Nelson screening will be held on Tuesday 10th November at 5:30 and [...]

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Glacier / Howser Campaign Update

The campaign to keep Glacier and Howser Creeks wild has had some great successes recently. In June, more than 1,100 people attended the rally and provincial government meeting in Kaslo. In July, more than 450 people attended a public meeting hosted by Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall. By the end of July, more than 1,000 people [...]

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“Greening The Cube” – 100 Mile Housing

This is short notice I know but Tyler and myself have completed our documentary “Greening The Cube – 100 Mile Housing ” and plan to show it Sunday 4th October at the Miner’s Hall in Rossland. There will be a 3pm Matinee and a 7pm Evening show.
We have not overly advertised it as we do [...]

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Transition Towns

Hello friends,
I am passing along an invitation to a workshop that I will be attending here in Nelson that I am REALLY excited about. I hope you will check it out. Building open connections and resiliency in our community seems like just common sense to me. It makes my heart sing thinking of the land I [...]

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