Local Topics

These topics or “Domains” reflect a well rounded breakdown of all topics pertaining to community discussion.

‘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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The Era of Xtreme Energy By Michael T. Klare

I have found Michael Klare to be one of the leading writers on Peak Oil and energy issues in general. Here is a current essay / article of his hot off the press–concise and to the point. Important for our own understanding of the energy issues. read/pass it on. R P
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The Era of Xtreme Energy
Life [...]

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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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New Video! Huge Crowds Turn Out in Kootenays to Protect Wild Rivers

Save Our Rivers Society presents a new 5-min video by Damien Gillis, documenting a big week in the battle against private river power in BC. See highlights from the recent Kaslo meeting where 1,100 spirited citizens showed up to rally and speak out for their wild rivers.
Rally in Kaslo – click to play videoAt issue [...]

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First meeting of all time – Social Formation

On Monday, July 8th, Tara Williams and Simon de la Salle met to discuss the ongoing project socialformation.com and how we might utilize these concepts to benefit current local initiatives.
Just to start, here is a quick list of suggested tasks to move this project forward:

Homepage design improvements
About Us documentation, and mutually developed “vision” container
Examples of [...]

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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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