Natasha Kong

Penelakut Tribe March

Help Penelakut Island Recover from a Food Emergency

The recent “bomb cyclone” left Penelakut Island without power for days, spoiling the food 350 residents had stored for winter. Now, they face a critical food emergency. How You Can Help: Donate meat and food on Saturday, Dec. 7th, from 10 AM–3 PM in front of Thrifty’s or Country Grocer SSI on Salt Spring. Can’t…
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Gardening in a Changing Climate: Adapting to droughts, heat waves, cold snaps, and other extremes

Gardening in a Changing Climate with Linda Gilkeson!

Linda, a celebrated organic gardening author and educator, will share essential tips on creating resilient food and ornamental gardens that can thrive amidst unpredictable weather patterns. Learn practical techniques to help your plants withstand severe conditions and explore the role of climate-friendly gardening practices, like carbon-capturing landscaping, in building a sustainable future. Don’t miss this…
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Slowdown Salt Spring Toy Swap Dec 2024

Slow Down Salt Spring Toy Swap

Donate no longer needed (in giftable used condition) toys for tots, kids, and teens and come shop for FREE. Donation Intake: Thursday, Dec 5th, 3-6pm Free Shop Day: Saturday, Dec 7th, 10:30am-1:30pm Location Salt Spring Multi-Space (SIMS) – Room #2 You drop off toy donations on Thursday. We sort and curate, everyone welcome to come…
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Water Savers Rebate Program

Announcing the Water Savers Rebate Program!

As climate change brings longer, more intense droughts, our precious freshwater resources are at risk. By capturing rainwater, you can reduce your reliance on costly water from the district for non-essential tasks while ensuring your plants thrive. Apply today if you’re a North Salt Spring Waterworks District resident! Limited funding is available on a first-come,…
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Ruth Waldick and Pierre Mineau

CBC Features Ruth Waldick and the Mt. Maxwell Project Team

Maxwell Lake, along with the watershed, provides water for about half of Salt Spring Island and the team is taking a look at how to protect this crucial freshwater source. We are so proud of this team and the work they are doing for our community! If you’d like to learn more check out the…
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Ruth Waldick Wins the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards!

Ruth Waldick Wins the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards! Congratulations to our very own Ruth Waldick who won the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards! The Islands Trust Council recognized six individuals and one organization for work that supports the Islands Trust’s mandate to protect and preserve. The Community Stewardship Awards celebrate and acknowledge…
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Mt. Maxwell Forest

Notes from the Field: Updates from the Mt. Maxwell Team

Intern Simona Taronna Writes an Update from the Field 9:00 am and the little parking lot by the “No Trespassing” North Salt Spring Waterworks District sign on Maxwell Road is packed. There is excitement in the air as an eclectic group of ecologists, foresters, restoration experts, technicians, students and volunteers gather in the field. It…
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Mt. Maxwell Creek Watershed

Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 1: Project Impetus

By Shauna Doll, Gulf Islands Forest Project Coordinator A watershed-level restoration initiative focusing on improving ecological integrity within local forests Transition Salt Spring has partnered with experts and organizations from across the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone, including Raincoast Conservation Foundation, to provide a model for on-the-ground, multidisciplinary, multisectoral, and collaborative climate action.  Gulf Islands Forest…
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Beaver

Learning from Nature: Nature-based Approaches to Restoration in the Maxwell Creek Watershed

People have relied on what we call Maxwell Lake and the surrounding watershed for thousands of years, for water, food, and other resources provided by the forests. These forests support a range of wildlife, cougars, bears, songbirds, waterfowl, amphibians, fish and beavers. The tall crowns of coastal Douglas-fir trees reach for the sky with large,…
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