By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All three candidates for CRD Area Director in the October 17 election responded to a Community Resiliency questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring in collaboration with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust. See below their responses, verbatim,…

By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All five candidates running for Local Community Commission Commissioner in the October 17 election responded to a Community Resiliency questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring in collaboration with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust. See below their…

By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All 5 candidates running for Islands Trust Trustee responded to a questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring and the Farmland Trust. See below their responses to Q1 on affordable housing. (Overall survey: https://transitionsaltspring.com/election-2026-questions/) Q1. Affordable Housing: The high…

All 13 candidates running for CRD Area Director, Local Community Commission Commissioner and Islands Trust Trustee recently completed Community Resiliency questionnaires sent by Transition Salt Spring in partnership with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust.

One Island, One Future: Salt Spring Elections 2026 LOCAL ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 17 WILL SHAPE THE YEARS AHEAD The upcoming election on October 17 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape and protect the future of Salt Spring as we elect four Local Community Commissioners, a CRD Area Director and two Islands Trust Trustees to four-year…

Transition Salt Spring built the following 10 principles from what we heard at the Common Ground Summit in May 2025, and included them in our submission earlier this year toward an updated Official Community Plan. We're offering them to candidates and to every Salt Spring resident as a shared starting point for what a livable, resilient island could look like going forward. An election is how that hope turns into direction.

Housing might not seem like a climate issue - but on Salt Spring, it's one of the most important ones we face. TSS believes there's a better path - one that protects ecosystems and builds a more resilient community. Here's why…

On March 10th Transition Salt Spring travelled to Duncan to speak directly to Islands Trust Council. The message: climate change needs to be at the heart of the new Policy Statement — not a footnote. Here's what we said, and what we're asking for.

Consensus for the Future: AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SALT SPRING WE NEED YOUR VOICE! The Islands Trust is asking for the first phase of community input on Salt Spring’s Official Community Plan (OCP) and Land Use Bylaws (LUBs) until October 24, 2025. Your voice will shape the future of housing and affordability on Salt Spring Island.…

One of the greatest accelerators of wildfire is woody debris. The good news is, this is a manageable problem with a fairly simple solution that’s already in practice in many regional communities: chipping. Chipping the debris reduces fire fuel, creates valuable chips for gardens and farms and provides an alternative to burning, thus reducing air…