History of Climate Action on Salt Spring
Climate Action Plan Release
The Salt Spring Climate Action Plan will be fully released on Tuesday March 2nd. The webinar will be live, and the presenters will be Bryan Young of Transition Salt Spring…
Climate Action Plan Presentation Day
Saturday November 30th, 10am to noon Work on the update to the Salt Spring Climate Action Plan is getting underway. As a community we need to discuss how we are…
Climate Emergency
The Islands Trust will shortly be holding a meeting, you are invited to sign a petition to the Trust to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY in the Trust Area. It will…
Climate Action for Salt Spring
A Climate Action Workshop was recently held by the Climate Action Group in association with the CRD Director and the Islands Trust, plus representatives from other groups on the island. …
Sea Level Rise Workshop
This is a reminder that the Islands Trust will be hosting, with Living Oceans, a sea level rise workshop on Monday, January 28, 2019 on Salt Spring Island (details below).…
Wind storm 2019 – Outlier?
Was the storm the shape of things to come or a once on a lifetime outlier? Is climate change making itself felt in BC and in particular on Salt Spring…
Island Trust to Discuss Climate Change
The Islands Trust Council is having its next quarterly meeting on March 13-15 which will be held on Salt Spring at the Harbour House Hotel. The Council schedule includes a…
BC Auditor General Faults Government Climate Plans
From CBC News, 13th February 2018 “British Columbia has no clear plan to prevent threats such as wildfires, flooding and drought as it works to adapt to the risks posed…
2017 Third Warmest Year
2017 was recorded as the third warmest year in the period 1880 to 2017, only beaten by 2016 and 2015. This was despite the lack of an El Nino, which…
SSI Energy Strategy – Archive
Salt Spring Energy Strategy Objectives: • Save Energy • Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Reduce Air Pollution Targets: over 20% reductions by 2012 (to keep our energy consumption and emissions…