British Columbia community action
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across British Columbia.
News
When golf courses go wild, rewildingmag.com (Jan 21, 2025) — non-profits, trusts and cities converting manicured greens into places where wildlife, plants and people can flourish
- Clam gardening building resilience among Indigenous youth on Canada’s West Coast, news.mongabay.com (Aug 06, 2024)
- From ashes to action: how global mapping illuminates forest conservation's path, north-arrow.org (Apr 02, 2024)
Video
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Coastal First Nations, "Protected and restored ecosystems in our lands and waters, managed sustainably by member First Nations, enabling traditional and modern economies, improving the quality of life of the people in our communities, giving rise to healthy First Nations." added 09:37, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Alberni Valley Transition Town Society
- Cowichan Green Community
- Transition Town Sooke
- UVic Sustainability Project (University of Victoria)
- Village Surrey Transition Initiative
- O.U.R. Ecovillage
Bioregionalism
- Regenerate Cascadia, 501(c)3 social movement organization developing a long-term bioregional vision and process that works with on-the-ground communities to design and implement new frameworks of governance, ecology, and economy for the regeneration and health of the Cascadia bioregion along the northeast Pacific rim of North America and beyond.
- Salish Sea Restoration, Salish Sea Wiki
Community involvement
Dogwood wants to make British Columbia the global model for sustainable land reform.
Food activism
- About The People's Apothecary, greentonguesapothecary.wordpress.com, "a project that brings together a community in the process of creating a sustainable herb garden commons."
- Sooke Region Food CHI (Community Health Initiative)
Climate action
Climate Action Secretariat, British Columbia government
Biodiversity
Open spaces activism
- Power To Be, non-profit creating access to nature, added 10:49, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
Trees, woodland and forest
Maps
News archive
- Doughnut Economics Takes Hold in Nanaimo, B.C., theenergymix.com (Jul 30, 2023)
- Canada’s fires are getting fiercer – and rebuilding is becoming a challenge, The Guardian (Jun 19, 2023)
2014-2016
- The first fully-electric double decker bus in North America unveiled today! Oct 13, 2016...[1]
- Great Bear Rainforest agreement creates 'a gift to the world', February 1, 2016...[2]
- This Canadian city is putting climate change warnings on its gas pumps, November 17, 2015...[3]
- Opinion: Why Vancouver Island's Walbran Valley rainforest matters, November 12, 2015...[4]
- Opinion: B.C. needs a poverty-reduction plan, November 27, 2014...[5]
References
About British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains. British Columbia borders the province of Alberta to the east; the territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north; the U.S. states of Washington, Idaho and Montana to the south, and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of over 5.6 million as of 2024, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, while the province's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver and its suburbs together make up the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, with the 2021 census recording 2.6 million people in Metro Vancouver. British Columbia is Canada's third-largest province in terms of total area, after Quebec and Ontario.
Past events
- May 26 - June 1, 2014, Bike to Work BC
Near you
External links
Wikipedia: List of protected areas of British Columbia, List of British Columbia Provincial Parks