Treat yourself to an open conversation about the mysteries and excitement of heat pumps at a Heat Pump Party. It is kind of like a Tupperware party but to demystify how heat pumps can heat AND cool a house. Heat Pump costume for a party "Not many people know what a heat pump is. A bunch of neighbours are gathering to learn the challenges, to extol the virtues, and basically understand why heat pumps are so important in this day and age." Very fun and very informative. Althou

betternorthshore.ca Apr 10 Written By Claudia Cornwall 13–16 minutes This is a continuation of the journey Claudia and Gordon took to retrofit their North Vancouver home. When we were building our new all-electric house, my husband, Gordon, had the idea of getting a house battery for backup in case of power outages. Our old house had a wood fireplace in our living room that we could use for heat during blackouts, when the old gas furnace didn’t work, but the new house relies

saltspringexchange.com Kelda Logan Transition Salt Spring Climate Prayer Flag of Hope Penticton, BC 8–10 minutes Let’s Talk Climate: Power, Privilege and the Planet Part 2: Structural Inequity Conversations about climate change often stall, even among people who share a deep concern for the planet. The silence doesn’t come from apathy; it comes from the weight and complexity of the problem itself. At its core, climate change is not just an environmental issue but a structural

UBC Okanagan upping the heat while lowering greenhouse gas emissions Read more at: https://pentictonwesternnews.com/2026/04/10/ubc-okanagan-upping-the-heat-while-lowering-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ UBC Okanagan is heating up its mission on efficiency and sustainability with a new air-source heat pump district energy system. University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus Reduce Emissions by 815 Tonnes Per Year (Screenshot from Vitalis website) A tour of the equipment

Clean Energy Canada’s most recent report,  “ Back in the Race ”  analyzes the cost impact of household electrification (both vehicles and homes) in scenarios across provinces.  Jana Elbrecht is Senior Policy Advisor, Clean Economy with Clean Energy Canada. EVs save drivers money over the long-term. "This year is quickly turning out to be a comeback year for EVs. The opening of the market to lower-cost imported models and reintroduction of a rebate already changes the math sig

Climate silence. It’s been creeping into newspapers, social media, government spaces, and our own homes.

Retrofitting a home with solar can save money, improve residents' health, and reduce emissions.

CleanBC review has shortfalls.

Logging trucks (photo CTV) Eli Pivnick argues a new approach is needed to logging in B.C. Eli lives in the north Okanagan near Vernon and has a PhD in insect ecology from Université Laval in Quebec City. He has conducted insect research in the Canadian Prairies for the National Research Council, Agriculture Canada and Parks Canada. from The Castanet Dec 23, 2025 The annual allowable cut is the cornerstone for how the B.C. government manages logging on Crown forested lands. It

"Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ' decimate' wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn", Natasha Bulowski , Dec 05/25 Athabasca Tar Sands (Flickr SkyTruth) How many of you remember in 2011  when Conservative  PM Harper cut  over $1.1 billion from science & technology ( Watershed Sentinel) , causing the loss of almost 4000 federal researchers from our civil service, closed libraries that held a huge amount of historical information for scientists at the Department o

For a long time, my husband, Gordon Cornwall, and I dreamed of a home that would minimize energy consumption.

Laura Sacks, West Kootenay Climate Hub, has worked for years to advocate for climate solutions and better policies for a clean future. Her anger and frustration directed to PM Carney are clear in this letter she wrote to him in November 2025. Many of us share her emotions and feelings of betrayal. Mark Carney fast-tracking LNG and mining and other polluting projects (screenshot from CBC September 11) Dear Prime Minister Carney, I was first introduced to the term “stranded ass

A flaring stack at the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat. Production there will exceed Canadian guidelines for nitrogen dioxide. Photo via BC Energy Regulator. Richard Brooks wrote this excellent article on the dangers of the Ksi Lisims LNG project. It is reposted with permission. November 12, 2025 The Ksi Lisims LNG project in British Columbia is being presented as a "Project of National Interest." However, a serious analysis of its legal, financial, and operational realities re

Sara Goldstein of the website Motherly quotes Laura Schifter, founder of This Is Planet Ed   and author of Students, Schools, and Our Climate Momen t , who explains that “worry, sadness, grief, and fear are all normal climate feelings.” It's not easy to talk to kids sometimes about climate change as we're afraid to scare them, but opening the conversation is critical as extreme weather events are impacting our daily lives. These home climate tips can guide us. Kids get solar

Bruce Murdoch, Cranbrook, BC, discusses the misinformation that abounds about BC's electricity capacity and the impact Electric Vehicles (EVs) have on the power grid. Electric Vehicle (EV) charging How EVs Can Boost Power Grid This sounds counter-intuitive right? It sure does! I am going to demonstrate how EVs can (and already do to a small extent) free up capacity on the grid and electrical generation capacity. We are facing a lot of fearmongering about power utilities runni

bcclimateemergency.ca Gingolx, near Ksi Lisims project (screenshot C. Reibin) (This opinion piece was shared on the BC Climate Emergency Campaign website. It is posted here with permission of the authors.) We must stay aware of the facts about fossil fuels in general and LNG in particular. The rush to build new gas, coal, and oil projects goes against science and will increase deadly pollution. Extracting fossil fuels is dangerous to the environment around the project and to

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Youth are involved in Climate Action at Penticton's Okanagan College, starting a Green Club.