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April 6, 2013
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Kimberley & Cranbrook, Free
Learn how to maximize your fruit harvest and maintain the health of your trees at Wildsight's hands-on, outdoors workshop taught by a certified arborist. Register online.
April 6 & 7, Cranbrook
April 13 & 24, Kimberley
Work Party | Home Energy Renovation Demo
Come learn hands-on how you can renovate for energy efficiency by helping us upgrade a local demonstration home for Wildsight's home energy renovation demonstration project. No tools or experience required! Get in touch to join us - learn more online or (250) 427-2535 x 227.
April 9, 2013
"This is Our Watershed"
Lake Windermere Ambassadors
Lion's Hall, Invermere, BC
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Please RSVP: (250) 341-6898
For more information contact Kirsten at info@lakeambassadors.ca
April 10, 2013
5th Annual General Meeting and Speaker Series
EKIPC will be hosting our 5th Annual General Meeting and Speaker Series on April 10th (see poster for details). This year's theme focuses on all things that "eat" invasives. Yes, lunch is included and it may or may not include invasive species!
We are excited to once again have an appetizing group of speakers (Dr. Alec McClay, Kevin Paterson, Joanne Fox and Trish McKinney) for your dining pleasure. Prepare to digest presentations on biocontrol insects; using goats for targeted grazing; goats on weed (!) and training cows to eat weeds! Make your reservation now.
April 11, 2013
Film | The Clean Bin Project
7:30 pm, COTR Lecture Theatre, Cranbrook, By Donation
In this award-winning film, partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least garbage. Their light-hearted competition is set against a darker examination of the problem waste. Wildsight brings the Clean Bin Challenge to Cranbrook in May so this is your chance to see the film that started it all.
April 20, 2013
CKIPC Earth Day Celebration
You are invited to attend a 2013 Earth Day Celebration (Kootenay Lake Native Plant Restoration), which will be held in the City of Nelson at the Dog Walk Pathway from 1:00 to 4:00pm on April 20th, 2013.
This is a FREE event that offers a range of activities including:
- Face painting by Cassia Barrett
- Chili by donation by the Nelson Pilot's Association
- Booths and information from the Kootenay Native Plant Society and Friends of Kootenay Lake
- Cupcakes by Lucky Cupcakes
Participants are asked to bring work gloves and a shovel (if available), and meet at the Gazebo adjacent to the Lakeside Prestige Resort at 1:00pm.
April 20 - May 5, 2013 Food Forest Hands-On Training Workshop, Spring 2013 Clear Sky Meditation and Study Foundation More information available online. April 20 - 21, 2013 Food Forest Two-Day Intensive Workshop, Spring 2013 Clear Sky Meditation and Study Foundation More information available online. May 6 - 12, 2013 Wings Over The Rockies Bird Festival Upper Columbia Valley More information available online. May 15 - 16, 2013 New Ways to Use Digital Technologies in the Field Columbia Mountains Institute Registrations open April 1, 2013. Space limited to 150 people. Workshop description New technologies are changing the way that research on aquatic, terrestrial, and human ecology is being carried out. Increasingly, people are taking smartphones, tablets, and other devices into the field to increase their productivity. Citizen science and social media are now becoming effective ways to increase data collection and collaboration. We will offer two days of presentations, posters, hands-on demonstrations, a small trade fair, opportunities for networking with experts, and a workshop summary to help you follow-up on the new things you've learned. Who is this workshop for? CMI events attract a multidisciplinary group of people. This workshop will draw researchers, technicians, natural resource practitioners and managers, academics, IT staff, and members of stewardship groups. More information available online. September 11-13, 2013 - Save the Date Crown of the Continent Conference 4th Annual Conference on the Crown of the Continent Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier Park, MT Information available online: Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent. October 9-10, 2013 Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM) Workshop Vancouver Advanced Workshop/ October 9-10, 2013 This two-day advanced workshop provides an in-depth exploration of how community-based social marketing can be used to foster sustainable behaviour. The session will introduce leading-edge material on selecting behaviours, identifying barriers and benefits (including market segmentation), applying behaviour change tools (including some exciting new developments regarding the use of commitments, norms, and social diffusion), and piloting programs. Further, participants will also be coached in making community-based social marketing presentations to their agency or community and will receive PowerPoint and Keynote presentations for this purpose. Finally, each participant will receive the new edition of Dr. McKenzie-Mohr, "Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing 3rd Edition." The session is being held at the Vancouver Public Library (Lower Level, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC) and begins at 9:00 am on both days and ends at 4:30 pm on the first day and 2:30 pm on the second day (registration begins at 8:30 am on the first day). Venue and hotel information will be emailed to registrants. Lunch on both days is included in the workshop registration fee. $645.00 Regular: Federal, provincial/state and local government, consultants and businesses. $545.00 Discount: Community groups, non-governmental organizations and students. There are other locations as well as an introductory course. Full details can be found online. | 
