Submitted by Wildsight How can we reduce our waste? It’s a big question to grasp, especially if you’re just a kid. But for students in…
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Kimberley students foray Into food waste
Submitted by Wildsight How can we reduce our waste? It’s a big question to grasp, especially if you’re just a kid. But for students in…
Turning a sour situation into sweet online learning
A barrel of lemons landed on the Wildsight education team’s heads when coronavirus kicked traditional education to the curb. How to deliver education programming when…
Regional students go beyond recycling
This school year, 13 classes from around the Columbia Basin joined Wildsight educators on a 24-week Beyond Recycling investigation into the impact of their lifestyles—energy,…
J.A. Laird starts composting program
Invermere’s J.A. Laird Elementary School has a new school-wide composting program. The Grade 5 students in Ms. Gauthier’s class have been working on an inquiry…
Students investigate journey taken by Cranbrook waste
Mrs. Potter’s Grade Six class at Kootenay Orchards Elementary School followed the journey taken by waste after it’s thrown away, as part of Wildsight’s Beyond…
Kids across Basin to celebrate Earth Day
Celebrated around the world, Earth Day falls every year on April 22. It is a day to celebrate the Earth, our home. The theme of…
36 environmental projects supported by CBT
Thirty-six projects striving to help maintain or enhance environmental conditions and environmental education in and around their communities will be receiving over $1 million in…
Students take recycling into their own hands—literally
Forty-one students from Fernie and Jaffray took recycling into their own hands recently. They collected waste paper at their schools and used blenders, screens, sponges…