Stories
Photo by Sarah Danks Highlighting Youth Leaders: An interview with Rebecca Gunn Hansen
Rebecca Gunn Hansen is a youth leader. Rebecca took part in Sierra Club BC’s Youth Environmental Leadership Program (YELP). For many years, YELP provided a space for powerful and transformative youth learning on environmental issues.
One temporary forest win as new scenes of destruction emerge
Just as we cheered a temporary win in old-growth slated for the chopping block near the Juan de Fuca Trail, field assessments on the north island revealed fresh and shocking new destruction.
Groups call out Senate for putting a key environmental commitment at risk
Northern British Columbia communities and grassroots groups, alongside labour organizations and environmental groups throughout BC and Canada, are reacting with disbelief to the Senate Transport Committee’s recommendation to reject Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act.
Mya Van WoudenbergThe Pact for a Green New Deal
Sierra Club BC has joined a coalition of more than 85 organizations and 75 prominent Canadians including unions, faith groups, artists, scientists and Indigenous leaders in endorsing the Pact for a Green New Deal.
50 Places Project: Columbia River
The Columbia River is the largest river in North America’s Pacific Northwest. The sprawling watershed has been used as a primary hub of transportation and trade linking many different Indigenous peoples since ancient times. The river is known as swah'netk'qhu (the big river) by the Sinixt people of the Arrow Lakes area.
Spring has arrived in Northern B.C.
Sierra Club BC’s Education Team has been hard at work! Just last week, we delivered thirteen school-based workshops and two professional development workshops for teachers in Treaty 8 territory of the Dane-zaa people.
Event: The End of Ice - Dahr Jamail
Join us to hear Dahr Jamail read from his book "The End of Ice", describe his journey, and engage in dialogue with the audience.
EVENT: Green New Deal Town Hall - Lekwungen Territories/Victoria
Please join us for a town hall discussion of the Green New Deal on May 23 in Victoria.
50 Places Project: Wah’nah’juss Hilth’hooiss (Meares Island)
Wah’nah’juss Hilth’hooiss (Meares Island) contains spectacular ancient rainforests that make Clayoquot Sound legendary around the world.
iHikeBC50 Places Project: Skagit Valley
The Skagit Valley in southwestern BC contains lush forests and wetlands nestled among the towering Cascade Mountains.
Jens Wieting50 Places Project: Juan de Fuca Trail
The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail is a scenic, rugged 47-kilometre trail that runs from Mystic Beach to Botanical Beach on southwest Vancouver Island.
50 Places Project: Caribou recovery in Treaty 8 territory
Woodland caribou are an ancient part of the fabric of mountain landscapes, but in Treaty 8 territory their very survival is in doubt. There is hope for caribou though, and Indigenous Nations are leading the way to their recovery.
B.C. government agency’s new proposals for old-growth rainforest clearcuts could be equivalent to logging twenty-nine Cathedral Groves
After reviewing provincial operation plans, Sierra Club BC fears that BC Timber Sales (BCTS) intends to log 5,400 hectares of intact ancient rainforest in the near future on Vancouver Island.
