Climate Change and the Future for Water
Okanagan Basin Water Board’s James Littley talks about the future of water under conditions of a changing climate in the Okanagan as part of Love Kelowna – Earth Week Events hosted by Okanagan Climate Hub.
Okanagan Climate Hub Response mentioned in BC’s 2024 Budget Consultation Report
Recently, OCH penned a response to the public consultation on BC’s Budget, commenting on the climate dimensions of government spending. We were most gratified to learn that our input was …
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Okanagan Climate Hub Statement on FortisBC Energy Transition Plan
Okanagan Climate Hub responded to FortisBC’s Energy Transition Plan. See our letter to Kelowna Council below. Dear Mayor and Council, Okanagan Climate Hub is very concerned with the recommendations and …
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Community Climate Hubs Blogs About OCH’s Earth Day Events
Thanks to Canada’s Community Climate Hubs for this Blog featuring OCH’s Earth Day Events Okanagan Climate Hub’s Climate Week When the Okanagan Climate Hub’s leader, Tracey Davis, realized that there …
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Optimistic or Pessimistic? Student Viewpoints
I asked my College students, and these are their responses… Optimist or Pessimist? Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Reasons for optimism! Courtesy Flickr user Adam Jones Reasons for pessimism… Lots …
Okanagan Municipal Elections – October 15th 2022
As part of the nation-wide network of Community Climate Hubs, Okanagan Climate Hub is strictly non-partisan, and in accordance with the legal restrictions around municipal elections we have not registered …
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Earth Day in the Okanagan
Earth Day is coming up! How will you celebrate our beautiful Okanagan Valley? Earth Day – Friday April 22nd FTFO/Naramata joint event on Saturday 23rd including a presentation …
Food Security and Municipal Climate Action – Themes of General Meeting
At our recent general meeting participants connected on two main themes which we identified as crucial for our area – food security and municipal climate action. With the municipal elections …
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The Okanagan’s Response to the BC Government Royalty Review
What is the royalty review (from WE-CAN, via Dogwood)?Following widespread public pressure opposing fossil fuel subsidies during the 2020 provincial election campaign, the NDP committed to reviewing oil and gas …
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#Candles4Climate Candlelight Vigil
On December 13th we gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember those lost in fires, floods, and the heat dome. We’ve all had to learn some new weather vocabulary, like …