Leadership Development

Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network

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Conservation Neighbourhood	Columbia ValleyCreston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeElk ValleyGoldenKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth CountrySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper ArrowUpper Kootenay River Valley
Focuses	Education/OutreachLeadership DevelopmentYouth Programs and Activities
Regional District	CSRDRDCKRDEKRDKB
Group Types	Non-Profit Organization

Our Mission:

Encouraging environmental stewardship and sustainability in the Canadian Columbia Basin by supporting educators.

Our Vision:

People in the Canadian Columbia Basin respect the natural environment and engage in sustainable activities.

CBEEN acts as a regional umbrella network for environmental education that supports, encourages, and facilitates environmental education initiatives, and fosters environmental stewardship and sustainability, throughout the Canadian Columbia Basin. CBEEN […]

Clear Sky Retreat Centre

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Conservation Neighbourhood	South Country
Focuses	Citizen ScienceEcosystem Restoration/EnhancementEducation/OutreachLeadership Development
Regional District	RDEK
Group Types	Non-Profit Organization

Our Mission:

Clear Sky is a centre dedicated to transformative change for all beings, through an integrated, diverse path of exploration and discovery, encompassing all facets of life.

Our Vision:

Clear Sky. A vehicle for integrating and manifesting spiritual realization.

Clear Sky Retreat Centre is a ‘Quadruple bottom line’ social enterprise: we give equal consideration to financial, environmental, social and spiritual imperatives. Our goal is to inspire and engage our […]

Castlegar and District Wildlife Association

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Conservation Neighbourhood	Lower ArrowLower Columbia River
Focuses	Citizen ScienceEcosystem Restoration/EnhancementEducation/OutreachLeadership Development
Regional District	RDCK
Group Types	Fish and Wildlife Association

Our Mission:

To protect, enhance and promote the wise use of the environment for the benefit of present and future generations.

Our Vision:

CDWA is dedicated to the improvement of the outdoor experience for its members and the general public, promoting good sportsmanship, safety and ethics, and acting as the voice of the community on policy and management issues concerning our natural resources. CDWA endorses and encourages policies and management techniques that will ensure a harvestable surplus of fish and wildlife for the benefit of present and future generations.

The Castlegar & District Wildlife Association (CDWA) is located at the juncture of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in the heart of the West Kootenay. The CDWA was incorporated under […]

Selkirk College School of Environment & Geomatics

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Conservation Neighbourhood	Creston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper Arrow
Focuses	Citizen ScienceEducation/OutreachGISLeadership DevelopmentSpecies-at-Risk
Regional District	RDCK
Group Types	Educational Institution

Our Mission:

To focus on experiential, hands-on outdoor learning in our nationally-accredited environmental science programs. Selkirk College inspires lifelong learning, transforms lives through education and training, and serves our communities.

Our Vision:

Selkirk College is a learner-centred college that provides educational experiences and pathways to prepare students for work, further education, service, and lifelong learning. Their vision is to make learning authentic, inspiring, rewarding and relevant to students, the region, and the world.

Selkirk College is not only BC’s oldest regional college but the first created through a community referendum. Selkirk is a leader in environmental sustainability and has implemented initiatives that improve […]