Born To Be Wild
This resident of BC's wetlands is the highly-decorated subject of our first "Learn To Draw" session in May, 2020- a real shellibration of art and nature coming together.
What is the Painted Turtle?
This dancing queen Excels at projects and puts so much Heart and Soul into her work, it's no surprise that she could also tap dance while she types.
Who is Katherine Nielsen?
This trailblazing scientist's work on forest ecology and plant intelligence inspired the name of our Local Leaders program.
Who is Suzanne Simard?
This podcast series by Caitlyn Vernon and Sue Elrington explored BC's move to a new clean energy economy.
What is Mission Transition?
Our mission: To support people stewarding abundant ecosystems and a stable climate, while building resilient, ________ communities.
What is equitable?
This endangered hunter was the subject of Julius's first Learn to Draw session with SCBC- hopefully, our conservation efforts mean its future isn't so spotted.
What is the Spotted Owl?
This impressive board member holds a 4th degree black belt in Aikido.
Who is Alix Flavelle?
This Nation's environmental assessment of the TMX project set a precedent for First Nations to lead reviews grounded in Indigenous laws.
What is the Tsleil-Waututh Nation?
SCBC played a key role in the long-term effort to protect this forest region in a landmark agreement that was signed in 2016.
What is the Great Bear Rainforest?
This SCBC local leader program helps turn up the heat on municipal climate action.
What is Move the Dial?
This thick-barked conifer often shows signs of fire damage, indicating its ability to survive some forest fires. We're going out on a limb to protect the <1% that remains of this highly endangered forest type.
What is the Douglas Fir Tree?
It adds up that this former UVic Students' Society Director of Finance now crunches numbers on our Board of Directors.
Who is Dakota McGovern?
This worldview considers human beings to be the most important entities on the planet, separate from and above the natural world.
What is anthropocentrism?
A slick win for marine life in June 2019 reduced the likelihood of oil spills by successfully campaigning for the ban of what vessels on the north coast?
Crude Oil Tankers
Our Vision: A healthy, life-sustaining planet, where humans respect the dignity and ______ of all beings.
What is interdependence?
This ungulate's population decline was reversed by members of the West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations in a groundbreaking recovery initiative that included harvesting vast quantities of lichen to feed to the pregnant mamas.
What is Caribou?
This staff member's bird photography is even better than his skills at the game Wingspan.
Who is Jens Wieting?
Anishinaabe philosopher Kyle Whyte suggests that settler-colonial societies employ epistemologies of ______ to justify harm.
What is Crisis?
This 2023 agreement, a Tripartite Framework between federal and provincial governments and the First Nations Leadership Council, represents the largest conservation fund of its kind.
What is the Nature Agreement?
There are more than 170,000 of them since 1998.
What is the estimated number of students reached by our education programs?
This keystone species is objectively the cutest critter to come back from extirpation to grace our coastal waters and eat sea urchins.
What is a sea otter?
An avid athlete and certified boat pilot, this lucky/unlucky staff member has never broken a bone but has had four bicycles stolen.
Who is Reteka Yuvaraj?
In contrast, epistemologies of _______ are rooted in long-standing Indigenous intellectual traditions of relationality and kindship.
What is connection?
A logger in the 70s and union leader in the 90s, this Sierra Club BC ED-turned-politician quite literally earned a "talk-and-log" reputation.
Who is George Heyman?
According to a new study, this is $43 billion in economic benefits for society compared to business-as-usual logging from carbon storage, tourism, recreation, and non-timber forest products.
What is the value of old growth forests?