Timetables and other stuff

Check this website for current info on red tides and closures.

Find out what's going on across the water – on Vancouver Island.

This is the official site for Quadra Island Artists, the group that puts on the annual studio tour and is involved with other visual arts events on the island. The site also features a directory of all Quadra artists, craftspeople, writers, and musicians.

Find out what's going on across the water – on Cortes.

Al Gore's site...

The Cheshire village of Ashton Hayes is aiming to become the first small community in England to achieve carbon neutral status. Find out what they are up to...

A province-wide initiative focusing on education and outreach on climate change.

A good site on sustainable energy, with a useful directory of local links....

Jim Hoggan debunks climate change skeptics and identifies the spinners (and their funders) spreading the counter-message.

Founded by the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network (EDN) promotes environmental citizenship and year round progressive action worldwide.

Webcasts and videos on climate change issues, many geared to university and high school students.

Welcome to EarthFuture – the website for Guy Dauncey's projects and writings. Earthfuture is provided as a free public service to Planet Earth, to encourage greater love, sustainability and hope for our future.

This is Al Gore's concert website but
includes lots of tips for changing our ways.

See what the National Geographic has to say about the acclaimed movie, An Inconvenient Truth.

This season, CBC and The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos want to mobilize Canadians to do One Million Acts of Green. In partnership with Cisco, the idea behind the campaign is that one small act can make a big difference.

Young and old, parents and kids, small towns and big cities, we want to create an exciting grassroots initiative. All you have to do is go to this website and register one act – or more. Our green calculator, designed by GreenNexxus, will determine the impact of those acts on the environment.

Together we can make an impact. Together we can make our lives, our communities, and our environment greener.

One million acts of green, one act a time.

Learn about the seafood that we should eat or avoid for a more sustainable ocean harvest.

A nifty website with sound information on climate change and action that we can all take...

Music video by Sarah McLachlan and friends on world economics and hunger.

Entrepreneurs, environmentalists, engineers, and other citizens for non-polluting automotive technologies.

Promoting electric cars.

....well worth checking out.

The world of electric, plug-in hybrid & alternate fuel vehicles...

Alexandra Morton's website details her multi-year quest to protect BC's wild salmon from the combined threat of farmed fish, sea lice, and the government's BC-is-for-sale mentality. Get informed and make your voice heard to save our wild salmon!

The Victoria-based publication from Guy Dauncey.

A look at the reality behind Run-of-River greenwash....
From Save Our Rivers' website: "We as a population in BC face a historic challenge. All through time our rivers have flowed freely. Our provincial government is quietly giving away rights to our public rivers for private power production to some of the world's biggest corporations."
The government is counting on you to fall asleep while they secretly deep-six both our watersheds and our democracy. May this website wake you into action!

An e-magazine that keeps you updated on the interactions between ecological issues and social and economic development.

This is a wonderful resource created by a number of environmental organizations and artists. It's a take-off on the Da Vinci Code film in animated flash media. Subject: The Web of Life. Duration: approx 4 minutes

Sunita Williams is a South Asian-American astronaut with an illustrious career involving, in part, longterm work on the space station. View this weblink for her amazing photos of this Blue Beauty of a planet.

Alex Morton's website campaigning to save our wild salmon.

Environmental news, information, challenges & petitions on many key issues.

Dogwood Initiative 's focus is on sustainable land reform in British Columbia. They have well researched info on many issues, including the tar sands, and proposed coalbed methane & pipeline projects.

Plutonic Power and General Electric are proposing a mega project for Bute Inlet with 17 river diversions, hydroelectric facilities, 85 km of penstock, 267 km of permanent roads and 443 km of high-voltage transmission lines through some of BC’s most remote and beautiful coastal wilderness. Opposition to this development from island and coastal communities is mounting, and this website is 'mission control.' Stay tuned!

Bsed in the River, this group does great local stewardship work, as well as public education and community events. See their Stewardardship Directory for many local links and contacts.

A small but effective organisation focused on marine issues, and based in Sointula.

Great information & important campaigns on many environmental topics.

Sierra Club stuff from British Columbia.

No, they are not part of the Sierra Club, and yes, they do important work!

Learn about the risls that the web can pose to children, and about tools that you can use to keep your kids safe online.

The animated films on this site are well worth watching -- both for the message, and for the clever take-offs.

Disc golfers on Quadra: Check out the neighbours! Cooper's Hawk disc golf course is located in the forested area of the Willow Point Sportsplex. It is an 18 hole golf course consisting of medium range open holes and shorter range technical holes with optional red and blue tee offs.
Everyone Welcome!

The website for all disc sports fans.

Organic seeds from Vancouver Island

A Black Creek organic farm selling produce, eggs, and seeds

Dispatches from the fringes of late capitalism / notes on propogating rare trees

A website featuring the work of Quadra Island artists and artisans.

Learn about the risls that the web can pose to children, and about tools that you can use to keep your kids safe online.

Learning for a Sustainable Future is a Canadian project that supports the United Nation’s Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Through the review of current policies and procedures its goal is to ensure that students are prepared to meet the current and future challenges in the arena of Sustainable Development.

Curriculum-linked activities for grades 3-8.....free and useful for all manner of learning situations.

A staple of Canada's mainstream media

A Vancouver-based indy-media publication. Well worth checking out!

Information necessary for the discussions....

The Cortes website is the heart of the island's cyber-community.

News and culture from Cumberland and the Comox Valley.

Archemy Consulting is an affiliation of design, engineering, energy and health specialists dedicated to the advancement of environmentally responsible urban development and construction. Principal consultant David Rousseau has decades of practical leadership experience with healthy buildings, advanced energy efficiency, green materials and teaching. He has also led the development of green building performance assessment tools and programs for municipalities and the private sector. His work spans Canada, the US and China.

Power Smart Program & information on alternative energy net metering systems.

Greywater recycling system that reuses shower and bath water for toilet flushing. The towns of Invermere, Kelowna and Pemberton are presently testing this system for water conservation.

Design, supply and installation of electrical power systems that harness sunshine, wind and water.
Contact Ian King at King Solar Contracting, Cortes Island, for site surveys, sales, installation and system maintenance. Call 935-6485 or email ian.kingtelus.net

Products to allow consumers to actively track and monitor their home resource consumption.

Design of potable & irrigation water systems using rainwater.

Featuring Jamis Bicycles and electric bike kits from Bionx and Wilderness Energy.

Home energy use evaluators for the Federal Grant Program.

Books on renewable energy, green building, sustainable living and ecological design.

Design & installation of geothermal heat pumps, air/water & air/air heat pumps, solar and radiant heating.

Electric scooters, energy efficient products, wastewater management systems.

Sierra House Cooling Parties and CERCles connect groups of people who support one another to find ways to make their lives more energy-efficient and carbon-neutral, as well as comfortable, safe, and meaningful!

Sales & installation of solar, wind, microhydro, wastewater heat recovery and rainwater collection systems.

Wide plank flooring made from eco-certified and sustainable harvested BC woods, pre-finished with osmo non-toxic oil & wax.

Learning for a Sustainable Future is a Canadian project that supports the United Nation’s Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Through the review of current policies and procedures its goal is to ensure that students are prepared to meet the current and future challenges in the arena of Sustainable Development.