Enter our Earth Day Social Media Contest to win a CKISS prize pack!
April 12 - 22, 2023
B.C. has 1,130 vertebrate species, including 142 species of mammals, 488 species of birds, 468 of fish, 22 of amphibians and 18 of reptiles. There are over 1500 native plant species in B.C.!! Which one is your favourite? Tell us for a chance to win a CKISS prize pack.
To celebrate Earth Day (April 22) we want to salute our amazing B.C. native plant and animal diversity that make up our natural world! Biodiversity is so important because it supports life on earth, a healthy ecosystem provides human kind with clean air, clean water, food security, flood mitigation, medicines, climate regulation and recreation opportunities!
Step 2 : Use the comment button to answer the question 'What is your favourite B.C. native plant or animal? Only one entry per person per platform please.
Step 3: Stay tuned to your Facebook Messenger and Instagram inbox during the last week of April to find out if you're the lucky winner. We will collect your mailing address and T-shirt sizes and send it your way.
CKISS prize pack includes CKISS t-shirts, CKISS hat, CKISS tote bag, Kinseed or Georama gift certificate, native seed packs, playing cards, boot brush, and stickers.
CKISS will be one of the Eco-Info booths set up at the Earth Day Event at Taghum Hall. There will be great activities happening all day long including the Taghum Hall Youth Players presenting the play “Room in the Forest” at 1 pm. Event organizers invite you to bring your leftover seeds for a seed exchange, and refundable bottles and cans may be donated to support the Hall’s activities
The annual event is by donation.
Is this the year you want to tackle the invasive plants on your property? Come find the CKISS Outreach Booth at the Creston Farmers Market on Saturday April 29. We will be there from 9 am until 1 pm with free resources to help you manage your property and tips on how to prevent them from spreading into the natural world.
The Creston Valley Farmers Market was voted the best place to buy local food and art! The market is set up beside Millennium Park on 16th Avenue South.
Free Webinar!
Room to Bloom: A Spring EcoGarden Webinar
CKISS is teaming up with Kinseed Ecologies to offer a free webinar for gardeners looking to adopt ecologically mindful approaches to Kootenay gardens. In this spring EcoGarden webinar, you will learn the principles of ecological gardening and the challenges and joys of encouraging a garden in the Kootenays in a world being altered by continued habitat loss, fragmentation, and the climate crisis. Learn what you can do to make a difference in your own home garden!
Spring is here and we are chomping at the bit to start gardening. An ecologically mindful garden takes time and patience to build; it’s always a splendid work in progress. But you can start nurturing a garden that is beautiful and bountiful, benefits critters and other beings, links our yards to the natural landscape around us, and makes good sense and inspires hope in an ever-changing world.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:
Choose and grow native plants.
Attract and support native insect pollinators.
Work with natural processes.
Start an EcoGarden this spring.
Details
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: The comfort of your home
The event is FREE but registration is required. Once you sign up check your email for the Zoom link.
Remember to reach out to Columbia Basin Trust and show your support for the work CKISS does. The Trust is writing a new Columbia Basin Management Plan and is seeking community feedback to help shape this plan. Please reach out to the Trust and tell them why you support invasive species education & management.
