Did you know the Kootenay Co-op donates 1% of its total sales on the third Tuesday of every month to a local, not-for-profit group?  On Tuesday,  June 15th, the Kootenay Co-op Donation Day will be in support of the Transition Nelson Society.  This open-to-all movement means to aid Nelson in transitioning to a sustainable and locally-resilient [...]

Transition Nelson is pleased to announce the lineup of tables at the Expo and Gathering May 14 from Noon to 5:30pm. We are also looking forward to a full schedule of reskilling workshops, listed below.

Transition Nelson is thrilled to announce the lineup for the Expo Celebration on Friday May 14th. Hosted by the Prestige Lakeside Resort and Conference Centre, the evening celebration will kickoff at 7 with an amazing array of talented speakers and performers.

The Transition Gathering May 15-16, Prestige Lakeside Resort and Conference Centre. In a world where climate change and peak oil are becoming daily realities, inspiration and ideas are the first steps to adaptation. We then need to develop and implement real-world projects that make our community more resilient, more equitable, and more sustainable.  The Gathering shifts [...]

Local artists have visualized the path to a significantly different future for Nelson.  Come and cast your vote for the vision which inspires you the most!  The Oxygen Gallery is hosting Transition Nelson’s “Imagine” art competition on April 17th and 18th.  Visitors to the gallery will select winners by voting for their top three art [...]

Join Transition Nelson and the world in showing solidarity for real action on arresting Climate Change. On March 27th 2010 at 8:30 pm, hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for an hour to demand action on climate change (wwf.ca/earthhour).

This workshop will be your opportunity to help define Nelson’s Sustainability Strategy from now looking forward to 2040. To quote the City’s promotional material, attendees will “share community sustainability success stories, discuss sustainability issues facing our community, and learn how they can participate in this exciting process.” This is a big one. A lot of key decisions about the future of Nelson will be made based on your input at this meeting. There are a few good reasons to attend, not the least of which is the promise of “refreshments.”

Our next Transition Nelson Participants Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30th, 7 – 9 pm, at the Senior’s Centre (717 Vernon St.) in Nelson. Our focus for this meeting will be to direct assist the organizers of the Transition Expo and Gathering hosted by Transition Nelson at the Prestige (May 14-16th).  There are many parts to the [...]

March 20th, Capitol Theatre in Nelson, 7:00 pm – panel and discussion to follow. Sponsored by the EcoSociety FUEL is a comprehensive and entertaining look at energy in America: a history of where we have been, our present predicament and a solution to our dependence on foreign oil. Rousing and reactionary, FUEL is an amazing, in-depth, personal journey of oil [...]

A public “Furniture and Fittings” sale is planned for March 13, with all proceeds going towards the support of student programs. The sale will take place from 10:00 am-4:00 pm on Saturday, at the dorms on the Tenth Street Campus in upper Fairview, Nelson.