EcoFriendly West
Encouraging environmental initiatives in Western Canada with an online publication (ecofriendlywest.ca) and the Nature Companion website/app (http://naturecompanion.ca)
- “When it comes to vertebrates, no class of creatures is more different, more abhorrently Other, than snakes. If there is room for them in our psychological ark, there’s space for everyone” www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/steph...
- Harriet Rix points out “we share one world with trees and one need for survival.” We underestimate trees at our peril
- Friends of Cortes Island monitor and preserve the health of local ecosystems. This includes maintaining regional parks and trails, surveying for western screech owls, and watching out for rough-skinned newts on the road www.friendsofcortes.org
- Speaking up for nature, BC seed bank, renewable community energy, and EVs cut air pollution - EcoWest News, February 3, 2026
- Insects overwinter in Cow Parsnips’ dry hollow stems that can also be used to make toy flutes and whistles www.naturecompanion.ca/plants/cowpar/ #NatureCompanion
