Program Fee: FREE Register Now Join us for a special Earth Day screening and conversation in partnership with Bow Valley Climate ActionJoin ArtsPlace in partnership with Bow Valley Climate Action on Earth Day and be one of the first to see the new show, Why Equity? The Importance of an Equitable, Carbon-Neutral, Nature-Positive World and ask questions… Read More »Earth Day: Screening of “Why Equity?” + Q&A with Harvey Locke & Marie-Eve Marchand ~ LIVE STREAM

Tuesday, April 27th at 7:30 pm VIA ZOOM We thought we'd mix it up for our last BVN winter speaker series by bringing in author, J.B. Mackinnon for an interview style presentation about his new book, 'The Day the World Stops Shopping.'  Our consumption habits and our economy based on perpetual growth are at the… Read More »The Day the World Stops Shopping with JB McKinnon

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Join us to learn more about native plant propagation from a specialist and about traditional indigeous uses. Please bring any seeds or plants ready to trade with others. We hope to have extra seeds and plants to share. This is an outdoor event so come prepared for the weather. We will be following AHS Health… Read More »Bowstrings Banff Native Seed and Plant Exchange

How Do Mountains Store Water? Dr. Masaki Hayashi and Sara Lilley, Department of Geoscience, University of CalgaryTuesday October 26, 2021 7:30 p.m.   WATCH RECORDING This past summer’s heat dome led to extreme glacier melt in the Rockies. Dr. John Pomeroy took a Global News crew up to the Peyto Glacier to tell the story and CBC interviewed Glaciologist… Read More »How Do Mountains Store Water?

In 2020, the challenges of Covid-19 meant that the Columbia Valley’s hugely popular environmental film festival went virtual. This year, we’re making the extra effort to offer a HYBRID festival to make sure that everyone who wants to be part of it can.  Location:In-Person + Live-streamed + Video on Demand Columbia Valley Community Centre646 4 StInvermere, BC V0A… Read More »8th Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Invermere

REGISTER HERE Noise is a major source of pollution that is overlooked by most of society. For the natural world, it impacts wildlife behaviour and health, while impairing ecosystems and reducing biodiversity. For humans, noise has numerous negative impacts on our health, cognition, and mental well-being. Only in the relatively recent past have scientists turned… Read More »Noise in Our Parks: A Decade of Noise Pollution Research in U.S. National Parks with Dr. Jacob Job, Sound and Light Ecology Team at Colorado State University

Come meet local outdoor athletes at an event hosted by the new Bow Valley Protect Our Winters Chapter! Graham McDowell, Kylee Toth, Chic Scott, Jim Elzinga, and Adam Campbell will discuss how climate change has historically and will continue to shift the mountain environments surrounding the Bow Valley. A warming world will alter the way we can work and… Read More »VIEWS FROM THE VALLEY: THE FUTURE OF WINTER RECREATION IN YOUR BACKYARD