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Mount Nelson Skatepark
Community Greenhouse
The Community Greenhouse Project provides a learning lab and a food source for both students and the community. Students learn how to grow and harvest fresh organic food that will then be used by the school’s Chef Training program.
The Community Greenhouse Project was constructed using leading edge design that incorporates the latest in energy and water conservation technology. Heat from the summer is captured and stored in the ground for use during the school year. The aim is to use no fossil fuels to heat the greenhouse---even in the midst of winter.
In addition, solar panels produce electricity that can be sold back to the power grid when not required for greenhouse use. A rain water collection system captures water from the school roof and grounds and store the water in underground tanks for use in the greenhouse’s closed-loop water system.
The Community Greenhouse project addresses the issues of climate change, energy efficiency, water conservation and food security.
Community Greenhouse
Take Flight Project
The Take Flight Project provides a facility to treat and rehabilitate injured raptors. This facility will increase the success rate for rehabilitated raptors and thereby help to sustain a healthy raptor population in the Columbia Valley.
The Columbia Valley is part of the Pacific Flyway, one of the largest bird migratory routes in North America and the longest system of continuous wetlands in North America.
Over 265 species of birds have been recorded in a 150 km stretch of the Columbia Valley Wetlands from Canal Flats to Spillimacheen. Raptors within this corridor include the Osprey, the Bald Eagle, the Golden Eagle, the Great Horned Owl, the Short-Eared Owl, and the Prairie Falcon. Flanked by grasslands, forest, alpine meadows and rocky crags this "Serengeti of the North" supports abundant wildlife.
These same attractions also result in residential and commercial development and the associated changing ecological footprint that puts pressure on all wildlife. Natural factors as well as human-induced challenges continue to put pressure on the Columbia Valley raptor population and create the need for facilities like Take Flight.
Take Flight Project
Other Organizations We’ve Supported
- Big Brothers and Sisters of Upper Columbia Valley
- CVBG & DTSS Healthy Food Greenhouse Project Group
- Canal Flats First Aid Association
- Canal Flats Winter Club
- Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
- Columbia Valley Food Bank
- Columbia Valley Good Food Co-op
- Columbia Valley Gymnastics Association
- Columbia Valley Minor Hockey
- Columbia Valley Search & Rescue
- Columbia Valley Arts Council
- David Thompson Secondary School - RCMP Road Check
- David Thompson Secondary School Bursary
- East Kootenay Environmental Society
- Edgewater Elementary School
- Eileen Madson Primary School
- Friends of Kootenay National Park Association
- Invermere & District Hospital
- Invermere Public Library
- J Alfred Laird Elementary School Playground
- Kootenay Leadership Conference
- Quilters Guild
- Panorama Fire Department
- Valley Fitness Centre
- Valley Voices
- Wings Over the Rockies
- Windermere Valley Critical Incident Response Team
- Windermere District Historical Society
- Windermere Valley Child Care Society
- Windermere Valley Ski Club
- Windermere Valley Literacy
- Windermere Valley Youth Centre Society
