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Earth Day 2023

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen hosted an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22, 2023

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location: West Bench Elementary, 1604 West Bench Drive, in Electoral Area "F" near Penticton

Activities included:

  • RDOS FireSmart chipping event (9:00 am - 11:00 am)
    • Mobile chipping available to residents of Greater West Bench
    • Pre-registration is required. Please click here to register.
    • Learn more about RDOS Community FireSmart resources

For further information, please email: communications@rdos.bc.ca

More information on the Earth Day participants:

RDOS FireSmart: Since 2004, as a result of the wildfires in 2003, RDOS FireSmart has made efforts to raise wildfire-urban interface safety awareness and advocate for mitigation. This included the creation of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which led to various fuel management treatments and FireSmart projects within the region.

Pitch-In: Pitch-In Canada is a national not for profit charitable environmental organization. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Canadians show their concern for the environment and their communities by participating in Pitch-In projects. These fun community events provide opportunities to properly dispose of waste, clean-up green spaces and illegal dumpsites, and rejuvenate local neighbourhoods.

RDOS WildSafeBC: This program promotes awareness and prevention of human-wildlife conflict to help keep wildlife wild and communities safe. WildSafeBC Facebook

OASSIS: The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention, detection, and management of invasive species in the Okanagan-Similkameen. The role of OASISS is to encourage and facilitate agency coordination, prioritize management activities, coordinate/evaluate on-the-ground treatment, and provide public information programs for invasive species management.

Reduce, reuse, recycle: The RDOS recycling program is responsible for recycling management. The regional program is part of the province-wide RecycleBC program.

Summerland invites Canadian cities to mobilize for Earth Day 2023

(Free) Tuesday April 18th Film Screening of ‘First We Eat’

Location: Centre Stage Theatre
Time: 6PM-9PM (6PM doors open, 6:30 movie starts (1hr 41 min))
Description: “What happens when an ordinary family, living just south of the Arctic Circle, bans all grocery store food from their house for one year? Add three skeptical teenagers, one reluctant husband, no salt, no caffeine, no sugar and -40° temperatures.”

Mobilizing Municipalities

earthday.ca


Earth Day 2023

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen hosted an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22, 2023

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location: West Bench Elementary, 1604 West Bench Drive, in Electoral Area "F" near Penticton

Activities included:

  • RDOS FireSmart chipping event (9:00 am - 11:00 am)
    • Mobile chipping available to residents of Greater West Bench
    • Pre-registration is required. Please click here to register.
    • Learn more about RDOS Community FireSmart resources

For further information, please email: communications@rdos.bc.ca

More information on the Earth Day participants:

RDOS FireSmart: Since 2004, as a result of the wildfires in 2003, RDOS FireSmart has made efforts to raise wildfire-urban interface safety awareness and advocate for mitigation. This included the creation of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which led to various fuel management treatments and FireSmart projects within the region.

Pitch-In: Pitch-In Canada is a national not for profit charitable environmental organization. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Canadians show their concern for the environment and their communities by participating in Pitch-In projects. These fun community events provide opportunities to properly dispose of waste, clean-up green spaces and illegal dumpsites, and rejuvenate local neighbourhoods.

RDOS WildSafeBC: This program promotes awareness and prevention of human-wildlife conflict to help keep wildlife wild and communities safe. WildSafeBC Facebook

OASSIS: The Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention, detection, and management of invasive species in the Okanagan-Similkameen. The role of OASISS is to encourage and facilitate agency coordination, prioritize management activities, coordinate/evaluate on-the-ground treatment, and provide public information programs for invasive species management.

Reduce, reuse, recycle: The RDOS recycling program is responsible for recycling management. The regional program is part of the province-wide RecycleBC program.

Summerland invites Canadian cities to mobilize for Earth Day 2023

(Free) Tuesday April 18th Film Screening of ‘First We Eat’

Location: Centre Stage Theatre
Time: 6PM-9PM (6PM doors open, 6:30 movie starts (1hr 41 min))
Description: “What happens when an ordinary family, living just south of the Arctic Circle, bans all grocery store food from their house for one year? Add three skeptical teenagers, one reluctant husband, no salt, no caffeine, no sugar and -40° temperatures.”

Mobilizing Municipalities

earthday.ca