Category: Sustainability
Within the gardens throughout Lightwater Cove, we have embraced plants that provide beauty while contributing to a healthy environment and a more robust ecosystem. Even in the few years since we began planting at Lightwater, we have experienced a noticeable climate shift. Many plants that once prospered throughout…
Category: Local, Sustainability
If you’re visiting Salt Spring, it’s hard to miss the colorful stalls of the many farmers’ markets that take place year-round. Whether you’re coming to visit the island in May or December, you can be sure there will be fresh…
Category: Farm, Sustainability
Organic Farming At Its Best Organic farming is a method of farming that is sustainable and environmentally friendly, in a way that doesn’t use toxic pesticides and fertilizers in operations. Several factors have attributed to the increased popularity of organic farming,…
Category: Farm, Sustainability
Farm To Table Experience In the world we live in today, there’s something special about eating food that is grown naturally and locally. Organic farming brings together the best practices of tradition, community, and sustainability in an often overwhelming world. The increasingly more popular practice…
Category: Sustainability
Sustainable living is a way of life that aims to reduce your carbon footprint, through reducing, reusing, recycling, and conserving. There are many ways you can incorporate sustainable living into your life. These include utilizing more sustainable household technology, practicing green transportation, buying eco-friendly household products, and…
Category: Sustainability
Water is life. But while everything living on Earth depends on it, as residents in a particular geography we don’t often give much thought to our local sources of water—at least until there’s a shortage. On Salt Spring Island, we are subject to a boom-bust…