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How to Be a Responsible Tourist

December 22, 2023

How to Be a Responsible Tourist

Whether you’re planning your next trip or are about to embark on it, have you considered the impact your trip has on the communities you visit? Your conscious lifestyle doesn’t have to go on holiday…

How to be a responsible tourist

December 13, 2023

The Globe & Mail

“Whistler’s population is just shy of 14,000 and the town receives three million visitors a year. The municipality’s goal is to cut its carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, and tourists have a…

Zero Waste Education Workshops

November 6, 2023

Zero Waste Education Workshops are back for the 2023/2024 school year

As a community with strong sustainability goals, AWARE is excited to offer its seventh year of free workshops educating youth on local and global waste issues. In partnership with Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD), AWARE will be delivering…

Claire Ruddy Saying Goodbye To AWARE After 15 Years

September 7, 2023

Claire Ruddy Saying Goodbye To AWARE After 15 Years

Claire Ruddy joined AWARE as a Board Director 15 years ago as a volunteer before becoming the organizations first Executive Director in 2013. Looking back over the past decade, seemingly small steps have added up…

All Candidates Meeting on Conservation, Climate and Community Wellbeing

October 6, 2022

All Candidates Meeting on Conservation, Climate and Community Wellbeing

On Wednesday, October 5th, 2022, AWARE and Whistler Community Services Society hosted an election All Candidates Meeting on the topic of “Conservation, Climate and Community Wellbeing”. At the session Council Candidates responded to questions provided…

March 19 Day of Action

March 12, 2021

March 19 Day of Action

March 19, 2021 marks a big day of action here in Whistler and around the world. Read below to learn how you can get involved (COVID safely of course) and what’s going on in our community…

Getting To Know A Canadian Icon: The Grizzly Bear

June 2, 2020

Getting To Know A Canadian Icon: The Grizzly Bear

Grizzly bears are a fascinating and elusive presence for us here in the Sea to Sky corridor of British Columbia. Understanding more about the grizzly bear enables us to better protect their crucial habitats and…

Whistler Adds Voice To Climate Accountability Campaign

August 30, 2018

Whistler Adds Voice To Climate Accountability Campaign

The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE), My Sea To Sky and many other community groups are currently working with West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL) on a Climate Accountability campaign to hold…