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Sea to Sky Youth Engagement Pivotal in Local Environmental Issues

One of our most prized assets as a destination (place to visit) is the access to nature and its awesomeness. But the local stewards are in need of a fresh vision and a new generation…

How Whistler’s Food Businesses Are Cutting Waste and Costs

In The Pique: Food businesses of any size can join AWARE’s From Waste to Action campaign to cut waste and costs. Learn more here.

AWARE donates nearly 550 pounds of produce to Whistler Food Bank

The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) recently delivered 548 pounds of fresh produce to the Whistler Food Bank. Said food was locally grown across 14 dedicated garden plots, read on to…

‘A buzz-cut job’: Whistler municipality investigates illegal tree cutting

In the days leading up to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) officially adopting and implementing its new Tree Protection Bylaw, unidentified workers reportedly cut the tops off six spruce trees along the Valley Trail…

Whistler advances new tree and environmental bylaws amid widespread support

Whistler’s mayor and council advanced a pair of sweeping environmental bylaws on June 10 that will introduce stricter rules for tree removal and land disturbance across the resort community.

New electric van charges up AWARE’s waste-diversion efforts

Zero Waste Heroes team hits the road with support from Whistler Blackcomb Foundation. AWARE will roll into event season with a smaller environmental footprint this year, thanks to the addition of a fully electric van…

Pique Newsmagazine

“We chose to partner with AWARE because of its community impact and commitment to preserving the environment. AWARE has a long history of exemplary community involvement and broad connections with both residents and businesses.”

Whistler Insider

“With great power comes great responsibility. This means the responsibility to protect Whistler’s natural spaces (and the interconnected global climate systems that support them) is huge indeed. Thankfully, we have AWARE, a homegrown group of…

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…