AWARE recently took a stroll through Whistler Village to discuss waste reduction with local businesses and inform them about the new Single-Use Regulations, which took effect on July 15, 2024. These regulations target hard-to-recycle plastics…

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…

Explore the forests surrounding Whistler from the comfort of your home with our online story map (below). Go on a virtual tour as you click map layers on and off, or zoom in to the locations you are interested…

At the May 16th Council meeting Mayor and Council voted to adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code in a move that will ensure the greenhouse gas emissions of new buildings are accounted for. By implementing…

Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to do some more reading? You want to start reducing your carbon footprint and learn more about the current environmental state of the world. Or maybe you want…

2021 continued to rock the boat! As unprecedented challenges continued to unfold, or turned out tenacious and unwilling to disappear, priorities and operations had to be reevaluated across the community. For AWARE, that meant revisiting…

Choosing to reuse isn’t just about reducing single-use plastics.  The fashion industry currently produces 4-5 billion tons of CO2 emissions annually: That is 8-10% of global CO2 emissions, and is on track to increase with population…

In August 2021, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report that caused distress and anxiety for many of us. The world’s top authorities on climate change told us of the “clear…

Video Can Help With Training & Guest Engagement We all love Whistler’s natural beauty, and with population growth and pressures from tourism and recreation, we need to empower every person to be good stewards of…