EARTH TALKS

Earth Talks is a free program, in partnership with the Canmore Public Library that brings monthly environmental speakers and conversations to our community.

On one Monday evening each month, we host an Earth Talks event in the Friends Program Room at 7:00pm. Earth Talks will typically be held on the third Monday of the month, with a few exceptions.

COMMUNITY CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS

Join us for our monthly Community Climate Conversations!  No prior experience or knowledge necessary – come out to find community connections,  inspiration, and how you can get involved in delivering a climate solution in the Bow Valley!

Bow Valley Climate Action and the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley invite participants to share their climate concerns and questions.  We will create a safe space where you can learn, share, be inspired - and work together to create climate solutions that address your concerns.

FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS

Join us for the entire month of June 2024 at Canmore Brew Co. for a beer in support of the Biosphere Institute! Half of all profits of the featured charity tap beer will be donated to the Biosphere. Check out a bunch of fun events throughout the month, including our Bike to Work Giveaway! Every time you walk, cycle, take public transit or use any other form of low-carbon transport, you can enter the draw for some amazing prizes. Prizes include a romantic getaway to the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and a $200 gift certificate to Basecamp Resorts.

Other recent fundraisers include Wild Life Distillery’s “Rye in the Rockies” cocktail competition and our annual square dance fundraiser!

Annual square dance fundraiser

We had an absolute blast dancing with 175 of our closest friends and wonderful community on Friday, November 17, 2023

We danced the night away to an 8-piece band (Single Ladies String Band joined by the Hip to be Square Collective) ... all led by our fearless square dance caller Leslie Gotfrit! Thanks again to Cornerstone Theatre and WIld Life Distillery for sponsoring the event as well as all of our amazing silent auction donors.

See you next year - we've already booked the Cornerstone theatre, so mark your calendars for Friday, November 15, 2024.

Check out the photographs and video below for some awesome snapshots and moments from the night! Thank you to Greg Monforton for the video and Anna Sellers (Burstall Media) for the photographs.

 

Sponsors and Silent auction donors

Thank you to Cornerstone Theatre and Wild Life Distillery for sponsoring this event!

We also thank all of our generous silent auction donors:

  • Pedego Canmore

  • Sue Hayduk

  • Flying Pigs Environmental Services

  • Float Canmore

  • Starbucks

  • Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

  • Fairmont Banff Springs

  • Alexis McKeown Portrait/McKeown Studios

  • Assiniboine Lodge

  • One Wellness

  • Coast Mountain Collective

  • Carter Ryan Gallery

  • Fyne Products

  • Qiviuk

  • Banff Aspen Lodge

  • The Banff Park Lodge Hotel Collection

  • Art Country Canada

  • Summit Cafe

  • Rocky Mountain Soap Company

  • Roam Public Transit

  • Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co.

  • Kodiak Wildlife Products Inc.

  • Evoolution

  • Fraser McGurk

  • Banff Hospitality Collective

  • Sauvage

  • Canadian Rockies Hot Spring

  • Fairmont Banff Springs

  • The North Face Banff

  • Rose and Crown Banff

  • Lovely Ice Cream & Treats

  • Kain Tayo

  • Valhalla Pure Outfitters

  • Subway Banff

  • Trenton Tarabula, Owner of Rocky MTN E-Kruise

  • Crazyweed Kitchen

  • Discover Banff Tours

  • Juniper Bistro

  • Wild Flour Bakery

  • Banff Tea Co.

  • Two Mann Studios

  • Nikos Schwelm - Fastlight

  • Canmore Folk Music Festival

  • OnwardUP Sales & Marketing

  • MLA Sarah Elmeligi

  • Bicycle Cafe

  • Wildrose Electric

  • Yuka Ozawa

  • Talus Lodge

  • Strides Canmore

  • Rimrock Resort Hotel

  • Burstall Media

 
 

Photograph highlights

Thank you to Anna Sellers at Burstall Media for capturing some amazing memories. See the full photo gallery below.