Chemical sunscreens will eventually find their way into [lake] water, writes WPS president Joanne Whitehead in the Driftwood. “So please, choose mineral sunscreens with only non-nano zinc oxide and titanium dioxide as active ingredients.”

The Driftwood’s Gail Sjuberg calls on Salt Springers to meet the fundraising goal that would protect 20 acres of forest around Cusheon Creek. Her article quotes WPS member Rodney Polden: “We are hoping to have a purchase offer by the end of this month and we are hoping to bridge the gap in our funding, which is something like $100,000.”

In this Driftwood article, Transition Salt Spring’s Andrea Palframan describes the severity of summer drought on the Island, the risk of climate change making it worse, and some of the ways in which Salt Springers are taking action to address it.