Eric's Blog

hi  my  name   is  Eric   and   I   like   working   in   the   ECO  Store   I  hope to do  a  video   for  the  store.  I  hope  I  work  for  nelson  cares   as  a  janitor   and  I  do  work  at West  Kootenay  Social  Enterprise  Society  as  a  janitor.  I  hope  to  go  back  to  school  to  do  video  and  cable  TV.

Rhys THE WORKING MAN

Hello I'm Rhys I like to tell you a bit of my background.  I used to live in Calgary Ab. Now I live in Nelson B.C.  I love to and adore working the ECO Store here in Nelson. I work at Quizno's which is one of the most wonderful jobs that I love and cherish.  I worked a lot in Kaslo where I used to go to school.  My favorite passion is film making, working on films. I've made four films, and now currently working on my recent film which is call The Men Of Business Meets The Unknown.  Working on films besides as working at these jobs in Nelson such as working for the BIgby Place as a Janitor, Janitorial work at a respite place here in Nelson.  I work at Quizno's down in the mall mmmm warm and toasty.  I Work for the Nelson Cares Society on jobs like working at the ECO STORE, Respite Suite, and being a Janitor.  I love working for the ECO Store because I get training on the cash register and helping out.  Being here means so much for me.  I adore and love working for the Nelson Cares Society awesome people, great hospitality and wonderful companions.  Working for them gives me such pleasure to work with fellow members and the staff.  I thank them for everything they've done for me. I really appreciate all the efforts and wisdom, and the help they give to me.  Thank you so much

Steph's Blog

Hey, my name is Steph , I worked at Nelson Cares doing janitorial work before I started at the ECO Store. I worked at the Eco Store through work experience and Nelson Cares. The jobs I do are filling up the bottles, making grocery bags out of clothes, taking the recycling to the office at Nelson Cares and learning how to use the cashier.I like filling up the bottles and taking the recycling to the office at Nelson Cares. I don't like getting hands dirty. I would like to find a job when I'm done school and I would like to visit my friends and the teachers at L.V.R. I can't wait until I'm done school :)

Rosalyn's blog

I am Rosalyn and I work at the ECO store. I make the scrap book and take photos of products and people. Sometimes I do training on the cash register. I like training on the cash register and making the scrap book.  Meeting new people is cool.  Learning about different products is awesome and amazing. Hanging out in the ECO Store and working on the till is new.

Charmaines Experience

My names Charmaine I’ve been working at eco store for few weeks, on Friday for 2 hours from 12-2pm. I’m working on a scrapbook about the eco store with my good friend Roz. Also I’ve taken pictures of some of the products and worked on taking the background off, using a program like Photoshop. I’m really enjoying working at the Eco Store with Roz, Heather. It’s calm and fun atmosphere, it’s a great experience, to be working here, and I love it.

Vertical Gardening - Here Soon

We will have the first shipment of Vertical Gardens arriving soon. You can grow herbs and produce indoors taking up little space and grow your produce vertically! It is a stackable design so you can grow as high as you like placed on the floor or hung from the roof or any other location of your choice.

Along with the floor and hanging Vertical Garden system we will be getting in new Vertical Gardens for your walls. You can install these innovative gardening systems on any wall and transform the wall into a 'living' wall. Then you grow your produce indoors and pick and eat when you like. A drip feed watering system is included.

We'll update the blog with news of when they arrive in our downtown Nelson store as well as our online store.

Composting Guide

An excellent Composting Guide, http://www.greencalgary.org/resources/composting/ with instructions on how to make various compost bins easily and inexpensively.

ECO STORE IS NOW OPEN!

The Earth Matters ECO Store officially opened for business on Saturday, December 5, 2009. We are located 410B Hall Street in downtown Nelson, BC, behind the New Grand Hotel. We are excited about this new venture and the many ways it can serve the community.
The ECO Store carries four practical, innovative and earth-friendly product categories: an all-natural, all-purpose cleaning concentrate – bottled and branded locally, a variety of indoor and outdoor composting solutions, vertical and indoor gardening systems, and water cooler and filtration options for the home and office.  
   

Earth Rescue

From 1998 to 2006 Earth Matters ran the Fruit Tree Project, which connected Nelson and area fruit tree owners who couldn't harvest all their fruit with community members who could use the fruit. In 2007, Harvest Rescue continues the work of that project but has expanded to include gleaning from backyard gardens and local farms.

This year, between July and November, Harvest Rescue will coordinate volunteers to pick fruits and vegetables that would otherwise end up as compost or bear bait, and distribute them among social service agencies in our region. Later in the summer Harvest Rescue will host community food preservation workshops.

We are a volunteer driven project. Our goal is to increase access for everyone to fresh, locally grown food, as well as reduce waste, the potential for bear-human conflict and our reliance on food requiring long-haul transportation. We hope this project will encourage local food sourcing and greater community support for our local farmers.

Harvest Rescue is a joint project of Earth Matters and the Nelson Food Cupboard Society. In 2007 it is overseen directly by the www.foodcupboard.org and funded by a Columbia Basin Trust youth grant.

For more information for Pickers and Fruit Tree/Garden Owners click here. There are also updated resources available for download here.