Who We Are
We are a volunteer-run organization active at election times.
Conservation Voters of BC works on making BC politicians accountable to the strong environmental values of the BC public. We do this by tracking the environmental performance of BC's elected officials, by working on the passage of a progressive policy agenda for BC, and by supporting the candidacy of environmentally minded candidates for office.
In last 7 federal, provincial and municipal elections we have endorsed 46 candidates who we believed would stand for environmental principles in the legislature, in council and within their parties. These candidates came from NDP, Green, Liberal and municipal parties. 35 of our endorsees won, sometimes by very narrow margins.
We are non-partisan in that we believe environmentally minded candidates can do good work within all of BC’s major parties.
If you believe the actions of BC's elected officials should reflect the strong environmental values of British Columbians, join other Conservation Voters supporters working to make this a reality. By law we cannot take money from charitable foundations, so we rely heavily on the donations of time and money from people like you. You'll find the Donate button at the top right of this page.
How your donations are used:
CVBC is a non-partisan, volunteer-run initiative. We have no paid staff. Funds raised go to:
- Designing and printing CVBC materials used in our canvass to support our endorsed candidates
- Other canvassing hard costs (supplies, some transportation)
- Phone-banking in some endorsees’ ridings
- Design and hosting of this website
The Conservation Voters of BC is a registered non-profit society, but not a charity.
Board
The organization is governed by a Board that draws on people active on environmental issues in BC. Current directors are:
- Naomi Devine
- Will Horter
- Lisa Matthaus
- Sean Nixon
- Kevin Washbrook
Advisory Committee
The Board consults with various BC environmental activists to provide information and advice based on their experience with candidates.
The Board takes full responsibility for any endorsement decisions; the advisory committee provides advice and information only.
Volunteers
Conservation Voters of BC relies on volunteers, especially during election times. In particular, volunteers get involved in canvassing for candidates endorsed by CVBC. If you'd be interested in volunteering with CVBC, please contact us.
