From Summer Series to Year-Round Movement
What began as the Kaslo Summer Music Series has grown into something much bigger. The Kootenay Resilience Festival turned from a seasonal gathering into a year-round movement—popping up at farmers markets, town halls, and music festivals across the region.
Each event became a living lab, blending housing innovation, local food, renewable energy, shared mobility, wellness, and art—always with microhomes as the spark for conversation and action.
Pop-Ups Across the Kootenays
Over the past year, the festival showed up wherever people gather:
- Nelson Microhome Market – the first showcase of geodesic domes, tiny homes, and regenerative housing.
- Crawford Bay Festival – live music, local food, and community dialogue on co-ownership and building the first living labs.
- Farmers Markets & Town Halls – hands-on demos of off-grid tech, community voting platforms, and art in action.
From housing to food, energy, mobility, and wellness—every stop was an experiment in resilience.
What We Built Together
✨ Housing as the Portal – Microhomes and modular domes emerged as catalysts for affordable, climate-resilient living.
✨ Community Voice – Residents co-authored goals, cast votes on key solutions, and engaged in civic tech experiments.
✨ Global Connection – Livestreams and digital platforms connected local action to global conversations.
✨ People Power – Farmers, builders, healers, artists, climate-tech partners, and sponsors came together to create something entirely new.
Looking Ahead
While the year-round pop-ups have wrapped up, the energy continues. The festival proved that resilience thrives when we come together in public spaces—without stages or fences—just action.
Now the vision is clear: to build on these experiences and converge the momentum into one large bioregional event—uniting the entire Kootenays around affordable living, climate action, and regenerative community building.
“Housing is the portal—resilience begins at home.”
