Posts from ‘Campaigns’ - Page 70
Central Saanich’s Rogue Council
In our continent of big box stores and commuter suburbs Central Saanich is anomalous as a rural community that protects its farms by funneling development into existing urban areas. ...
Not Here, Not Ever
As you read this, a vast oil spill, likely to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez, is spreading across the Gulf of Mexico after a fire and explosion that killed ...
A Way Of Life That Can Not Be Lost
Norm Hann – Guest Blogger My first trip to the Gitgaat community of Hartley Bay on the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest was for Aboriginal Day after the ...
Deepwater Horizon Spill: What This Means for British Columbia
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Parents and Kids Against Tankers
Guest blog by Bobby Arbess, Victoria BC In response to Dogwood’s call for grassroots action to stop tankers, a little No Tankers banner action took place on the Galloping ...
Pledger Makes Posters
In Mid-March we put out the call for people to make pledges of personal action to stop oil tankers and pipelines from fouling BC’s rivers and coast. The results ...
Coastal First Nations declare ban on tankers
A pivotal moment in the collaborative campaign to keep BC’s coast oil tanker free occurred on March 23rd, 2010. Click here to download a copy of the declaration, ...
Ignoring Risk
If the economic downturn has taught us anything it is that we ignore risk at our peril. Ignoring lesson from the last century about regulating greedy speculation and keeping ...
Bounty of the Sea BBQ
March 24th is the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. We’ve declared it No Tankers day here in recognition of British Columbian’s determination to protect ...