by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, FOCS in the Media, General News
Friends of Clayoquot Sound was established in Tofino in 1979 in response to the logging activity on nearby Meares Island. The small group of activists set their sights on protecting Clayoquot Sound’s ancient temperate rainforest as a globally rare ecosystem. In 1984,...
by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Climate Action Now, FOCS in the Media, General News
Post by Forests For Climate Coalition (40 groups including Friends of Clayoquot Sound) On September 24th, as part of the global week of Climate Strike actions, over a hundred citizens picketed the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. This action received...
by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Climate Action Now, Earth Keepers Education, General News
Post by Toby Theriault, Age 15, Grade 10 @ Ucluelet Secondary School. “Let me tell you something adults: look around, as youth we are inspired! But we have no voice. 7 million of us and our government is still building a pipeline, the president of the United States...
by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Campaigns, General News
Together we are rising in the millions to demand the world’s nations protect our Earth home and the web of life that sustains us. People around the planet are resisting corporate profiteering, governmental corruption, human rights abuses, and environmental...
by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, General News
This summer as Justin Trudeau took a taxpayer funded luxury vacation in Tofino, the deadline for the Government of Canada to charge Imperial Metals for the 2014 Mount Polley Mine disaster passed. Inaction, despite the Government of Canada’s own Joint Task Force...
by dewolfe001 | Oct 19, 2019 | Campaigns, General News
Youth all over the world are rising in the millions to demand the world’s nations protect our Earth home and the web of life that sustains us all by taking bold and immediate action to avoid catastrophic climate collapse. Because the world’s scientists are clear: we...