Reviving Forest Protests in BC
Kenneth Wu is working hard to make it happen. A Trees and Us podcast.
WCWC's Wu: 'a major escalation.'
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British Columbians care about ancient forests.
Last October the Western Canada Wilderness Committee organized a rally at the B.C. legislature and 2700 people -- a mix of environmental and forestry workers -- showed their support for saving B.C.'s remaining stands of old growth forest. That ties the rally record set at the height of the protests to save Clayoquot Sound.
And this battle is just beginning.
Ken Wu, the WCWC's Victoria campaign director, is currently working on "a major escalation" in the fight to save ancient forests timed to coincide with -- and impact on -- the B.C. provincial election.
"We'll be organizing many rallies and events for ancient forests and to end raw log exports between March 1 to 10 in many communities for the "10 Days of Action for Ancient Forests and B.C. Jobs," says Wu. To find out about the rallies, visit www.wcwcvictoria.org.
Wu's also collecting signatures to add to the 30,000-plus people who've already joined the cause at www.viforest.org.
I met Wu at the Legacy Gallery and Café in Victoria, where we talked about how his environmentalist roots were planted at age three; 6,000-year-old trees; why saving forests isn't just for tree huggers any more; how Facebook has changed the face of environmentalism, and why "revolution is just around the corner."
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morechatter
25-02-2009
Timber!
I wish them much success on their visions of the future of the Industry and saving our precious forests. And bringing it to the attention of government around election time is always a good strategy along with the many others with their concerns and issues with the way government is running the province. Legitimate concerns no doubt and the air we breath is obviously a vital concern along with our environments and forestry jobs and conservation jobs. Could there not be something done to simplify operations giving it back to the communities so they could keep it with Green in mind and not the greed in the banks. If times are changing then why not change with them? Its that simple and if simple will make things green and keep folks employed and living in their communities they grew up why not grow with it?