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May Day -- Victoria for Wild Salmon

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Preserve Wild Salmon
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Come join Alexandra Morton, Chief Bob Chamberlin, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Elizabeth May, Denise Savoie and hundreds of Wild Salmon People walking to Victoria on Sunday 1st May.

Start at 9am at Tsawout First Nation in Saanich and walk 22km to the BC Parliament for a rally (3pm-5pm).

 

Systems Thinking

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I attended a systems thinking seminar on Saturday by Russel Horwitz. It was very interesting but like all courses based on the true nature of the predicament that we are facing, somewhat daunting, depressing and aggravating. http://www.leadership-vancouver.ca/Sys-Think.asp

It occurs to me that we are in a communal grieving process.

Shock stage: Initial paralysis at hearing the bad news.

 

Sign Alex's petition -- build the numbers!

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Written by jsmr
Preserve Wild Salmon

Do you want to help preserve our wild salmon from extinction? Go to www.adopt-a-fry.org, and click to sign a letter to Fisheries Minister asking that the laws of Canada be applied to fish farms. Extinction is where our salmon are headed if we don't change our present course:

 

Sharkwater: http://www.sharkwater.com A FREE MUST SEE documentary

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Every year tens of millions of sharks are killed because of finning, the cruel practice of slicing off a shark's valuable fins for soup and tossing the body back to sea alive. Sharkwater is amust-see documentary about the situation.

 

Buzz Holling wins 2008 Volvo Environment Prize

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EVs in Space! The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Meetup at Sustainable Spring Break – March 20th, 2008

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Written by steveluscher

The Space Centre has invited the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Meetup to set up a booth in their lobby on March 20th as part of Sustainable Spring Break 2008. It's a great opportunity for you to meet some EV riders, and to learn about the joy of riding EVs.

 

New at The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Meetup

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Announcing a new monthly Meetup of The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Meetup!

In addition to the EV owners that count themselves among the ranks of The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Meetup, and who come out for the monthly Kilowatt Hour ride on the second Friday of each month, there are quite a few EV-curious folks wanting to connect with us. Now you can!

 

Living the Life in Ollala

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Written by michellepeters

Educating children, families and educators in the area of arts and environmental change based on recycling, reusing, sustainable living practices. Creating an outreach traveling to outlying communities to inspire more change through workshops, facilitation of community events, transformation of resources from "Junk to Jewels" (ie. beach debris to Mosaic Community Masterpieces.

 

Change Something: Mental illness and Powerful Forces

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Written by isabella mori

A strange-looking man. He is alone, he is lonely. He is big and strong and does things that seem to upset people. He feels misunderstand. He sounds melancholy.

Then one day, someone sees his potential, and everything changes.

 

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