ingmar lee (his site is currently hacked) has planted over a million seedlings in british columbia, and he knows the island's forests (and clearcuts) intimately. karen wonders has recently moved to vancouver island from germany, where she hosted ingmar as he travelled through europe with a multi-media presentation about what's happening to the last remaining ancient temperate rainforest (and all the creatures it houses) on vancouver island. the western canada wilderness committee, and its many members, have been trying to convince the bc government, for many many years, that we ought to protect ancient forests, stop shipping raw logs out of the province, and think about the implications of current logging practices on the forests and communities ..... especially in light of the global climate crisis.
we want them to stop killing cathedral grove.
* there are photos (in reverse order ... not sure why mac uploads that way) here.
* also, photos on facebook (in the order they were taken)
* i'll be broadcasting some of it, and some from the 350 day on the weekend, on the winds of change radio programme thursday october 29th. you can listen live, 11-noon pst, at cfuv.uvic.ca. or check relativenewz.ca for the podcast after the fact.
* and a video on facebook, and also here (more videos to follow, when there's time)
photosynthesis: the process whereby green things (with chlorophyll) eat sunshine and carbon dioxide, create sugar for themselves, and emit oxygen - which many humans find useful. forests are more than trees, clearcutting and heli-logging destroys entire ecosystems.
