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Save Our Coast

Nov06

by pasifik on November 6, 2012 at 11:00 am

Posted In: Ecology

On October 22, 2012, it was estimated that 3, 500 people gathered on the lawn of the legislature in Victoria BC to say, “No to pipelines and supertankers coming down the BC coast.” There was a 235 meter black banner, representing the length of a super tanker, which was staked into the lawn as an act of nonviolent civil disobedience.

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Save the Salish Sea

Oct12

by pasifik on October 12, 2012 at 8:25 am

Posted In: Ecology

Rex Wyler and Naomi Klein speak in defence of the Salish Sea in North Vancouver.
14 minute video

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