We’re about to leave Red Deer and tonight will be our last night on the road. It’s gone by so fast.
After Edmonton we stayed with Richard and Linda McKelvie in their amazing home in Ponoka. They are an example of what we need to see more of as we enter such an uncertain future. Their [...]
Filed under: Environmental Justice, Labour, RTTTS, Renewable Energy, Trade on August 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the stops we hope to be making on our journey this summer is the Keepers of the Water III Conference, to be held in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, from August 13th -17th. Fort Chipewyan is a First Nations community of just over a thousand people, situated along the northwestern banks of Lake Athabasca. [...]
Filed under: Environmental Justice, RTTTS on July 30th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Environmental Justice is an emerging approach to activism that recognizes the interdependence of all life, and the connections between different kinds of oppressions. We are embarking on our journey in the spirit of solidarity, and with a grounding in the principles of environmental justice. Here they are, as written by the People of Color Environmental [...]
Filed under: Environmental Justice, RTTTS on July 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH RESIDENTS OF THE HEARTLAND & TELL PREMIER STELMACH NO TO PETRO-CANADA UPGRADER!
As Premier Stelmach travels to Wyoming this week to bring his “green tar sands†message to the U.S., Albertans in Stelmach’s own backyard are asking for your help in protecting their community and land and joining them in saying [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, RTTTS on July 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
For me, one of the most striking and memorable images from the To The Tar Sands bike trip is one that I never saw but only heard described: ranchers and farmers standing on the land, preventing with their bodies the descent of helicopters arriving to drill for natural gas. A powerful act of resistance that [...]
Filed under: Environmental Justice, Politics, TTTS on November 25th, 2007 | 3 Comments »