water

Water and the Sacred - the flow from commodity to gift presented by Stephen Scharper, University of Toronto

Laurie — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:53:41 +0000

Titre secondaire:

A free public talk and discussion

Je Avr 7

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

SFU Harbour Centre

Adresse:

515 West Hastings, Room 1900

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

Laurie Wood, lauriew@sfu.ca, 778-782-9235

Space Accessibiity:

wheel chair accessibly

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Lien:

http://scharper.eventbrite.com

If you are interested in a discussion about the privatization of water and water as a human right and sacred gift, this talk is for you.

The Pacific Water Research Centre in the Faculty of Environment at SFU is pleased to invite you to a free public presentation and discussion presented by Dr. Stpehen Scharper, School of the Environment, University of Toronto.

Capilano River July 2015

ivujica — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:49:28 +0000

SFU Blue: Community Engaged Water Research Dialogue

Laurie — Tue, 19 May 2015 22:22:43 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Innovative research and case studies will address themes of ecological conservation, urban sustainability, climate change, health, governance, technological innovation and more.

Me Juin 24

ville:

Vancouver, BC

Lieu:

SFU Vancouver, Wosk Centre for Dialogue

Adresse:

580 West Hastings

Coût:

$30, $10 for students/ENGOs

le contact de l'organisatrice:

lauriew@sfu.ca

Space Accessibiity:

The venue is wheelchair accessible

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Lien:

http://www.watersummit.ca/?q=node/1174269

Are you interested in knowing more about community-engaged water research in BC?

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Skin Drum - Holly Arntzen @ Stop Kinder Morgan Sept 13

dgSolidarity — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:05:51 +0000

Holly Arntzen & Eddie Gardner perform this powerful call to action during the Sept 13 Rally to Stop Kinder Morgan on Burnaby Mountain, held on Coast Salish Territories.

http://artistresponseteam.com

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Rally to Stop Kinder Morgan on Burnaby Mountain Sept 13

dgSolidarity — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:44:13 +0000

http://youtu.be/UTOfSTenayM
“Do you hear those who came before you? We must be the ones; Warriors listen to the skin drum.”
Holly Arntzen & Eddie Gardner perform a powerful call to action.

http://youtu.be/amoBQQ59cbc

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No Enbridge: 'The project is over, dead' Convergence 2014

dgSolidarity — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:43:44 +0000

On Sunday, a mass of people came together in solidarity, declaring total opposition to proposed pipelines cutting across BC and cutting through indigenous sovereignty.
In the words of UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip: 'We are absolutely brothers and sisters in the struggle, the war to protect Mother Earth.'

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No Enbridge Convergence June 8 2014

dgSolidarity — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:24:09 +0000

"Protecting Our Sacred Waters from Tarsands Oil"

June 8 2014, Burrard St Bridge

March from Sunset Beach and Rally at Vanier Park

The Harper Government is days away from announcing their decision on Enbridge's Northern Gateway Project.

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No Enbridge Convergence June 8 2014 Entire March Length

dgSolidarity — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 23:18:30 +0000

High angle view of the entire length of the march.

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Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Suzanne Patles @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:19:04 +0000

Suzanne Patles, one of many warriors attacked in a dawn raid by RCMP (physically assaulted with assault rifles) along with many youth, elders and community members for peacefully trying to protect their water by blockading fracking equipment, shares her experiences at a strategy session as part of the Mi’kmaq Warriors west coast speaking tour.

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Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Coady Jipol @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:55:47 +0000

Coady shares his personal story, which turns the scholarly term ‘transgenerational historic trauma’ into an easily understood truth, and explains why he had no choice but to become a warrior to attempt to end the colonial-serving cycle of violence he has been born into.

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Idle No More's Unsilent Spring: Vancouver, March 30

dgSolidarity — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:34:30 +0000

Idle No More Vancouver started spring off with a big kick of energy, filling Commercial Drive. People from many backgrounds, indigenous nations and non-indigenous allies, took to the street, demonstrating the INM energy that will not dissipate. You know it’s going to be an Unsilent Spring and one Spirited Summer.

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Joe Foy on Why We Don't Need Site C Dam

Common Sense Canadian — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:32:18 +0000

At a recent event in Vancouver, the Wilderness Committee's Joe Foy picked apart the BC Liberal Government's faulty case for Site C Dam - discussing better alternatives to power our future needs and the enormous cost of a dam whose real purpose is to subsidize shale gas and coal mines.

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No Fracking Way!

edoherty — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:29:16 +0000

Titre secondaire:

An expert panel discussion

Me Mar 16

ville:

Vancouver BC

Lieu:

Vancouver Public Library, Main Branch,

Adresse:

350 West Georgia Street

Coût:

By Donation

Description7pm at the Vancouver Public Library, downtown location (rooms downstairs from main lobby area).

FREE information evening on Fracking in BC.

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Devastation, Madagascar

Macdonald — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:17:12 +0000

France's Total and US based Madagascar Oil tangle with military governments to push tar sands projects forward

Total's proposed tar sands operation in Madagascar is potentially the dirtiest mining operation its kind in the world, in a region where the local people have few options but to live next to it.

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