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#Fashion talks - so what does your office outfit say
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/ireland.html#LimerickLeaderAxios Vitals - #Hospital billing shift found to drive
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#43El #Dow #Jones cae más de 900 puntos y sube el petróleo
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Boston#Columbus Athenaeum listed for $85 million amid receivership
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#ColumbusFire horror on #United #Airlines plane as emergency
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#8Even #Apple knows the new iPad Air is a worthless upgrade
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Most AI companies are building closed ecosystems. 🔒🤖
Bittensor is betting on open intelligence networks instead. 🌐🧠
That alone makes it worth paying attention to. ⚡
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"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (also titled "#AgainstAllOdds") is #aSong by English singer and songwriter #PhilCollins recorded for the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. The song is a #powerBallad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds", but worth the gamble. The single reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
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Shacks On The Air anyone?
There has been an explosion of “On The Air” programs lately. I think SOTA (Summits On The Air) may have kick started the trend. To my mind SOTA remains the purest and best of them all. Although there are many drive-up summits, many others require strenuous effort to reach the “activation zone” on foot. Unfortunately, here in southern Ontario, we have very few high elevation points. Some peaks over 500 meters (1600 feet) can be found, but without the required “prominence” to qualify for the SOTA program. I visited one of the few SOTA peaks in my area once. It was hard to see why it was classified as a peak. The activation zone was a section of flat road. SOTA forbids activating from inside a vehicle so all an activator has to do is park at the side of the road, get out and play radio at the roadside. Piff!
Woof Woof
Some friends and I enjoy a leisurely CW rag chew once a week. We have one thing in common – mourning the loss of once-loved canine friends. At the end of every session we sign off with “woof”. So when I think of the World Wide Flora and Fauna program (WWFF) my mind interprets that as “Woof-Woof”.
WWFF is very popular in Europe and to a lesser extent in North America. If you hear a station signing off with “73 44” you will know it is a WWFF QSO in which 44 contacts are required to activate a park. Some of the “Woof-Woof” program rules are quite strict. If you are operating from inside multiple parks you can only claim one for your activation, unlike POTA where one set of contacts can qualify for multiple activations in the right location. SSB participants in xOTA programs greatly outnumber CW operators so, although getting 44 contacts by phone may be relatively easy, getting the same QSO count by CW is sometimes more challenging. Fortunately, QSO counts for operating sessions are cumulative so you can return to the same park as many times as is necessary to validate an activation.
POTA
From humble beginnings the Parks On The Air program has exploded to become a formidable force in amateur radio. Every day there are multiple parks being activated around the world. The required QSO count to qualify an activation is 10. Ten is much more attainable than 44, but even so, there are days when even that number is a challenge. For those of us who like to handicap our operations by using QRP, a day of poor propagation conditions can bury our signals in the noise. I have participated in POTA for the last few years and have had very few outings in which I experienced a “busted activation”, i.e. made fewer than 10 contacts. Some operators avoid busted activations by making HT to HT VHF simplex contacts with other hams in their group. If you think that’s a good idea there is a way to make every POTA session an effortless success regardless of propagation conditions.
In days gone by the local indigenous hunters would drive herds of buffalo over a cliff where young braves would finish the kill. The hunt provided food for a whole winter. During one hunt a young brave was crushed by a falling buffalo and suffered the injury that gave this Alberta park its name.POTA was predicated on the idea that fewer rules makes for better participation. That’s a good premise and has worked well making POTA the “elephant outside the room”. On the downside, even the few rules that are in place are not enforced. When I made the suggestion that a Park to Park contact should mean a contact between two different parks, POTA management politely suggested I should forget about it and just enjoy my own operations.
I read one account of an “activation” completed within 100 feet (30m) of a park boundary. That is valid for trails, but not for actual parks. I know that particular park and it does not qualify for the 100 feet rule. Generally, an operator and all their equipment must be completely within a park’s boundary. But perhaps, if that rule doesn’t work for you, “forget about it” and enjoy yourself.
The Drive-Thru activation
Unlike SOTA, POTA does not forbid operating from inside a vehicle. This has led to something variously called “Parking Lots On The Air (PLOTA)” or “Drive-Thru” activations. Mea Culpa; I have been guilty of this several times but I try to avoid drive-thru activations except in winter. In winter, brave Canadians don’t even button up our Mackinaws until it gets to 100 below, and we stir our coffee with our thumbs. It is only out of respect for our radio equipment that we would even consider operating from inside the comfort of a vehicle when the howling wind is blowing the snow horizontally and the mercury in the thermometer is frozen solid.
Kakabeka Falls, northern Ontario, the “Niagara of the North”.
If you gotta moment during your PLOTA activation, step outta the car and take a look.In summer many of us prefer to enjoy a hike or visit some of the spectacular scenery in our parks before or after a radio session. But for some diehard POTA activators, the name of the game is contacts – lots of ’em – then drive on to the next park where once again its eyes down, antennas up; no time to get out of the car. We each enjoy our hobby in our own way.
All the other OTAs
There are so many OTA programs these days it’s getting out of hand. How about TOTA? Did you think it means Towers On The Air? You are correct. But it also means Toilets On The Air. How about that; you can play radio while attending to your bodily functions. I know of one ham who takes his Handy-Talkie into the shower so he doesn’t miss any calls from his buddies; SHOTA anyone? TOTA also means Tiles On The Air. A Tile is a Maidenhead subsquare about 5km by 7km.
I am surprised nobody has thought of What 3 Words On The Air (W3WOTA?, WWWOTA?). W3W is a ridiculous (my opinion) method of dividing the world up into small squares each designated by three unique words. A lot of words are needed to identify all the world’s locations so some very rare and unusual words are employed. The English language is pronounced very differently around the world, and even within the United States. I met a very interesting fella who proudly came from “the South” once. He explained that the words “pin” and “pen” are pronounced exactly the same where he came from. Imagine trying to battle poor propagation conditions while interpreting a strange dialect relaying a rare and unusual word. When I posted on this topic some time ago I received a comment that W3W is universally accepted by emergency responders and we should just get used to it. Yay, let’s all get used to confusion and damn the torpedoes.
The spectacular Athabasca Glacier along Icefields Parkway, Alberta. Maybe worth stepping out of the car to take a look. It is possible to hike right up to the base of the glacier, or take a specially-equipped bus ride out on the ice.Don’t laugh please
Try not to titter when I introduce the next OTA. It is called HEMA and stands for “Humps Excluding Marilyns”. I believe it is a European program but I haven’t come across it on this side of the Atlantic. My first reaction was to wonder why Marilyn’s humps were excluded. I am sure HEMA has attracted a lot of jokes but it is actually a serious program. A “hump” is a summit with at least a 100 meter prominence, while a “marilyn” is a summit with at least a 150 meter prominence. So a hump excluding marilyns is a summit with a prominence between 100 and 150 meters. Robert Ripley might have made a TV episode about this one.
I’m OOTA here
I have become involved with one of the new OTAs and have filed my first couple of logs. It is called “Out On The Air (OOTA)“. As “the seasons go round and round and the painted ponies go up and down” (Joni Mitchell) the carousel of time begins to take its toll and I have less energy than I used to have. Just a few winters ago I would strap on snowshoes and haul a sled full of radio equipment across the deep and crisp and even white landscape to do an outdoor winter activation. No more. Maybe less inclination to join the OTA rat race too. Now I am content to set up in the sunshine and enjoy just being outdoors with my radio, and maybe a newly built antenna. If I make a few contacts I am satisfied. The great thing about OOTA is that there is really only one rule – just get out of the shack and make at least one contact. That’s just fine with me. If you do a POTA or “Woof Woof” activation, or you activate a hump that wasn’t Marilyn’s that counts too. Softly, softly, catchee monkey; relax, breathe; soak up the summer sun; enjoy life, it doesn’t last forever.
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#Jewellery worth hundreds of millions in the #king’s private collection - [Largely inherited from #QEII, without inheritance #tax being paid] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/14/jewellery-worth-hundreds-of-millions-in-the-kings-private-collection #Royals #RoyalFamily #KingCharles #TaxDodgingParasites
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#BritishColumbia province-wide #protest demanding a halt to #oldgrowth #logging next Tuesday, November 18th.
Please boost for wider reach 🌲💚🌲✌️Please check the website for more details on different locations for these #MassMobilization protests - all across BC.
https://savewhatsleft.ca/protest#WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #SaveOldGrowth #SaveWhatsLeft #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ForeverForests #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #biodiversity #nature #AncientForests #OldGrowthRainforest #ClimateAction #OneEarth #NoPlanetB #SacredForests #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CrimesAgainstHumanity #neoliberalism #Decolonization #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #AbolishRCMPCIRG
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This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.
No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.
#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.
#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
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This is not progress.
This is not civilized.
We need to protect remaining #OldGrowth #AncientForests. They're our 2nd largest #CarbonSinks - after the giant kelp forests in the oceans. #Clearcutting forests should be banned.#WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #BritishColumbia #VancouverIsland #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #Ecocide #PacificNorthwest #photography #WorldInMyEyes #DisabledPhotographer #Backroads #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #Stumps #ProtectNature #ProtectForests #environmental #ClimateAction #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #HumanDestruction
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Belated #ThickTrunkTuesday entry.
This #ancient red #cedar is close to 500 yrs old. It's one of the last remaining #OldGrowth cedars within #CRD areas on South #VancouverIsland & we need rest of unprotected #AncientForests protected for perpetuity.
#WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #SacredForests #ProtectTheSacred #SaveOldGrowth #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #irreplaceable #TreesOverGreed #vanisle #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #PNW #PacificNorthwest #ProtectNature #BCNDP #BritishColumbia
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Marco (Nostic) also uses #music as part of #environmental #activism 🎵🎶
Here's his #MusicVideo on #Youtube - please check it out & share if you dig it.#Extinction - Nostic & Nicki
https://youtu.be/M95-dFMn2DY#SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #SacredForests #ProtectTheSacred #PoliticalSongs #Ecology #FairyCreek #PortRenfrew #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #ActivistMusic #pacheedaht #dididaht #AncientForests #StopEcocide #biodiversity #StopDeforestation #hiphop
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#FlashbackFriday
When I went up to #Nanaimo with some fellow #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #Indigenous #activists to provide court support to our allies/accomplices arrested for protecting #AncientForests from #deforestation ✊🌲Ojistoh, me, Grandma Losah, Chiyokten & RavenWolf ❤🙌🦅
#environmentalalists #ecojustice #SocialJustice #ForestProtectors #ActivistCommunity #solidarity #EarthProtectors #WaterProtectors #GuardiansForNature #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #NatureFirst #BCNDP #NewDeathParty
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#ForestFriday 🌲❤🌲
I'm a proud longtime #treehugger - I love trees more than most humans.
There's incredible #magical #pure #natural #energy in #forests - especially #AncientForests w/many #OldGrowth #trees still standing. It should be criminal to cut down #ElderTrees ✊#Nature #ProtectForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #TreesOverGreed #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #SaveOldGrowth #LastStandForForests #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #CellphonePhotos
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#ForestFriday #ClayoquotSound 🌲🌲🌲
#SaveOldGrowth #protectOldGrowth #SacredForests #Ancientforests #WorthMoreStanding #OldGrowth #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #TemperateRainforest #LungsOfTheEarth #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #environmental #biodiversity #ecosystems #Nature #DisabledHiker #HikingPhotos #WorldInMyEyes #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #MyNaturePhotos #Trees #ThinkTrunks #ElderTrees #ecology #SaveOurForests #StopDeforestation
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#Giant #ancient #OldGrowth #cedar #trees in #ClayoquotSound 🌲🌲These #magnificent #ElderTrees were once all on #BCgovernment & #logging industry chop wishlist. They were saved by thousands of us #EcoActivists blockading for years to #protect them. #WorthMoreStanding for #biodiversity #ecosystems & future generations to enjoy.
#VancouverIsland #PNW #pacificnorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #Canada #AncientForests #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #ForestDefender #stopdeforestation
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#ThickTrunkTuesdays toot.
Some #powerful #BigTree #giants - #MearesIsland in #BritishColumbia #Canada off waters near #Tofino . Canada's 1st #Indigenous #TribalPark & #Native #Environmental #guardians & #stewardship by #Tlaoquiaht #FirstNation .
#NuuChahNulth #AncientForests #ElderTrees #Sacred #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #OldGrowth #ProtectTheAncients #MotherEarth #LivingCathedrals #Incredible #Irreplaceable #Nature #ProtectNature #biodiversity #OneEarth #StopClearcutting #StopEcocide
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#AncientForestAlliance year-end celebration & fundraiser is happening on Nov. 30, in Victoria, BC. Tickets are available now, with minimum of $5 donation.
https://donate.ancientforestalliance.org/year-end-celebration
AFA raises funds to study/document & work on saving more old growth forest ecosystems in BC & beyond.
#StopEcocide #stopclearcuts #forestdefenders #protectOldGrowth #sacredforests #biodiversity #deforestation #ancientforests #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #livingcathedrals #ProtectTheWild #yyj #BritishColumbia
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#Trees being actual #treehuggers 🌲❤🌲
Two separate trees becoming one.#OldGrowth #AncientForest #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #SacredForests #hug #treelovers #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #nature #inTheWoods #cedar #embraced #gemel #Supportive #entwined #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #TreeAppreciation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #Cascadia #ProtectOurForests #Westcoast #CoastalBC
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#TheKidsAreAlright 🌲💚🌲
Loving message, from a young child, who loves trees & forests🙏#KidsKnow #ChildrensVoices #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #GreetingCard #WorthMoreStanding #ProtectOldGrowth #SaveOldGrowth #Conservation #NatureLovers #environmentalists #KidsFutures #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #CDNpoli #StopKillingForests #CapitalismKills #Gratitude
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#FlashbackFriday 2019.
Big Lonely Doug - one of the biggest #DouglasFir #trees in the world. Found along the Pacific Circle Route, between #PortRenfrew & Lake #Cowichan - in the Gordon River valley range. It's surrounded by clearcuts. You can't miss seeing it because it stands out, amongst the ecocide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug
#StopDeforestation #SaveOldGrowth #ProtectOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #PacheedahtTerritory #VancouverIsland #photography #VanIsle #Cascadia #Fir #ElderTrees #PacificNorthwest #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #CarbonSink #Ecological #Climate #Environmental #biodiversity #nature #WorthMoreStanding #BritishColumbia #Canada #Degrowth #StopEcocide
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#SilentSunday
Stop the #CorporateGreed fueled assaults on #MotherEarth 🌲🌎#StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveForests #UncededTerritory #NativeLand #StolenLand #Landback #FirstNations #Indigenous #NativeSovereignty #Deforestation #GreedKills #RedDress #symbolism #ProtectTheSacred #EarthProtectors #MatriarchsRising #ForestDefenders #WorthMoreStanding #ProtectOldGrowth #SaveOldGrowtg #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #BritishColumbia #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest
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#GlobalStudy led by #UniversityOfBristol revealed #CarbonSink #vulnerability of #recovering forests. #Tropical #forests are #vital in the fight against #ClimateChange & have great #potential as a carbon sink. However, new #data shows that new tropical #deforestation & forest #degradation are #outstripping rates of forest #regrowth .
#StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #ClimateAction #ecojustice #ecology
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Thanks to #GoogleEarth Engine, people are able to see the #effects of #humans on our #ecosystems happen in a flash.
On #VancouverIsland specifically, it’s easy to see the #deforestation of #FairyCreek near #PortRenfrew as well as several other locations.
#vanisle #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #CorporateGreed
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Mosaic continues to log on #QuadraIsland & this #logging is in areas #recommended for #protection by TAP. #SierraQuadra has been trying, with little success, to #negotiate for #deferral of logging in these areas & for eventual protection of these #valuable #forest stands for #ecological , #environmental & #carbon #sequestration purposes.
https://cortescurrents.ca/the-quadra-project-protecting-old-forests/
#StopDeforestation #protectOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BritishColumbia #Canada #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #PNW #PacificNorthwest
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Please #Care for the #Environment - There is no #PlanetB 🌲🦅💧✊
#ecojustice #Environmentalist #EarthProtectors #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #activism #ProtectWhatYouLove #NatureFirst #WildFirst #DirectAction #protest #activism #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #SpeakUpForNature #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #StandUpForForests #PlanetBeforeProfits #ProtectTheWild #OldGrowth
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#Flashback of being #interviewed at #FairyCreekBlockade in Summer 2021. This was done right after one of my intake gate shifts. I'm not on #Facebook anymore but you can access the interview vid on Donna's profile there.
#SaveOldGrowth #LastStandForForests #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #sacredforests #biodiversity #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #CancelBillionaires #BCNDP #ForestDefender #EcoWarrior #Activist #ecojustice #Environmentalist #ProtectNature #WildFirst #vanisle
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Stop #lying about #protecting #OldGrowth in #BritishColumbia #BCNDP #DavidEby #HorganizedCrimes #EcocidalManiacs
THIS IS THE #REALITY OF #deforestation in BC. Photos are from past YEAR! STOP #GREENWASHING #LIES 😡
#StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #protectOldGrowth #SacredForests #NewDeathParty #LeadersInDeath #StopCorporateWelfare #JustTransition #Degrowth #SuperSelloutBC #decimation
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#FairyCreekBlockade #roadside #SupportCamp #memories from last Autumn.
#ForestDefenders #EarthProtectors #WaterProtectors #Indigenous #BIPOC #RainbowNation #Ecowarriors #Activists #landback #Community #ProtestCamp #friends #PortRenfrew #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #SaveOldGrowth #protectOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #ClimateAction #ResistanceToEcocide #OneEarth #ScenesFromMyLife
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Just over a year ago. #protectOldGrowth #protest #rally at #BritishColumbia #legislature building in #VictoriaBC on #VancouverIsland 🌲✊🌲
#SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #environmentalists #ClimateJustice #ecojustice #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #StopCorporateGreed #JustTransition #Degrowth #StopDeforestation #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #ForestDefenders #EarthProtectors #WaterProtectors #activism #ProtectWhatYouLove #OneEarth #SaveOurForests #yyj #DefundRCMP
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#FairyCreekBlockade #HQ #resistanceCamp #memories of #boiling #water over #campfire for cooking & dishwashing. #Indigenous #Elders #tipi is in background.
I was one of a few Clayoquot Sound War in Woods veterans who went to give support.
#SaveOldGrowth #protectOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #forestProtectors #PNW #PortRenfrew #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #activism #Unceded #pacificnorthwest #StolenLand #Camp #EarthProtectors #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation