#coastalbc — Public Fediverse posts

Sitting & waiting to sign some documents & then can get out of this place, full of unmasked plague spreaders - at least for a few hours until I can bring my client her new air filtration unit.

As I'm waiting, am reading up more on how to make reef balls out of broken seashells. Getting ahead on some research that will help me to help better with several projects along our coasts to restore Indigenous shellfish gardens & utilize the nature engineering powers of bivalves to restore some ocean ecosystems that were destroyed by acts of greed fueled colonialism.

#Decolonization #rewilding #bivalves #MarineEcosystems #VancouverIsland #CoastalBC #Environmental #OceanRestoration

#ThrowbackThursday
2020.

#Laichwiltach Nation’s Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse's (aka George Quocksister Jr.) traditional, #handwoven Chief's #hat. Made from yellow #cedar bark with beading & an #EagleFeather attached.
Sitting in front of the woven hat is a row of some #handcarved miniature canoe #paddles, carved from red & yellow cedar. Chief Darren Blaney of the #Xwémalhkwu aka #Homalco #FirstNation #carved over 100 of these paddles. They were carved in #honour of the many young Homalco lives lost.

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #NativeCanada #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousCanada #handmade #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #ButeInlet #ImOnABoat #VancouverIsland #CoastalBC #BCCoast #Cascadia #Salishan #PNW #Comox #photography

#ThrowbackThursday
2021.
Jordan River surfboard sign - Respect the locals.

#VancouverIsland #VanIsle #surfboard #PacificOcean #oceanside #oceanfront #Cascadia #JuanDeFucaDistrict #Tsouke #Pacheedaht #JordanRiver #Westcoast #BCSurf #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Canada #PNW #TourismVanvouverIsland #TourismBC #sign

#Spiraea douglasii is in the #RoseFamily native to western #NorthAmerica AKA #hardhack & #DouglasSpirea & #Steeplebush & #RoseSpirea

#Indigenous #FirstPeoples used this #plant to make brooms & to hang seafood to cook.
It's used in #riparian #revegetation projects for hardiness/quick growth.

#NativePlants #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #PlantID #CoastalBC #Wildflowers #BCnativePlants #PNWnativePlants #vanisle #Cowichan #PlantsOfPNW #Westcoast #florespondence #BloomScrolling

For years, #Gitxsan #artist #MichelleStoney has #created #art inspired by her #culture & #heritage , including jewelry, drums, graphic design, paintings and murals. 
Now, she's #released a #DeckOfCards featuring Gitxsan imagery. 

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782395

#Canada #IndigenousArt #FirstNations #NorthernBC #NativeArt #BritishColumbia #CoastalBC #FirstPeoples #Indigenous #FirstNationsArt #CulturalArt #TraditionalInspired #PlayingCards #NativeArtists #NativeCanadian #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia

#ThickTrunkTuesday

#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