#saveoldgrowth — Public Fediverse posts

My #PhotoArt tribute to #BigLonelyDoug - one of the biggest #DouglasFir #trees in the world.

Learn more about this lonely #OldGrowth tree:
"It has the third highest tree score and third widest diameter of any known Douglas-fir in Canada, following the Red Creek Fir in the nearby San Juan Valley and the Bonin Giant in the Coquitlam River watershed in British Columbia's Lower Mainland"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug

#SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #PortRenfrew #Pacheedaht #Dididaht #TreeLovers #fir #EarthNeedsGuardians #nature #CarbonSink #Climate #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CapitalismKillsEverything #Environmentalist #PhotoEdit #VisualArt #ThickTrunkTuesday

#ThrowbackThursday 2021.
This converted old school bus was my home for a week. While doing roadside volunteer legal support at #SaveOldGrowth #FairyCreek #blockade.

#AbolishRCMPCIRG #DefundRCMP #PortRenfrew #Cowichan #ProtectForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #EcoJustice #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #BCpoli #Resistance #CivilResistance #FightForJustice #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #RespectOldGrowth #ClimateAction #CitizensUprising #CitizensRevolt #AntiCapitalist #AntiFascist #CamperBus #camper

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#OldGrowth #roots are sacred connections to #MotherEarth 💚

#Trees #TreeTrunks #rooted #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #TreesOfFediverse #Nature #ecological #environmental #ecosystems #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW

#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

#MosstodonMonday

Young #cedar #tree is all dressed in magnificent #mosses & #lichen 💚
One of the lovely sights you can see & admire, while exploring the coastal temperate rainforests in BC.

#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #nature #wilderness #forest #green #rainforest #ecological #biodiversity #ecosystems #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #ProtectTheWild #NatureFirst #StopDeforestation #TreesAreEarthsLungs #mosstodon

#ThickTrunkTuesday

This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.

The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger

#ForestFriday

A magical tribute to Canada's #GnarliestTree - in #AvatarGrove in #PortRenfrew.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/canada-s-gnarliest-tree

https://vancouverislandview.com/finding-port-renfrews-biggest-trees

We fought hard to save the ancient trees & their life-sustaining wild ecosystems, to get Avatar Grove area protected & turned into a public park. It was previously on the corporate deforestation list prior to the hard grassroots fight to save this area of Port Renfrew, where old growth forests were rapidly dwindling due to colonial capitalist style of short-term greedy gains & putting nature last. Nature should be first.

#AncientTree #ElderTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Trees #Nature #SaveOldGrowth #CarbonSinks #AncientForest #ProtectForests #WorthMoreStanding #StopDeforestation #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #ClimateChange #Ecology #ecosystems #Environment #forest #BCForestryReform #CedarTreeOfLife #ThickTrunkThurday

#ThickTrunkTuesday
Magnificent #OldGrowth red #cedar #tree 😍

#AncientTree #ElderTree #Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #YYJ #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Trees #Nature #SaveOldGrowth #CarbonSinks #AncientForest #ProtectForests #WorthMoreStanding #StopDeforestation #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #ClimateChange #Ecology #ecosystems #Environment #forest #BCForestryReform #CedarTreeOfLife

#ThickTrunkTuesday
Gnarly #OldGrowth #GarryOak tree.
I see a wise face on this ancient, majestic garry oak 🙂

#AncientTree #ElderTree #Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #YYJ #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Trees #Nature #SaveOldGrowth #CarbonSink

Me & Silena, Ojibwe sister-friend/comrade against colonialism, on the bridge between River & Landback resistance camps. (2021)

#Sisterhood #DirectAction #ClimateAction #Activists #POCWomen #IndigenousWomen #Solidarity #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #monochrome #PortRenfrew #FairyCreekBlockade #CDNpoli #WomenOfTheResistance #ColonialResistance #Decolonize #Solidarity

Twiggy leads #Indigenous #drumming & singing healing ceremony to help us deal with the multiple day/night raids at river & landback resistance camps. This was around 2pm in afternoon. River & Landback camp crews united for ceremony before going back to our old growth defense stations. By this time, both camps had suffered multiple raids by RCMP CIRG. I had not slept in 3 days. I was taking short rest breaks on cot on bridge, in between going into hard & soft blocks, all day/night for over a week. I chained myself to the bridge for 5 days prior to this ceremony & used a bucket to pee/poop - frontlines activism is not for the weak/people who can't survive without comforts.

#DirectAction #ClimateAction #Activists #POCWomen #IndigenousWomen #AntiFascist #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #FairyCreekBlockade #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #Protest #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #IndigenousResistance #Solidarity

#Ojibwe sister-friend / #Indigenous comrade, Silena, doing some traditional #JingleDancing as part of remote healing ceremonies at our past landback camp (only Indigenous & #POCactivists at that resistance camp).

Learn more about Indigenous jingle dance & why it's important to native culture:
https://www.powwows.com/jingle-dress-dance/

#JingleDancer #IndigenousCulture #JingleDress #JingleDance #FirstNations #NativeCulture #TurtleIsland #ClimateAction #Activists #NativeWomen #IndigenousWomen #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #IndigenousResistance #NativeDance #Dancing

My Mohawk sister-friend, Ojistoh, leading the Womens' Warrior song at 2021 popup protest in front of BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Victoria office.

#DirectAction #ClimateAction #Activists #POCWomen #IndigenousWomen #Sisterhood #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #Protest #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #PNW #EcoJustice #Drumming #IndigenousResistance #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #monochrome #Solidarity #Unity #FirstNations

2021.
Protesting in front of BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy with Rainbow Eyes & Sage(Against the Machine).

#DirectAction #ClimateAction #Activists #POCWomen #IndigenousWomen #CorporateMercenaries #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #Protest #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #monochrome

#ThickTrunkTuesday
2023.

#Canada's gnarliest tree in #AvatarGrove #OldGrowth #forest.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/avatar-grove

#VancouverIsland #AncientTrees #nature #OldGrowthTree #PortRenfrew #Pacheedaht #Trees #AncientForest #ProtectedTree #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #VictoriaBC #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #WorldInMyEyes #TreeLovers #TemperateRainforest #TreeHugger #SaveOldGrowth

In late June, #BritishColumbia & #GovernmentOfCanada announced that they’ve helped non-profit foundations & trusts buy 8 parcels of land from private owners for #OldGrowth #Conservation, largely on and around #VancouverIsland.

However, all but one of the #forests included in this purchase announcement do not contain old-growth #trees, defined by the #BCgovernment as 250-year-old #CoastalForests & 140-year-old forests in parts of the #BCInterior. Instead, 7 of 8 purchased properties contain what’s called “recruitment” old-growth — that is, forests that have been #logged.

Photos taken by members of #environmental organization #AncientForestAlliance #AFA earlier this month show massive old-growth trees being logged by #BCTimberSales, #BCNDP’s own #logging agency, in the Nahmint Valley on Vancouver Island. Some of these trees are more than 500 yrs old, according to the organization.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/07/18/news/latest-old-growth-conservation-announcement-mostly-not-about-old-growth

#BCpoli #deforestation #clearcuts #VanIsle #EcoJustice #Ecocide #ecological #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SaveOldGrowth #AncientForests #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #TreesAreEarthsLungs

My nature & ancient trees loving heart breaks, every time I see more clearcut deforestation. With the rapid acceleration of climate change, our foolish, greedy, short-sighted government continues to accept dirty deals with ecocidal corporations - going against public interests. They greenwash & whitewash while still allowing mass clearcuts to happen in disappearing ancient forests on the island.

Please - don't stop fighting to #ProtectOldGrowth #forests 🌲❤️🌲 #AncientTrees need #ForestDefenders in times of increased, rampant #CorporateGreed & sellout #ecocide enabling governments ✊️

#BCNewDeathParty #BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #Nature #ProtectNature #WildFirst #BCForestryReform #deforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #photography #BanCorporateLobbyists #DavidEby #BCNDP #EbyTheEnabler #ProtectForests #BCTourism #VancouverIsland #Cowichan #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BCgovernment #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #StopDeforestation #OneEarth #BritishColumbia #Canada #WorldInMyEyes #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #Activism #ActivistPhotography #Environmentalist #EcoJustice #FightForNature #NatureGuardians #StopTheSaws #CrimesAgainstHumanity #morose #SuperUnnaturalBC #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #EcoCrimes #monochrome #BWphotography #BWphoto #ThickTrunkTuesday

#MonochromeMonday

They keep killing the ancients.
Men who kill elder trees, are men who kill their children's futures.
Souls must be disconnected from nature & their spirits desperate for money, for them to be OK destroying #OldGrowth forests, for a temporary paycheque.
There are more ethical ways to earn a living.
Stop believing industrial & government #greenwashing lies.
#ClearcutLogging kills #ecosystems & throws #ecological balance out of whack.

Government tells us to not fret, that they're managing #forestry better - they're #greedy, #sellout #LIARS. You can go see for yourself, how many clearcuts are still happening on big scales, at several places across Vancouver Island & some parts of BC interior where greedy corporations are decimating the last inland #TemperateRainforest in the world. Our #neoliberal BC NDP government is OK with ongoing mass ecocide - they get money from industry lobbyists 🤑🤮😡

Don't stop, fighting to #ProtectOldGrowth #forests 🌲❤️🌲 #AncientTrees need #ForestDefenders in times of increased, rampant #CorporateGreed & sellout #ecocide enabling governments ✊️

#BCNewDeathParty #BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #Nature #ProtectNature #WildFirst #BCForestryReform #deforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #photography #BanCorporateLobbyists #DavidEby #BCNDP #EbyTheEnabler #ProtectForests #BCTourism #VancouverIsland #Cowichan #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BCgovernment #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #StopDeforestation #OneEarth #BritishColumbia #Canada #WorldInMyEyes #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #Activism #ActivistPhotography #Environmentalist #EcoJustice #FightForNature #NatureGuardians #StopTheSaws #CrimesAgainstHumanity #morose #SuperUnnaturalBC #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #EcoCrimes #monochrome #BWphotography #BWphoto

#BritishColumbia #OldGrowth #activists have taken before and after photos of a large area of an #AncientGrove that was #clearcut on #VancouverIsland near #PortAlberni in the #NahmintValley.

The #AncientForestAlliance says that many of the massive #trees that were cut down were over 500 years old, some being up to nine feet across.

Now that the grove has been cut, they are urging the #BCgovernment to immediately correct misidentified #AtRisk #OldGrowth #forests that could be eligible for #LoggingDeferrals.

https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2024/07/old-growth-carnage-activists-concerned-over-clear-cut-forest-near-port-alberni-photos/

#StopDeforestation #BCpoli #PortAlberni #StopEcocide #SaveTheForests #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #AncientForests #BanClearcuts #PauseTheSaws #BCNewDeathParty #AbolishIndustryLobbyists #ClimateCrisis #CarbonSinks #Environmental #WildFirst #ProtectNature #Ecological #ecosystem #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #BCNDP #EbyTheEnabler

#ThickTrunkTuesday
2023.

#OldGrowth #cedar #tree covered in lush #moss & #usnea #lichen in deep woods of #CowichanValley.

#VancouverIsland #nature #RedCedar #AncientTree #hiking #Forest #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #NatureLovers #trees #PNW #VanIsle #woodlands #GetOutside #Trees #NaturePhotos #TakeAHike #GreatOutdoors #ProtectOurForests #LeaveOnlyFootprints #TreesAreEarthsLungs #SaveOldGrowth #SaveTheForests #environmental #ecological #ecosystems #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveBCOldGrowth #arbor #TreeHugger #DefendTheForests #WorldInMyEyes #ProtectWhatYouLove

#StopDeforestation ✊️🌲🌳🙏

Two past #photographs together ->

#BigLonelyDoug layered over #deforestation #clearcuts 😢 in #CowichanValley
All the #OldGrowthTrees, in what used to be fully forested area, were razed down. This kind of reckless profits before planet #ClearcutLogging absolutely devastates #ecosystems & it annihilates #WildlifeHabitats.

Please join the ongoing fight to #SaveOldGrowth & for #BCForestryReform. We seriously need to transition & work on #NatureFirst #WildFirst solutions for a more ethical, responsible & sustainable future.
https://ancientforestalliance.org/

Read about Big Lonely Doug:
https://thewalrus.ca/big-lonely-doug/

#CutOutCorruptionNotForests #SaveOldGrowth #TreesAreEarthsLungs #VancouverIsland #ProtectForests #ProtectNature #VancouverIsland #StopEcocide #SaveTheForests #PauseTheSaws #EndClearcutting #StopKillingOldGrowth #TreesOverGreed #BCNDP #BCpoli #Environmental #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #EcoJustice #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #AbolishCorporateLobbyists #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BCNDPCriminals #Ecocide #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNDPNatureKillers #SaveAncientTrees #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Treehugger #TreeProtectors #ForestDefenders #ActivismArt #WorldInMyEyes #ActivistPhotography #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #photography

#ThrowbackThursday

Fellow #Asian #environmental #activist & #artist - #painting a large #plywood #canvas with #forest theme.

Out at #ResistanceCamp 🌲❤️🌲✊️🎨

#ActivismArt #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveTheForests #ProtectForests #ProtectNature #WildFirst #SaveOldGrowth #TreesAreEarthsLungs #LoveAndProtectTrees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #PNW #PleinAir #Painters #AsianMastodon #BCNDPisKillingUs

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

#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

#FairyCreekBlockade roadside resistance support camp memories from last Autumn. #Camped in a truck & a bus for a few cold & rainy days.

#ForestDefenders #EarthProtectors #WaterProtectors #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #biodiversity #PortRenfrew #CowichanValley #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #DefundRCMP #DisbandCIRG #BritishColumbia #Canada #Cascadia #OneEarth #Activists #environmentalists #ClimateAction #landback #ResistanceCamp

We need volunteer watch people for shifts at tree protection new resistance camp in Wsanec territory. Please contact via DM & I'll send contact info over.

#Saanich #Wsanec #VolunteersNeeded #forestdefenders #SaveOldGrowth #protectOldGrowth #watchStation #ResistanceCamp #CallOut #environmentalists #EcoActivists