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From my now deleted Tiktok.
Memories of our camp #LandBack crew of #Indigenous & #POC women & #TwoSpirit comrades. #Activist family 💗

#PacheedahtTerritory #PortRenfrew #Environmentalists #IndigenousRights #VancouverIsland #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #PacificNorthwest #EcoJustice #VanIsle #Activism #WaterProtectors #ForestProtectors #StopClearcuts #WorthMoreStanding #Cascadia #ColonialResistance #Decolonize #VanIsle #PNW #RainbowNation #TurtleIsland #NativeResistance #Comrades

#ThrowbackThursday
2021.

I still am unable to go back here physically because it would break my heart too much. I spent almost 9 months, on/off, in the forest - trying to save the old growth trees here. The trees you see on the mountain slopes here are all gone. They were clearcut since this photo was taken from a resistance camp, higher up in the valley. I have seen aerial photos of what this spot looked like in 2023 - so many damn #ecocidal clearcuts into #AncientForest groves. This backs into #Carmannah #Walbran Park - which was also under threat of logging for awhile. It had to be blockaded before protection was granted. Avatar Grove & a few other #OldGrowth areas on Southern #VancouverIsland were given protection because activists fought hard to gain it.

#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #VanIsle #StopClearcuts #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCForestryReform #ClimateActionNow #ProtectOldGrowth

A large mountain valley with clearcuts on the left. Old growth forests on the right.

#MonochromeMonday

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

A giant old growth Douglas fir tree, overlaid on a photo of large clearcutted forest tract. It spans up mountain & runs for a few kilometres.
Black and white photo.

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

Old growth stumps in a deforested clearcut.
They are on a sloped mountain - background is more clearcut & fog over forest that has since been cut down.
Black and white photo.

#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

Old growth tree stumps in foreground. 2 logging clearcuts in front of the stumps with a strip of young trees in the middle. The upper clearcut runs up the mountain to another section of young trees. Foggy mist covers tree tops & obscures the mountain.

Me & fellow #Latina #environmental #activist Raven. We were both gifted sage smudge sticks & sweetgrass braids. Raven is now going down to support a few #Indigenous #ecojustice #ResistanceCamps in Amazon area ❤️✊️🌲💦❤️

#ProtectNature #StopEnvironmentalRacism #StopClearcuts #StopEcocide #WildFirst #ProtectForests #SaveOldGrowth #AncientForestDefenders #NatureGuardians #EcoWarriors #WomenForNature #ResistEcocide #ResistColonialExploitation #Landback #VancouverIsland #PNW #POCallies #humanitarians

Black & white photo of me & activist friend, Raven. We are wearing rain gear & standing on side of remote road with forest surrounding. There's cars & campers parked on side of road.

#Industrial #logging is one of the country's biggest #climate #polluters with more than 10 per cent of #Canada ’s total planet-heating #emissions .

This is according to an #analysis of the #NationalInventoryReport produced by both #NatureCanada & #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil #NRDC - #American #environmental #advocacy group.

https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_b70fe9af-6f70-511e-80a1-90f171fd207a.html

#StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #WorthMoreStanding #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #TreesOverGreed

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

#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

A single red dress hangs amidst a stand of trees. Everything is monochrome in the photo except for the red dress.
All these trees have since been all clearcut 😭

#ForestFriday
Grandfather #ElderTree is #WorthMoreStanding 🌲🦅❤

#SaveOldGrowth #LastStandForForests #WorthMoreStanding #OldGrowth #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #ForestDefender #Grogu #StopDeforestation #SaveAncientForests #CarbonSink #ClimateChange #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #GreedKillsNature #Conservation #ecology #biodiversity #ecosystems #environmental #ProtectForests #TreesOverGreed #StopKillingTrees

Me, standing with my cane in silver pleated skirt & multicoloured long sleeve top, at base of a giant old growth cedar tree.

Baby Yoda figurine beside a giant old growth cedar tree.

#Treeplanting — the main so-called #NatureBased solution intended to help #DrawDown #CarbonDioxide from the atmosphere has become a synonym for #ClimateAction . #Governments & #companies make #forestry #promises that spring up like eager saplings. That’s become a convenient way to assuage #consumer & #corporate #guilt ..
#Trees are wonderful, but they’re not a #QuickSolution to the #ClimateCrisis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/04/11/rewilding-nature-is-no-solution-if-all-you-ve-got-are-trees/a30e23d8-d821-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html

#greenwashing #StopEcocide #StopDeforestation #StopClearcuts #SaveForests

A series of ancient #landslides have been "reawakened" in #BritishColumbia #Cariboo region, according to the #BCgovernment costing hundreds of millions in federal #disaster #AssistanceFunds .
While the #BCNDP links the reactivation of the slides to #ClimateChange - #experts #warn the problem is #connected to #logging in the area.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6788316

#BCpoli #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #Canada #PNW #PacificNorthwest #environmental #geological #StopEcocide

The world is #losing 10 million hectares of #forest each year due to #deforestation – about the size of #Iceland , Europe´s second biggest island. In addition, insects damage around 35 million hectares of forest annually. This is extremely serious, not least given the fact that forests are key to combating #ClimateXhange . 21 March is the #InternationalDayOfForests.
https://unric.org/en/world-losing-forests-the-size-of-iceland-every-year

#StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForForests

#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

A gnarly, moss covered tree in the forest. Sunlight filtering through.

The #BCgovernment has been roundly applauded for removing a key word from the #provincial #regulations governing #forest planning.

For two decades the word “#unduly ” has #limited the #protection of so-called “#NonTimber ” values in #BCForests . #Wildlife #habitat , #soil , #biodiversity & even drinking #water could only be protected if it did not “unduly reduce the supply of timber from #BritishColumbia .”

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/16/Private-Forest-Land/

#StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #deforestation #NewDeathParty #PNW

#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 .

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/carbon-sink-vulnerability-recovering-forests-highlighted-new-study/31010/

#StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #ClimateAction #ecojustice #ecology

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.

https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2023/03/timelapse-shows-significant-deforestation-on-vancouver-island-over-39-years-video/

#vanisle #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #CorporateGreed

#KPMG became a #global sustainability leader while serving companies accused of #forest #destruction .

The firm vouched for an #Indonesian company with a #SupplyChain beset by #deforestation allegations and a project in #Canada that led to an #Indigenous forest’s “#death by a thousand cuts”

https://www.invw.org/2023/03/08/how-auditing-giant-kpmg-became-a-global-sustainability-leader-while-serving-companies-accused-of-forest-destruction/

#StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopGreenwashers #StopDeforestation #ExposeGreenwashers #Corruption #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #CorporateLies #ExposeCorruption #ResourceExtraction