Posts from ‘Campaigns’ - Page 77
Switch Banks to Slow Climate Change
Recap The satisfACTION post on Dec 18th invited readers to add their support to the 5 Point Action Plan of the newly minted ‘Citizens Concerned About Coalbed Methane’. Hundreds ...
Coalbed Methane Rallies in Fernie and Princeton
Recapping The Call-In The last satisfACTION post gave an account of a recent issue ‘call-in’, where hundreds and hundreds of people across BC and Alberta picked up the phone ...
Fingers Crossed – Oh what a tangled web WFP weaves!
Everyone is waiting with baited breath to hear what the BC Supreme Court judge will decide on Western Forest Products (WFP) challenge of the Regional District bylaws restricting subdivision in ...
WFP Asks for Pay-Day Loan
This blog is in response to this news article, which announces Western Forest Product’s desperate plan to raise $50 million in cash through a share offering. Companies generally don’t ...
Introducing satisfACTION
The satisfACTION blog is about activism in British Columbia – the methods, theories, and stories of how people are working together for more perfect communities . Ever felt a ...
Tar Sands Sanity
Late last week a supporter sent me a Vancouver Sun article that declared the end of the oilsands boom. Apparently the markets have done what legions of environmentalists, concerned ...
The Great Land Grab
Famous U.S. abolitionist Wendell Phillps once said, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many for the few.”Phillips’ quip applies to BC where ...
The meaning of the message
When I think about the number of messages that my brain processes in one day, it’s a bit overwhelming.Research shows that the average person is bombarded with over 6000 ...
From Horror to Hope to Heartache
Truth be told, the last two months of my life have felt consumed by the emotional roller coaster of elections, from horror to hope to heartbreak. It all started ...