Save Vancouver Island's Ancient Forests and Ban Raw Log Exports
The Wilderness Committee is working to save the remaining ancient forest on Vancouver Island, 73% of which has already been logged, and to ban raw log exports.
Now hiring in the Vancouver Office: Operations DirectorThe Wilderness Committee is currently hiring Door-to-Door Canvassers - Part-time and Full-time
 Sidney/North Saanich Slideshow to Protect Vancouver Island's Ancient Forests and Jobs
Posted July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009
WHEN: Wednesday, July 15, 2008
TIME: 7:30-8:30pm
WHERE: Boardroom, Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney, B.C.
ADMISSION: By donation
The Wilderness Committee's Tara Sawatsky and Ken Wu will be hosting a spectacular slideshow of new images of the wildlife, old-growth forests, maps, and politics of Vancouver Island's forests. [Full Story]
Courtenay Slideshow hosted by the Comox Valley Naturalists to Protect Vancouver Island's Ancient Forests and Jobs
Posted July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009 WHEN: Tuesday, July 21, 2008
TIME: 7-9 pm
WHERE: Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay, B.C.
ADMISSION: By donation
The Comox Valley Naturalists will be hosting a slideshow presentation by the Wilderness Committee's Tara Sawatsky and Ken Wu to highlight the current status of Vancouver Island's forests and what citizens can do to protect old-growth forests, watersheds, and timber industry jobs. [Full Story]
Salt Spring Film Screening of
Posted July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009 WHEN: Thursday, July 23, 2009
TIME: 4pm
WHERE: The Fritz Movie Theatre, Central Hall, 901 North End Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
ADMISSION: By donation
See a powerful new documentary by Jeremy Williams about the campaign to protect the last old-growth forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast.
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 Canada blows post-oil economic opportunities
Posted July 7, 2009
Susan Riley, Canwest News Service , July 7, 2009
"Canada is becoming increasingly isolated in clinging to the fossil economy while the rest of the world is moving on to a green economy," says Keith Stewart of the WWF. [Full Story]
Funds Needed for Ancient Forest and BC Jobs Campaign!
Posted July 4, 2009
July 4, 2009 So far, several dozen donors have contributed $2300 in response to the Wilderness Committee's latest email fundraising appeal.
THANK YOU so much for your support!! We're determined more than ever to put an end to the backwards practices of old-growth liquidation and raw log exports on BC's South Coast.
At this point, we still need more funds to continue organizing and expanding a major push towards a massive fall mobilization [Full Story]
Canada last among G8 on climate change action: report
Posted July 2, 2009
CBC News, July 1, 2009 Canada has been ranked last among the G8 nations in an annual climate change report funded by the World Wildlife Fund and the insurance firm Allianz SE. [Full Story]
Canada's Ancient Forests are Threatened and Must be Taken Seriously
Posted June 25, 2009
Swedish Newspaper: Dagens Nyheter
by Olavi Hemmila , June 22, 2009 The following article is from Sweden's main daily newspaper. It was written by a professor of environmental literature, Olavi Hemmila, who attended a trip led by the Wilderness Committee's Ken Wu and Tara Sawatsky in the endangered old-growth forests of the Upper Walbran Valley for about 40 participants from the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Conference held at the University of Victoria from June 3-6, 2009.
See the article below or online at the newspaper's site at:
http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/debatt-essa/olavi-hemmila-kanadas-urskog-hotad-tallberg-forum-maste-ta-skovlingen-pa-allvar-1.896096 [Full Story]
Shop at our 'Rainforest Store'
Posted June 23, 2009
June 23, 2009 The Wilderness Committee’s ‘RAINFOREST STORE’
651 Johnson Street (between Douglas and Broad) in Victoria
Hours: Monday - Thursday 10 – 5; Friday 10 – 6;
Saturdays 11 – 5
Tel: 250-388-9292
Welcome summer and all of its abundance! Find out what our wilderness has to offer in the newly released Edible & Medicinal Plants of Canada. [Full Story]
Old-Growth Depletion behind Coastal Forestry Crisis
Posted June 15, 2009
By Ken Wu, The Mark, June 15, 2009 In the lead-up to the British Columbia election last month, several B.C. Liberal politicians tried to revive and deepen old community divisions by pitting forestry workers against environmentalists. This ultimately served to facilitate their corporate donors' interests in liquidating, exporting, and ultimately selling off forestlands at the expense of communities and the environment.
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Funds Needed for Ancient Forest and BC Jobs Campaign!
Posted June 8, 2009
June 5, 2009 Right now, in this “post-election” period after the May 12 BC election, the Wilderness Committee’s Victoria office seriously needs your financial support to continue expanding its campaign to protect the last ancient forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and BC’s South Coast. [Full Story] | 
