Planting a trillion trees would be a major contribution to solving our global climate change crisis, a remarkably simple solution since trees absorb and sequester the excess carbon from fossil fuels that we have been emitting into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.
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Quadra ICAN asks ‘What can we do when the grid goes down?’
When Jan Zwicky talked about the need to be independent of the grid, she referred to a 60 second power outage at 4 AM last year. Zwicky wasn’t aware there was a problem until she went into the basement three days later. Her freezer, which had been packed with food, was still off. Most of the contents were ruined.
Zwicky said she is not dependant on a computer and has a back-up system that can keep the lights on, “ But boy, I don’t want that freezer to fall apart!”
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Two Opposing Logging Protests in Campbell River
There were two opposing logging protests in Campbell River, last Thursday.
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BC deferring old growth logging in Fairy Creek
At the request of the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations, BC is deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed and central Walbran areas.
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ForestMarch 2021 for Old Growth ecosystems
Thousands of people in communities across the province took to the streets in ForestMarch 2021 on Friday.
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