Sierra Club BC
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Site C construction continues to impact wildlife, ecosystems, northern farmland, culturally significant sites and important hunting and fishing grounds in the Peace River Valley, all in an effort to build a dam with no market for the power.

"It is a hope that implores us at an uncompromising core to keep rising up for an Earth more than worth fighting for." Don’t miss Amanda Gormann’s inspiring climate action poem Earthrise.

In an open letter to Premier Horgan and his cabinet, Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly First Nations has called for an immediate suspension of work on the unsafe, unnecessary, and unlawful Site C dam until there is a cabinet decision on cancellation. Read the letter here

The environmental crisis is also a crisis of hope. As Elin Kelsey says, the way to spread hope is to collectively challenge the tired narrative of environmental doom and gloom, and replace it with an evidence-based argument that improves our capacity to engage with the real and overwhelming issues we face. Via Hakai Magazine

"We're stuck with this idea that growth is necessary in order to be modern, to be competitive in the world. Seventh-generation thinking says you have enough: Earth already provides everything you need to be happy and healthy, so take care of it well," says Rick Hill, a member of the Tuscarora Six Nations

We’re thrilled to launch our new strategic plan, Growing Into Balance, a transformational vision to protect ecosystems and support diverse communities in climate resilience. Explore Growing Into Balance today www.sierraclub.bc.ca/balance

Haida Gwaii is home to plants and animals not found anywhere else in the world, including a combination of muskeg and old-growth forests that stores more carbon than most ecosystems. But beyond the boundaries of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, clearcut logging continues.

Sierra Club BC has sent a letter written by our Executive Director Hannah Askew and Bud Napoleon, Treaty 8 Elder and Sierra Club BC Board member, to Premier John Horgan requesting he halt the construction of the Site C dam. Read the full letter here https://sierraclub.bc.ca//2021-Site-C-letter-and-2020-Lett

#LIVE: Join scientific illustrator Julius Csotonyi as he teaches us how to draw iconic orcas! Grab a pencil and join the fun

Last night Vancouver City Council passed the Climate Emergency Action Plan! Big shout out to Sustainabiliteens Vancouver and other climate justice organizers who led the push for this. Still much more work to be done but this is a huge step in the right direction.

Parks and protected areas may be the centre piece of B.C.’s tourism strategy, but currently the province’s network is too small, too disconnected and too underfunded to sustain the species, habitats and life-supporting services we all depend on.

TOMORROW! Join us for a FREE art lesson to learn how to draw the iconic orca! Grab a pencil and get creative with scientific illustrator Dr. Julius Csotonyi tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18 at 10:30 a.m. PT. Register here https://sierraclub.bc.ca/learn-to-draw-b-c-wildlife-orca-p/

Government has shown itself capable of relying on science as the overriding COVID-19 strategy why not look to the science of forests, environment, social justice, climate change? ask individuals, communities, First Nations and organizations across B.C.