I’m on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands. Every night I’ll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.

Here is the first of our adventures. This tour diary series was originally created for Current TV.