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Eriel - who has written 15 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger is from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Canada. Eriel is currently employed with the Rainforest Action Network as the Freedom From Oil Campaigner in Edmonton, Alberta targeting Tar Sands development and the banks that fund it. Eriel received extensive training on Indigenous People in the International System with the International Training Center for Indigenous Peoples in Greenland.
Last April 1606 migratory ducks landed on a tar sands tailings pond, or what I would like to call a man made toxic tar pit, and met their end. The cause of death for these birds was drowning. Apparently the birds landed in one of Syncrudes oil-slick toxic waters and were sucked down and drown. [...]
Continue reading...By Eriel, April 2 2009
REGINA, SK - A group of local activist held a rally outside the Regina RBC main branch, armed with signs, information and handbills. The impacts of this rally was immediate. Managers of all Royal Banks in Regina came to meet with the protesters asking them to leave as they were upsetting clients/customers. Numerous clients went [...]
Continue reading...By Eriel, April 2 2009
Those going to grab some morning cash from the RBC main branch and the Strathcona branch got a harsh lesson about RBC’s role as the leading financier of the world’s dirtiest oil. The Rainforest Action Network and Edmonton community members marked RBC as a “Global Crime Scene.” Armed with our very own “Tarbie,” a banner [...]
Continue reading...By Eriel, February 26 2009
Update - just in from Mark in Toronto (with pictures): We had a great protest this morning in Toronto at the Royal Bank headquarters. Fifteen activists greeted RBC employees on their way to work for an hour and a half. We had a banner that read “RBC creates climate chaos. Renewables not tar sands.” As [...]
Continue reading...By Eriel, December 5 2008
Calgary, AB – Calgary, Canada’s dirties city takes the lead on Challenging Canadian Banks investments in projects like the tar sands & other dirty energy projects. Calgary is at the heart of the problem and can be the start of the solution. “IS YOUR BANK A CARBON BIGFOOT?” – FIND OUT HERE Climate Friendly Banking: [...]
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By Eriel, April 20 2009
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