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As promised, we spent the morning with a couple dozen folks from the Seattle Rainforest Action Group dressed as homeless caribou, wandering the streets of Everett, Washington. I’m speaking, of course, of our antics at the Built Green Conference and Expo. The annual event drew about 700 building industry professionals. As conference attendees flooded into [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Breaking news from the Built Green Conference up in Everett, Washington today. RAN and Grassy Narrows community members were on hand to expose Weyerhaeuser subsidiary Quadrant Homes’ greenwashing. Quadrant uses wood clearcut without consent from Grassy Narrows traditional territory to build homes in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. Stay tuned as more action [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Even after nearly a dozen speaking engagements with Maria, Gloria, and Warren from Grassy Narrows, I still enjoy hearing what they have to say. They never use prepared statements or even notes, they speak from the heart and every time they say something new and meaningful. After the meeting, Gloria wrote down some of what [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 12, 2007
Fresh from our meeting with Sr. Executives at Weyerhaeuser, Gloria, Maria and Warren are all smiles. We’re in the van that’s taken the group more than 3500 miles from their home to the sprawling corporate campus of the world’s biggest lumber company. We were greeted on our arrival by Cassie Phillips, VP for Sustainability. She [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 11, 2007
I arrived in Seattle yesterday, excited to greet Gloria, Warren, Maria and their entourage from Grassy Narrows. They’re in town for a week of meetings and publicity intended to confront Weyerhaeuser about their supportt for clear cut logging of their ancestral homeland. Tonight, they’ll address a room full of supporters at the University Friends Meeting [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 10, 2007
A report on the Road to Seattle from Caitlin in Victoria: Last night in Victoria Warren, Maria, Gloria and their entourage shared their stories with us in Victoria. The crowd was saddened by their stories of devastation, encouraged by their stand against Weyerhaeuser, inspired by their strength and empowered to lend a hand. Gloria spoke [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 9, 2007
Here’s the last Canadian dispatch from David and the Grassy Narrows crew. They show up in Seattle on Sunday. Having safely crossed the continental divide and the powerful presence of the snow covered Rocky Mountains we began making our way through British Columbia. Unlike most tourists, we know fully well that virtually all of ‘B.C.’ [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 8, 2007
Here’s the latest from David Sone, on the road with Maria, Gloria and Warren from Grassy Narrows First Nation. More on their tour at FreeGrassy.org. After spending a week in the prairie provinces we are now making our way through the mountains, headed for the coast. The prairie winds certainly do blow cold in February, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Here’s the latest dispatch from David, traveling with the group from Grassy Narrows across Canada. They arrive in Seattle on Sunday. On our last speaking tour Judy Da Silva, a clan mother from Grassy Narrows remarked that our whirlwind schedule made it seem like we were touring rock stars. This time, on our trip across [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 4, 2007
A report from Gloria Kejick. She’ll be speaking with others from her community in Victoria on Friday: Destruction and Interruption of the Laws of Life, Cycle of Life Many years ago, the Elders of the Grassy Narrows Madawin Lodge spoke of a time to come…. “When Fish Float” Instead of swimming; this came to be [...]
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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