Social Action/Media Event

Report: World Rivers Day 2010 a success!

Sep 26 2010 - 12:00am
Sep 26 2010 - 11:59pm
Speaker(s): 
via Mark Angelo

The following is a note from WRD Chair, Mark Angelo

Congratulations to everyone who supported World River Day 2010 by
attending or organizing an event.  We're hearing very positive reports from
dozens of countries around the world, and we'd like to hear how your
event unfolded.  Please e-mail us a photo or two of your activities, so that

Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
World Rivers Day
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
World Rivers Day

Rex Weyler on Shaw TV's Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer,

Apr 29 2010 - 12:00am
Apr 29 2010 - 10:00am
Speaker(s): 
Rex Weyler
Rex Weyler, Co-founder of Greenpeace International, Communications and Research consultant with BC Citizens for Public Power.


Cutting through the rhetoric on both sides of the public/private power debate to really lay out what’s at stake with respect to power generation in BC over the next decade.

Location: 
Shaw television network.
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 

BC Citizens for Public Power for Shaw television

Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Shaw TV
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Victoria Independent TV Presents: Face to Face with Gwen Barlee

Apr 17 2010 - 11:00am
Apr 18 2010 - 10:00am
Speaker(s): 
Gwen Barlee, Western Wilderness Committee
A shocking discussion of Run of River Private Power Projects in British Columbia...
Location: 
On Channel 11

Victoria and Saltspring Island
Saturday April 17; 11 AM and 11:30 PM
Sunday April 18; 10 AM and 9 PM
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Victoria Independent Television
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Victoria Independent Television and Wilderness Committee

Theatre! Community! Art! Media! Science! Politics! Activism!!!!

Feb 27 2010 - 12:00am
Feb 28 2010 - 12:00am
Speaker(s): 
Friends of Bute Inlet (FOBI) with Trickster Theatre
Interested in any of the above? 

Friends of Bute Inlet (FOBI) is partnering with Trickster Theatre (http://www.trickstertheatre.com/), to stage a creative community activist extravaganza February 27 and 28.  
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Friends of Bute Inlet (FOBI)  with Trickster Theatre
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Friends of Bute Inlet (FOBI)  with Trickster Theatre
For More Information:
Phone: 
Lannie Keller: 250-285-2823

BC Green Energy Advisory Task Force: Make YOUR voice heard

Nov 20 2009 - 12:00am
Dec 31 2009 - 11:59pm
Speaker(s): 
YOU!

On November 20, 2009 the BC Government quietly announced their handpicked appointees to the new Green Energy Advisory Task Force.

Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Allied public power and environmental organizations

Bridge to a Cool Planet parade – international day of climate action

Oct 24 2009 - 12:00pm
Oct 24 2009 - 5:00pm
Speaker(s): 
Various
On October 24th, staff and volunteers from BC Citizens for Public Power will participate in the "Bridge to a Cool Planet" parade, as part of the international day of climate action. Join us! 

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Location: Cambie Street Bridge, Vancouver
Location: 
Cambie Street Bridge, Vancouver
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Bridge to a cool planet
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 

See list of supporters

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Rally to Save Wild Salmon

Oct 3 2009 - 1:00pm
Oct 3 2009 - 3:00pm
Speaker(s): 
Alexandra Morton, Chief Bob Chamberlin, and others

Join the Rally for Wild Salmon - Presented by the Wild Salmon Circle 

The Wild Salmon Circle is a citizen action group recently formed to build a large-scale public movement to save wild salmon from total collapse on our coast. 
Location: 
Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia St. side between Howe and Hornby Streets) 
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Wild Salmon Circle
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Wild Salmon Circle

RALLY: Paddlers Flotilla for BC Rivers

Apr 25 2009 - 3:00pm
Apr 25 2009 - 6:00pm

Lets keep our rivers wild and our power public!

Come to the rally!

Date/Time: Saturday, April 25 3:00pm - 6:00pm

 

Location: 
North End of Kits Beach, Vancouver
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Save our BC Rivers from Private Power Developers
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Save our BC Rivers from Private Power Developers
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Nanaimo, BC: Rally supporting BC endangered rivers

Apr 4 2009 - 2:30pm
Apr 4 2009 - 4:30pm
Speaker(s): 
Various
There is a major rally in support of BC rivers at the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities (AVICC) conference in Nanaimo, at 2:30 PM on Saturday April 4th.  
Location: 
Nanaimo Convention Centre, Nanaimo, BC
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Various
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Friends of Bute Inlet
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CALL TO ACTION: 10,000 Voices... including yours!

Mar 26 2009 - 12:00am
Mar 26 2009 - 11:59pm

On Thursday, March 26, 2009, join thousands of citizens throughout the province to let our premier and your local provincial MLA know how much you want to keep our power public and our rivers wild.

Location: 
Throughout British Columbia
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s): 
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
For More Information:
Phone: 
604.683.8220
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