On the surface, Fish Lake is Avatar in real life: the Tsilhqot’in First Nation vs. Taseko Mines, who want to build a gold mine – “Prosperity Mine,” no less – on the ancestral land of the Nation. The plan would drain Teztan Biny (Fish Lake), the sacred lake of the Tsilqhot’in, and fill it with …
Category: Politics & Activism
I woke up here today
<<Guest Post by Ben West>> I woke up here today next to a stone Buddha on a hill top on an island in the pacific ocean I sat cross legged awkward a squirming city slicker that can’t sit still i was all alone in shangri la or at least that is what i thought. but …
My life in Surrey
I remember when I first heard about the massive highway-expansion project called Gateway, five years back. My immediate reaction was physical, a hot blush of outrage, like in the cartoons when the red flag is waved in front of the bull. I sputtered – “that’s…not…happening!” And i knew then and there that i could not …
Going Car-Free
<<delivered at The Great Turning: the Be The Change Unconference, May 23, 2009>> My name is Carmen Mills. I am a Vancouver-centered Director of Free Will. I am really stoked about the fact that people are finally starting to figure out that we can actually reclaim our freedom by letting go of our cars. A …