A great conversation with #author Robert Macfarlane thanks to #SierraClubBC . #Rivers are alive IMHO. https://sierraclub.bc.ca/is-a-river-alive-a-conversation-with-robert-macfarlane/
#WaterisLife #RightsofNature #EnvironmentalLaw #IndigenousLaw #books #naturalist #bookstodon #water
#LearnToDraw #webinar series from #SierraClubBC ✏️🦅🐋🦉
If you love #nature & #wildlife & want to learn how to draw - you'll enjoy their video #ArtLessons.
https://sierraclub.bc.ca/learn-to-draw-b-c-wildlife-art-lesson-series-with-julius-csotonyi-webinar/
About the art instructor:
Dr. Julius Csotonyi is a Vancouver-based scientific illustrator and natural history fine artist. He has a scientific background in ecology (MSc) and microbiology (PhD) which has taken him to study sensitive ecosystems, from sand dunes in the Rocky Mountain parks to hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
These experiences have fuelled a strong resolve to work toward preserving the earth’s biota. Painting biological subjects is one means that he uses to both enhance public awareness of biological diversity and to motivate concern for its welfare.
He paints murals and panels that have appeared in numerous museums (e.g. the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History), press release images for scientific publications, books, stamp sets (e.g. the 2018 “Sharks of Canada” set for Canada Post), and coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. His work is viewable on his online gallery, http://csotonyi.com
#FreeArtLesson #LearnArt #WildlifeArt #Drawing #ArtEducation #OnlineLearning #FreeWebinars #Educational #AllAges #FamilyFriendly #WildlifeDrawings #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:
#StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.
Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.
Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.
#PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->
#SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform
"The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.
Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.
Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.
#SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform
Addendum 2
35% remaining Vancouver Island old-growth forests logged since 1993 Clayoquot protests
https://sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-third-of-vancouver-islands-last-old-growth-forests-logged-since-1993-clayoquot-protests
* converted to short-rotation plantations th. cannot withstand severe climate impacts, never recover f. biomass/carbon loss
Clayoquot Sound: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayoquot_Sound
Clayoquot protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayoquot_protests
Sierra Club BC: https://sierraclub.bc.ca
https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/30yrs_Clayoquot-scaled.jpg
#BritishColumbia #logging #RainForest #capitalism #EcologicalDestruction #corporations #SierraClubBC
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