Do you want to help protect Vancouver Island's endangered ancient
forests and also have a chance to win some great prizes? If so,
please take part in our petition drive competition!
>From now until 12:00 noon on March 23, we'll be asking all those
who want Vancouver Island's remaining ancient forests protected
to circulate a petition which you can download at
www.viforest.org
The petition calls on the BC government to end old-growth logging
on Vancouver Island and to ban raw log exports from BC.
The 1st place winner gets a $250 gift certificate on all items in
the Western Canada Wilderness Committee's Rainforest Store in
Victoria, while the next 9 highest signature-collectors will also
get prizes (soon TBA - check our website www.wcwcvictoria.org
soon for details). We'll send you the prizes if you can't make it
to Victoria!
Do petitions work? YES!!! Only when enough people know, care, and
speak up are governments forced to listen and do the right
things. Look at what's happening with climate change right now.
Petitions, letters, rallies, and protests all add-up together to
generate the public awareness and mobilization to force
politicians - who are worried about staying in power - to act
accordingly, or else get tossed from power.
Our goal is to collect 10 000 signatures over the next 5 weeks,
pushing our current total to over 20 000 signatures. Signatures
from anywhere on planet Earth are valid, since BC's old-growth
forest products are sold internationally, too.
Where can you collect signatures? On busy streets is quickest
("Hi, please sign our old-growth forest petition!"), as well as
in class (pass many copies up and down the aisles), door to door,
at line-ups, and among roommates, friends and neighbours.
Please return all petitions to our WCWC Victoria office at 651
Johnson St., Victoria, BC V8W 1M7 (open M-F 10-5 pm, Sat. 11-5
pm) no later than 12 pm noon on Friday, March 23. We'll be
announcing the winners at our Vancouver Island Ancient Forest
Rally on March 24 at the BC Legislature (12 noon) in Victoria.
Already 75% of Vancouver Island's original ancient forests have
been cut down, including 90% of the valley-bottom ancient
forests, and 99% of the old-growth Coastal Douglas Fir forests.
The WCWC is calling on the BC government to protect the remaining
old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and to force the timber
industry to make a full transition into second-growth logging at
a slower, more sustainable pace. Other jurisdictions, such as New
Zealand and southwestern Australia, have already banned
old-growth logging in recent years, and BC can feasibly do the
same on Vancouver Island and in southern BC where most logging
already takes place in second-growth forests. The WCWC is also
calling on the BC government to ban raw log exports (almost 5
million cubic meters exported each year from BC) in order to
protect the jobs of BC millworkers.
For more info on the campaign or to download petitions, visit:
www.viforest.org
You can also pick-up petitions at our office at our Victoria
office (250-388-9292) at 651 Johnson St. or our Vancouver office
at 341 Water St. (604-683-8220).
UVic students can also participate in the campus petition drive
and win extra prizes (ie. you are eligible in both contests) from
the UVic WCWC Club. Contact Elly, Sada, or Cayce at
uvicwilderness@gmail.com to drop off petitions to them, which
they will turn over to the main office afterwards.
Thank you for your participation in this most important effort to
save the most beautiful forests on Earth!
forests and also have a chance to win some great prizes? If so,
please take part in our petition drive competition!
>From now until 12:00 noon on March 23, we'll be asking all those
who want Vancouver Island's remaining ancient forests protected
to circulate a petition which you can download at
www.viforest.org
The petition calls on the BC government to end old-growth logging
on Vancouver Island and to ban raw log exports from BC.
The 1st place winner gets a $250 gift certificate on all items in
the Western Canada Wilderness Committee's Rainforest Store in
Victoria, while the next 9 highest signature-collectors will also
get prizes (soon TBA - check our website www.wcwcvictoria.org
soon for details). We'll send you the prizes if you can't make it
to Victoria!
Do petitions work? YES!!! Only when enough people know, care, and
speak up are governments forced to listen and do the right
things. Look at what's happening with climate change right now.
Petitions, letters, rallies, and protests all add-up together to
generate the public awareness and mobilization to force
politicians - who are worried about staying in power - to act
accordingly, or else get tossed from power.
Our goal is to collect 10 000 signatures over the next 5 weeks,
pushing our current total to over 20 000 signatures. Signatures
from anywhere on planet Earth are valid, since BC's old-growth
forest products are sold internationally, too.
Where can you collect signatures? On busy streets is quickest
("Hi, please sign our old-growth forest petition!"), as well as
in class (pass many copies up and down the aisles), door to door,
at line-ups, and among roommates, friends and neighbours.
Please return all petitions to our WCWC Victoria office at 651
Johnson St., Victoria, BC V8W 1M7 (open M-F 10-5 pm, Sat. 11-5
pm) no later than 12 pm noon on Friday, March 23. We'll be
announcing the winners at our Vancouver Island Ancient Forest
Rally on March 24 at the BC Legislature (12 noon) in Victoria.
Already 75% of Vancouver Island's original ancient forests have
been cut down, including 90% of the valley-bottom ancient
forests, and 99% of the old-growth Coastal Douglas Fir forests.
The WCWC is calling on the BC government to protect the remaining
old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and to force the timber
industry to make a full transition into second-growth logging at
a slower, more sustainable pace. Other jurisdictions, such as New
Zealand and southwestern Australia, have already banned
old-growth logging in recent years, and BC can feasibly do the
same on Vancouver Island and in southern BC where most logging
already takes place in second-growth forests. The WCWC is also
calling on the BC government to ban raw log exports (almost 5
million cubic meters exported each year from BC) in order to
protect the jobs of BC millworkers.
For more info on the campaign or to download petitions, visit:
www.viforest.org
You can also pick-up petitions at our office at our Victoria
office (250-388-9292) at 651 Johnson St. or our Vancouver office
at 341 Water St. (604-683-8220).
UVic students can also participate in the campus petition drive
and win extra prizes (ie. you are eligible in both contests) from
the UVic WCWC Club. Contact Elly, Sada, or Cayce at
uvicwilderness@gmail.com to drop off petitions to them, which
they will turn over to the main office afterwards.
Thank you for your participation in this most important effort to
save the most beautiful forests on Earth!
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