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General News · 22nd June 2021
Awakeneers Immanuel
We'd like to invite you to join us for two more Fairy Creek livestream fundraiser concerts. One this Saturday, June 26th, at 6:00pm, and another the following Saturday, 3rd, also at 6:00pm. We'll be broadcasting a collection of original folk-music focusing on environmental and earth-related themes, including two brand new songs written in support of Fairy Creek.

Streaming on:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-RA6zBf960
Instagram Live: https://www.instagram.com/awakeneersmusic/
and via our website here: https://www.awakeneers.com/ancient-forests

Admission is free, and donations go towards Fairy Creek GoFundMe. Register here to attend: https://www.awakeneers.com/ancient-forests

British Columbia is home to some of the few remaining areas of un-touched wilderness on planet Earth. These are truly rare, amazing, and sacred places, some of which we have been fortunate enough to live next to, or within.

Right now, a multinational logging corporation based in B.C., with government approval, is determined to continue cutting the ancient forests in the Fairy Creek area — one of the last such places on Earth — but are being held off by a rapidly growing number of non violent and very determined people putting themselves in harm's way. At this point in time, this has become the only option left to them to protect the forests and ancient trees - some of which are 1500-2000 years old.

If you would like to get educated about the situation at Fairy Creek: here are some starting points:

The Fairy Creek Blockade: Examining the costs between Nature and human existence
https://www.shakeuptheestab.org/post/the-fairy-creek-blockade-examining-the-costs-between-nature-and-human-existence

Rainforest Flying Squad Website
https://laststandforforests.com/

Stand.Earth Website
https://www.stand.earth/

If you wish to, here are some ways to support the effort:

Use TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, and other platforms to share the petitions, photos, and info that inspires others to join the movement to save old growth #OldGrowthBlockade #SaveFairyCreek #WorthMoreStanding #LandBack

Donate directly to Fairy Creek at https://www.gofundme.com/f/direct-action-for-ancient-rainforests

Phone calls and emails to the premier and MLAs (Premier John Horgan 1-250-387-1715, Minister of Forestry Katrine Conroy 1-250-387-6240)

Engage in peaceful protest. Please read the handbook written by the Rainflyer Squad before joining.

Talk to your municipal government to discuss solutions and push for a moratorium

For BC Residents--if all fails, citizens can petition to remove MLAs from office. BC is the only province that can hold their MLAs accountable for lofty promises. For more information, head over to: https://elections.bc.ca/recall-initiative/recall/

Supporting, and joining in solidarity with Indigenous communities to gain sovereignty over their ancestral lands