Date/Time
Date(s) - February 10, 2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church
Categories No Categories
The urban struggle for environmental justice
Monday, Feb 10, 2014
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church
1803 East 1st Ave,
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory
The land, water and air that sustain life on the planet are under serious threat. Indigenous communities are on the front lines of the struggles against corporate resource extraction, pipelines, fracking and mining. And they are resisting. For city dwellers, the struggle takes a different shape. There’s a need for action in solidarity with those on the front lines, and an obligation to engage in strategies that diminish negative impacts of modern urban life on the land, water and air. How can urbanites take up strategies of resistance to environmental destruction? What ahttp://streamsofjustice.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/land-water-air-the-city-a-community-forum/re some alternative modes of living that seek justice and harmony with the life-world around us? At this community forum, we’ll explore these important themes of justice together.
◆ Reuben George (Sundance Chief, Tsleil-Waututh Nation)
◆ David Tracey (Urban ecologist, author of The Earth Manifesto)
◆ Kaleb Morrison (Rising Tide, Coast Salish Territories)
http://streamsofjustice.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/land-water-air-the-city-a-community-forum/