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as climate change leads to more severe weather events, having multiple energy options is crucial..... except for the energy option that ISN'T fuelling climate change, because that's not an option that keeps profitable!!!!!

email council and demand that they do the right thing and reverse this motion:

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you can also add your name to the call for clean electricity in new builds across B.C. at saferhomesbc.com

pints?? AND prints??? FUN! register here: bit.ly/frackfreesocial

Join in! Tuesday, July 23, 6-8 pm Building Momentum to Stop Fracking in BC - Climate Action Provincial Assembly (Online)

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuce6vqTwqGdE_5umxEr22emah0IKIPFx0 #/registration

Following the Frack-Free BC Gathering, in this Climate Action Provincial Assembly, we will assist climate action groups to develop local plans to stop fracking and LNG in BC and move to safe, healthy, clean energy based on 100% renewable electricity, using Five Key Strategies. Kiki Wood from .earth will brief us on the Gathering, and there will be five prepared 2-siders to help us campaign. Then we will dive into the strategies.

WATCH LIVE right now: the Peace and Unity Summit. https://www.facebook.com/Peace.UnitySummit

The Peace and Unity Summit Building trust and reciprocity to enhance relationships between Nations and Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
An alliance against further environmental degradation and supporting rehabilitation of ecosystems and communities.

Facing “hostile complex threats” on foreign soil, a team of American spies deployed as a “force multiplier” to help ’s 16 local lobbyists achieve victory.

No, it’s not a Tom Clancy novel about special forces soldiers in some faraway jungle or desert. This covert operation, first revealed by The Narwhal, took place in sleepy Victoria, B.C.

Read the full story on our website: dogwoodbc.ca

Who's really calling the shots on LNG in British Columbia?

LNG is an intelligence operation TC Energy has spies, soldiers, even a former CIA director pushing pipelines and fracking in B.C. But they’re not invincible.

We’ve never seen such deep collusion between the oil and gas industry and B.C. government regulators. What’s going on? Calgary pipeline giant TC Energy knows their Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project is too risky and expensive to build. So they want to sell it to the Nisga’a Nation. But the project was approved 10 years ago … and its environmental certificate expires this fall. Nobody wants to buy a dead pipeline. The only way to keep PRGT alive is to start construction. So government regulators are bending over backwards to fast-track the pipeline. They’re changing permits in secret. They’re ignoring or deleting legally required conditions. And they’re keeping First Nations along the PRGT route in the dark. It’s pretty shocking, even for the oil and gas industry. But there’s one person who can put the brakes on PRGT and force them to follow the law. It’s Environment Minister George Heyman. Sign our petition at dgwd.ca/pipeline.

WE'RE HIRING!

Dogwood is looking for a part-time Organizing Coordinator to join our team.

Dogwood’s organizing program builds power and community through outreach, action and solidarity. As part of Dogwood's Organizing team, you will be responsible for volunteer engagement and event coordination in the Victoria area. You’ll support our South Island volunteer team and work with allies to push our province beyond fossil fuels and act in solidarity with Indigenous people and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

For the full job posting, and to apply, click here: https://dogwoodbc.ca/about/careers/organizing_coordinator_job_posting/

☀️Forward! For a Frack Free Future☀️ More than 100 activists and changemakers from across B.C. gathered on Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territory last weekend to make connections, share knowledge, and gear up for creative resistance

With another devastating wildfire season upon us and extreme weather events intensifying across the globe, fossil fuel CEO salaries are soaring and politicians are failing to hold them accountable. How do we as climate and social justice activists, united in our vision for a decolonized, decarbonized and just world, meet this moment?

In this bilingual online panel discussion, featuring Indigenous Land Defenders and grassroots activists from across so-called Canada, our friends at the Climate Organizing HUB will ask:

🔥How can we help our communities connect the dots between the fossil fuel industry and intensifying extreme weather events in order to build a more powerful climate justice movement?

🔥How can we best support Indigenous and settler communities in moments of extreme emergency through community-led mutual aid?

🔥How can we work together to build the collective power necessary to leverage extreme weather events into catalysts for holding Big Oil accountable?

🔥And how can we best support ourselves and our fellow activists in moments of emergency and uncertainty by prioritizing practices of care in our work?

Register for the event right here:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sound the Alarm webinar / Sonnez l'alarme webinaire. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Last year’s wildfire season was the most destructive ever recorded in Canada. How do we as activists, united in our vision for a decolonized, decarbonized and just world, meet this moment? In this bilingual online panel discussion, the HUB is excited to announce: -The Extreme Weather Mutual Aid an...

We're 2 days away from FORWARD!

From June 7-9 2024, community organizers, activists, volunteers and everyone in between will gather at the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver for a weekend of trainings, conversations and socials to re-energize and inspire the growing movement against fracked gas. Here are some (more) of the incredible leaders, organizers and frontline land defenders who'll be speaking and hosting workshops!

See the full program and register here: https://frackfreebc.ca/

Who is John Rustad, the new-ish leader of the Conservative Party of B.C.? Read our latest blog to find out: https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/who-is-john-rustad/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-organic&utm_content=post

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

From June 7-9 2024, community organizers, activists, volunteers and everyone in between will gather at the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver for a weekend of trainings, conversations and socials to re-energize and inspire the growing movement against fracked gas. Here are some of the incredible leaders, organizers and frontline land defenders who'll be speaking and hosting workshops!

Corporations, oil & gas lobbyists and the politicians that serve them can greenwash and lie, but they can't hide. If you want to help us take 'em down, LEARN MORE & REGISTER right here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/forward-for-a-frack-free-future-tickets-879572012567?aff=oddtdtcreator

Stand.earth Wilderness Committee

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: From June 7-9 2024, community organizers, activists, volunteers and everyone in between will gather at the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver for a weekend of trainings, workshops and socials aimed at re-energizing and inspiring the growing movement against fracked gas.

Corporations, oil & gas lobbyists and the politicians that serve them can greenwash and lie, but they can't hide. If you want to help us take 'em down, LEARN MORE & REGISTER here: https://frackfreebc.ca/

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: From June 7-9 2024, community organizers, activists, volunteers and everyone in between will gather at the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver for a weekend of trainings, workshops and socials aimed at re-energizing and inspiring the growing movement against fracked gas.

Corporations, oil & gas lobbyists and the politicians that serve them can greenwash and lie, but they can't hide. If you want to help us take 'em down, LEARN MORE & REGISTER @ https://frackfreebc.ca/

This week marks a bitter loss for the people-powered movement that fought the Trans Mountain pipeline and oil tanker project for more than a decade. It's also a chance to reflect on our many victories, the skills and relationships we built, and the lessons we're carrying forward into other campaigns. What are you taking away from the experience?

Check out our latest blog for more: https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/trans-mountain-starts-operations-after-12-year-battle/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-organic

Rebrand all your want, C-IRG, but a new name won't change the fact that you're a violent, racist goon squad wasting taxpayer money to criminalize Indigenous people standing up for the water and land everyone in this province depends on. Period.

Spread the word! The 350 Canada team is looking for Summer Fellows in priority ridings in ON, BC, and AB to join them for a 4 month climate organizing fellowship, from May-August 2024.

Check out the link below for more details.

Summer Organizing Fellowship with 350 Canada - 350 The 350 Canada team is looking for individuals in several priority ridings in ON, BC, and AB to join us for a 4 month climate organizing fellowship, from May-August 2024.

Spring is in the air! Dogwood staff, supporters and grassroots activists have been working hard in their communities to raise awareness about the impacts of Fortis’s fracked fossil gas.

Check out our latest blog!

Springing into Action - Dogwood The last few weeks I have been so lucky to spend time with Dogwood supporters and grassroots activists on the ground who are working hard in their communities to raise awareness about the impacts of Fortis’s fracked fossil gas on the climate and our health.

In April 2022, the RCMP shot and killed an Indigenous man, Jimmie Johannesson, during a wellness check. Jimmie's family is raising money to pay for the materials needed to carry out traditional Haida ceremonial rites to release his spirit, which includes blankets, cultural and spiritual medicines, and other materials that will be needed to lay Jimmie's spirit to rest in a good way. Donate here if you are able:

Ceremonial funeral rites for Haida Elder, organized by TSATIA ADZICH In April 2022, the RCMP shot a First Nations man Jimmie Johannesson multiple ti… TSATIA ADZICH needs your support for Ceremonial funeral rites for Haida Elder

Stand.earth has partnered with Ecojustice and concerned residents to sue the largest provider of “natural” gas in B.C. for misleading consumers!

B.C’s Lieutenant Governor unveiled B.C.’s new Human Trafficking Prevention Network with an unlikely ally: the President of Shell Canada, Susannah Pierce.

Why is Shell leading B.C.’s task force on human trafficking? - Dogwood Last month, B.C’s Lieutenant Governor unveiled B.C.’s new Human Trafficking Prevention Network with an unlikely ally: the President of Shell Canada, Susannah Pierce.

Our friends at Wilderness Committee are hosting an (in-person!) event on the impact of glyphosate throughout forests, featuring Dr. Suzanne Simard!

Glyphosate is sprayed in the forest by logging companies — harming biodiversity, human health and Indigenous food sovereignty. Come learn from scientists and Indigenous leaders about its use and how we can act together and stop it.

EVENT INFO
⌚ March 21, 6:30PM
📍 Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St, Vancouver
RSVP HERE:

Let's get Pesticides out of Forests! Join Dr. Suzanne Simard and others to discuss glyphosate’s impacts on biodiversity and how to stop it.