Events and Outings

One day, as he was flying around Fanny Bay watching people doing the usual things, Rocky read a sign that said, The Future Home of Raven Coal Mine. Rocky was a bit upset, someone using his last name like that, so he decided to investigate...

Once upon a time there was a very special raven ... Listen to the enticing tale of Rocky the Raven by Sierra Comox Valley chair Mike Bell. Join Rocky and the Ravens in opposition to the Raven coal mine on Vancouver Island.

“It was incredible – you should have come!” That’s what I told my roommates when I returned to our home in Victoria on Sunday, after an inspiring Saturday at the No Tankers rally in Comox. I went there to join concerned citizens from across western BC – which included a busload from Victoria, and outstanding representation from our Sierra local groups on Quadra Island, in Powell River and Comox.

As I suggested in the first part of this blog, we need to move beyond stewardship—seeing Earth as our home, to relationship—seeing Earth as part of us and ourselves as part of Earth. We must constantly make the point that when we damage Earth we damage ourselves. I saw this connection illustrated brilliantly in a poster developed by Sierra Club U.S. for their very successful battle against coal burning plants.