Our Living Legacy (Part 1 of 3)

Our Living Legacy: The Threatened Ancient Forests of Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast

This is a powerful new documentary about the campaign to protect the last old-growth forests and forestry jobs on Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast. The fight for ancient forests exploded in 1993 on Vancouver Island in Clayoquot Sound, where thousands of people joined efforts to save the old-growth rainforests, including Dr. David Suzuki and Australian rock band Midnight Oil. In recent years a resurgence in environmental concerns, partly triggered by Al Gore's climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", has also been accompanied by a massive expansion of the ancient forest movement again on Vancouver Island, as thousands of environmentalists and forestry workers join together in solidarity at mass rallies organized by the Wilderness Committee in Victoria. See spectacular images of the enormous ancient trees, giant stumps and clearcuts, and the export of raw logs to foreign mills. Interviews/ speeches by Arnold Bercov (Pulp, Paper, and Woodworkers of Canada union), Gisele Martin (Tla-ook Cultural Adventures, Nuu-chah-nulth Nation), Eli Enns (Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Park Coordinator, Nuu-chah-nulth Nation), Ken James (Youbou TimberLess Society), Valerie Langer (Friends of Clayoquot Sound), Jane Sterk (BC Green Party leader), Bob Simpson (Opposition Forestry Critic), Carole James (NDP BC Leader), and Ken Wu (Wilderness Committee). Also includes a little-known quote by Barack Obama.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• old-growth
• ancient forests
• rainforests
• Vancouver Island
• British Columbia
• BC
• Wilderness Committee
• WCWC
• Nuu-chah-Nulth
• logging
• raw log exports
• Clayoquot Sound
• David Suzuki
• Al Gore
• Barack Obama
• Carole James
• Jane Sterk
• Ken Wu
• Midnight Oil
• protests
• rallies
• blockades
• civil disobedience

[gaiagale]

Brilliant! ...moreover the trees are our precious natural monolithic oxygenators

I'm feeling hopeful after having watched this video

thank-you for making and sharing this video

respect

[paolagiraldo321]

who sing that song???

[MrJeffsVideos]

Save the trees, FREE THE WEED !

[potphotoguy]

Watching this makes me homesick.. I lived on Vancouver Island for 10 years, right next to Cathedral Grove and the Qualicum river.

Picking Cantrell mushrooms and growing great outdoor marijuana..

home sweet home

[SrtaRikita]

Hi!

Try calling the Western Canada Wilderness Committe VICTORIA office to order a copy through the mail (or go there in person).

250-388-9292

or

651 Johnson St.

[adamberk07]

great stuff

[Marysue52]

One Tsitka on Victoria Lake in the north Island was 67 feet around! The trees around were giants, too, but all were cut down in the early '70s. Salmon fries were stuck in shallow ponds and died. The logging machines came right up the creek. Cathedral Park in the south Island has mostly blown down, because of windy through nearby clearcuts. Why? Hardly anyone is employed in forestry anymore. The logs are exported "raw". Yet some unemployed loggers still want to vote for Campbell!

[bornagain66]

These videos are amazing Jeremy. You have real talent at capturing people and the beautiful but disappearing earth. They are a treasure and it's always nice to find a voice of compassionate reason in an illogical and crazy world. Thank you.

Catherine

[CherylSpeaksOut]

beautiful, must keep them, I used to live in BC, I wish I had never left :)

[LynX1969]

This is great (a friend just sent me the links through facebook a few days ago) - thanks for all your hard work!

Is there an 'official website' where we can order a DVD?