Making a Difference

Overwhelmed with issues such as depletion of our natural resounces, global warming, a failing economy, and an overall sense of hopelessness, it's easy to succumb to negativity and the feeling that there is nothing one can do to make a difference.

Yet...

In the forest there lived a hummingbird, a rabbit, a deer and a bear. The forest was their home until the day the fire broke out. It swallowed up their nests and their homes. The creatures scurried away; the bear ran, the deer leapt, and the rabbit hopped. And the hummingbird flew out of danger's way.
The animals stopped to rest at the edge of the woods by a pond. Without hesitation the little hummingbird filled its beak with water and raced right back towards the fire. Back and forth, and back and forth it went, that little hummingbird, until it was so exhausted it fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?" asked the other animals. The little hummingbird looked up and said:

"I'm doing what I can
With what I have
Where I am."
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

B.C. IS NOT FOR SALE

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST.

On November 20, 2009 the BC Government quietly announced their Handpicked appointees to the new Green Energy Advisory Task Force, designed to recommend ways to “improve” the BC Energy Plan, which has already overseen the slow-motion privatization of BC Hydro and the staking of over 800 rivers and water bodies by private corporations.

Many appointees and/or their employers stand to derive financial benefit from private power projects. Many of the task force members are substantial campaign contributors to Gordon Campbell. Companies like Cloudworks, Transalta and Pinnacle Pellet hope to become or already are big players in BC’s private electrical power industry.

BC GOVERNMENT HAS ONLY ALLOWED FOUR WEEKS FOR “PUBLIC CONSULTATION”

There is no budget for public meetings.

The public is expected to submit their concerns by email by December 31, 2009.

Let the BC Government and the Task Forces know that this sham process doesn’t replace real public consultation.

Rivers are precious and irreplaceable, our last great resource. Don’t give them away...
• Fair and democratic process is our right – give it back: Repeal your Bill 30 that silenced our local governments...
• We need a moratorium on river diversions until they are properly planned, environmentally appropriate, acceptable to First Nations and local governments, and publicly owned.
• We need decisions that balance environmental impacts and social benefits...
• Energy conservation must be our first priority...
• Put public welfare ahead of corporate profits...
• Give us incentives and social infrastructures that encourage conservation...

You can contact the Task Forces here:

ProcurementAndRegulatoryReform@gmail.com
CarbonAndExportMarket@gmail.com,
CommunityAndFirstNations@gmail.com
ResourceDevelopmentTF@gmail.com