THE WORLD IS TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF CLIMATE CRISIS. But attempts to avert it are being threatened by a massive industry in the Canadian wilderness.
Tar Sands development is turning once-pristine stretches of ancient forest into desolate, post-apocalyptic landscapes and producing toxic pollution that is harming the health and quality of life of the region’s Indigenous First Nations communities.
SAVE CANADA THIS CANADA DAY
Did you know that Canada is destroying an area of land larger than England? Canada is depleting it's fresh water sources, and leaving it's Boreal Forest looking like a toxic moonscape all in the name of "oil" extraction.
This environmental horror story is also a human rights nightmare - in order to gain access the tar sands under the territories of pristine wilderness Canada is violating Indigenous Peoples' Rights. First Nations communities are losing their land, their traditional ways of life and cancer rates are skyrocketing as the pollution builds.
The UK Tar Sands Network has been hot on the trail of UK based corporations BP and Shell and the UK bank RBS in order to discourage thier investment in this project and Save Canada from the Tar Sands Monster!
This Canada Day the UK Tar Sands Network are requesting your help to SAVE CANADA! We can deliver a message on your behalf to the Canadian High Commission expressing your concerns regarding the havoc being wreaked on Canadian land.
Visit our roaming video booth this Canada Day, from 6:30 pm in Trafalgar Square.
Contact - 07708 794665
Save Canada!, Canada Day footage
On the 1st of July, Canada Day we asked visitors and Canadians, "What is beautiful about Canada?"...
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LIBERATE TATE COMMUNIQUE #2
It was us and it was art!
Last night (28 June), as the Tate celebrated 20 years of BP 'support' for British Art with a Summer Party, Liberate Tate disrupted the proceedings inside and out by pouring hundreds of litres of 'oil'(molasses) and scattering thousands of feathers as the UK's celebrity glitterati watched on in fascination... (more on you tube)
