10 October 2010 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
10/10/10 - Dig in for Climate Justice! Stop Climate Crime!
On October 10, 2010 as part of the 10/10/10 Global Work Party people around the world will be working on thousands of hands-on projects to shift humanity off the path towards run-away global warming. In greater Vancouver, we will get to work stopping a deliberate climate crime –the South Fraser Perimeter ‘Road’ freeway which is part of the Gateway Program.
Presently, the South Fraser Freeway is only a plan and piles of ‘preload’ sand on the boggy areas along the route. We will use this sand to start raising the flood control dikes around a low-income Surrey neighbourhood to protect it from flooding caused by global warming. We need lots of people to fill sand bags and carry them to the dike.
If completed, the Gateway Program would worsen our addiction to dirty oil and greatly increase our global warming emissions. The estimated $10 billion dollar proposal includes building the new “South Fraser Perimeter Road” freeway through BC’s best farmland and along the delicate banks of the Fraser River. Transportation is the largest source of climate changing emissions in BC, and accounts for most of the oil burned in Canada.
Our Provincial and Federal Governments have committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Spending public funds to sabotage these commitments, and increase local air pollution, is an environmental crime that cannot go unchallenged.
This action will emphasize the need to shift resources away from climate crimes to creating green jobs and climate justice. Every cent is needed for solutions like public transit and electric passenger trains, and to protect vulnerable communities from flooding and other effects of global warming.
When: 2 pm, October 10, 2010
Where: 129th St. and 115b Ave in North Surrey – half a block from Bridgeview Elementary School (a 15 minute walk from Scott Road Skytrain Station).
Will your organization endorse this action, and help us make it a success?
Please send endorsements to edoherty at uniserve.com, call Eric at 604 877 1223 for more information.
Event Host: www.vancouvercouncilofcanadians.ca/ www.GatewaySucks.org
A beautiful new trail through the forest between Fraser Heights and Surrey Bend is being built by volunteers from Surrey Environmental Partners and the Wilderness Committee.
The first 2 km section opened in January 2010. Hiking this transit-accessible trail is a great way to keep fit and learn more about the environment right here in our city. Beavers, deer and herons are just some of the wildlife that can be spotted along the trail.
Hikers pass an old growth spruce tree on the South Fraser Witness Trail
The trail follows the route of the proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR). Although preliminary work has started on some sections of this freeway project, no final contract has been signed, and much of the funding is not secured. No work has yet been scheduled along this section of the project.
Click here for the full size map
GETTING THERE
The trail is easily accessed by transit. The C74 bus runs direct to the trailhead from Surrey Central Skytrain Stration every half hour. Just get on the bus at Bay 12 under the tracks, and ask the driver to let you off at 168 St & 108 Ave. Click here for the timetable and click here for the route map.
TRAIL BROCHURE
A handy brochure with the basic info and map can be downloaded and printed at tiny.cc/sfwt
MORE INFO
-Visit wildernesscommittee.org/bend for more details about the area and why it should be preserved.
-Check out this recent podcast and article about the trail.
-Email witnesstrail@gmail.com to arrange a free guided tour or to volunteer for trailbuilding.
-Sign up for trail announcements by joining the SFWT Google Group!
See you on the trail!
SEND US YOUR WILDLIFE PHOTOS!
There have been a growing number of wildlife sightings on trail: everything from red legged frogs to deer, beavers, herons, and owls. Send us your pictures at witnesstrail@gmail.com
Saucy No Truckin Freeways lawnsigns now available... contact Bernadette (in Surrey/Delta) or Eric (in Vancouver) to get signs for you and your neighbours.
Flouro-orange and HOT! Get yours at Critical Mass on Friday Sept 27 or the Welcome Back Betty Krawczyk party that evening at the Anza, or at the RALLY on Saturday.
Thank you to all who donated to gatewaysucks.org...much more fun to be had...
Visit the online petition...just topped 2,000 signatures! Plus another 5,000 hard copy brings it close to 7,000 voices heard...that is POWERFUL STUFF.
The Anza Party’s DIY button- making table generated much mischief... (click on the picture to see all the buttons).
You can download the Falcon or More Roads More Cars graphics to make your own buttons...or stencils or signs or websites. Or create your own graphics, to send a message to your neighbours and decision-makers that Gateway is NOT a done deal.
graphics:
Get a Better Transit Not Freeways lawn sign and let your neighbours and decision-makers know what’s (NOT) going down.
