Celebration of Solidarity-Achuar of Peru & People of BC vs Big Oil

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I would love to live in your reality. It's one of my dreams. Take us with you to Peru! We could learn so much from you. We will do our best to support you AND us! We to must battle big oil.  Stay United, Stay STRONG!

Vancouver Events

Your presence at the Celebration of Solidarity will help to support the united voices of indigenous peoples in their resistance to big oil and it destructive vision of development.






Friday, May 4th – 6 pm: Celebration of Solidarity. Achuar of Peru & People of BC vs Big Oil
Public Presentation. 
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center, 
1607 E. Hastings St. 


Saturday / Sunday, May 5th and 6th – 
All day: Jiyukam Irar Miik (Achuar leader) at the UBC Global Indigenous Conference
Sty-Wet-Tan, Great Hall,
UBC First Nations Longhouse.  

Jiyukam Irar Miik will be a member of the Cultural Self-Determination Panel (Saturday).

We look forward to seeing you at one or several of these events in the coming days.

Please circulate this public event announcement as widely as possible!

Standing with the Achuar,
Tina Winterlik

From Newletter of Achuar
The four Achuar leaders are over one week into their visit to Canada, and are currently preparing for their historic appearance at Talisman Energy's Annual General Meeting. Since arriving, they have met with MPs and civil society organisations in Ottawa and with First Nations in Ft. McMurray. They have seen first-hand the damage suffered by indigenous peoples and the land that began with the trampling the rights of First Nations. The Achuar are determined to exercise their right of self determination, and stop Talisman's invasion of their ancestral territory.
We have a very big schedule of events this week and next. We encourage you to attend, showing your support for the Achuar and their just demand that Talisman leave their territory.

Calgary Events

Note: Our greatest need for support is at the AGM rally at 11 am on May 1. A strong crowd will amplify the Achuar's message that Talisman must stop and leave Peru.

 

Monday, April 30 – 7:30 pm: The Achuar and Talisman: At the crossroads of conflict
Public Presentation at Parkdale United Church, 
2919 8 Ave NW Calgary 

Tuesday, May 1 – 11:00 am: Rally to support the Achuar @Talisman's AGM
Telus Convention Centre (Stephen Avenue Mall entrance), 
120 9 Ave SE Calgary 

Wednesday, May 2 – 7:30 pm: Achuar Delegation Thank-you Party
Reception and Social evening with the Achuar Delegation, 
112 18 Ave SW Calgary

Stay Strong, United We Stand!



United we stand-Lyrics
There's nowhere in the world that I would rather be
Than with you my love
And there's nothing in the world that I would rather see
Than your smile my love

For united we stand
Divided we fall
And if our backs should ever be against the wall
We'll be together, together, you and I

For united we stand
Divided we fall
And if our backs should ever be against the wall
We'll be together, together, you and I

And if the world about you falls apart my love
Then I'll still be here
And if the going gets too hard along the way
Just you call, I'll hear

Lyrics by Elton John

The Pachamama Alliance-WATCH THIS!!

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This is a great video, if you haven't seen it before please watch, it's even been a while since I have watched and it's very good to watch again.

Defend the Xingu- Please Help Stop the Belo Monte Dam!

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This is so awful and frustrating. Why? Why is this happening. I feel so helpless. All I can do is share this and enlighten you. Hopefully if we all try to do something, we can Save the Amazon, Save the People, Save the Planet for the Future of our Children.

Please God, we need to stop this. I hope you all say a prayer, because we really need help. This is really really bad. Bad for the Whole World. 




Gathered in the Kayapo village Piaraçu near banks of the imperiled Xingu River in May 2011, an assembly of 320 indigenous representatives from 18 ethnicities from the Xingu basin and beyond were joined by leaders of the Movimento Xingu Vivo and Amazon Watch to discuss the impending human rights and environmental disaster that is the Belo Monte Dam, and ways for its opponents to forge a single and unified force to resist its construction.


http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com/2011/03/amazon-watch-keeping-eye-on-amazon.html



Sigourney Weaver Narrates New Google Earth Animation on Brazil's Controversial Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon Rainforest. Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, with technical assistance from Google Earth Outreach. The video is in support of Brazil's Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu River Forever Alive Movement). The tour allows viewers to learn about the harmful impacts of, and alternatives to the massive Belo Monte Dam Complex on the Amazon's Xingu River. A Portuguese version of the video and tour, narrated by well-known Brazilian actor Dira Paes to be released


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Make a Film, Make a Difference Kudos!!

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Hey Wow, What a fantastic Surprize!! 

I have this rotten cold today and was just thinking about what I wanted to blog about.

I went to Facebook and saw a link for Four Years.Go http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/fouryearsgo and then remembered oh ya, got to fine tune my Film this weekend and Enter it in the Make a Film, Make a Difference Contest.

So I go to the New!!! Make a Film, Make a Difference Website and Click Blog and what do I see, A Thank You to Me and to all the Bloggers!

http://possiblefuturesfilmcontest.org/general/make-film-difference-bloggers-call-short-film-online-competition-new-future/

Thanks so much! I've been a little blue with cold and my favorite aunt is ill(could you just take a sec and send a positive thought her way) so this really brightens my day.

I can't wait to read what the other bloggers have been writing, and I super excited about this contest.

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 http://possiblefuturesfilmcontest.org/general/make-film-difference-bloggers-call-short-film-online-competition-new-future/

While the official launch is today, the Possible Futures Film Contest is already generating buzz. It’s awesome to see people getting excited to create and share the inspiring people, places, projects, and technologies that will carry us all into a positive future.

In order to pull off a global film contest that’s open to everyone, we need to get the word out far and wide. Many thanks to those who have encouraged their communities to participate, including:

• Tina Winterlik in Vancouver, BC;
• Steve Last from Transition Town Worthing in the UK;
• Bridget Marsh at the big idea in New Zealand;
• Jake Fruia over at HDSLR Shooter;
• Arts on the Peninsula in Australia;
• and The Zeitgeist Movement online community.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone contributing, watching, and voting!

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For me, it's not about the money or the trip, which are fantastic bonuses, but it's about the amazing array of brilliant ideas and collectively implementing of solutions that will pave the way to our bright new future in the next four years.

If you haven't signed up for Four Years. Go please head over there and sign your commitment.

http://www.fouryearsgo.org/

Check out these Videos if you want to see what the Buzz is all about.




Lynne Twist Presents FOUR YEARS. GO. from FOUR YEARS. GO. on Vimeo.


Then Check out this Video and Make a Film, Make a Difference.


Possible Futures Film Contest 2011: An international short film competition about positive visions of the future from Possible Futures Film Contest on Vimeo.

Thanks again for the link back. I'm just trying to Spread The Word so that we can Bring Forth An Environmentally Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, Socially Just Human Presence On This Planet.

I hope everyone will pitch in and Spread the Word by Sharing this on Facebook, Twitter and all the tools of Social Media.



Hurry, the Film Contest has already started so get filming.

Make a Film, Make a Difference.

Submit a Film by June 21/2011

Voting Begins June 28/2011

Categories & Awards & Judges

Please Share this Info, YOUR Future Depends on it!!

Amazon Watch- Keeping an Eye on the Amazon

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Sigourney Weaver Narrates New Google Earth Animation on Brazil's Controversial Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, with technical assistance from Google Earth Outreach.

The video is in support of Brazil's Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu River Forever Alive Movement).

The tour allows viewers to learn about the harmful impacts of, and alternatives to the massive Belo Monte Dam Complex on the Amazon's Xingu River.

A Portuguese version of the video and tour, narrated by well-known Brazilian actor Dira Paes to be released soon.

http://amazonwatch.org/news/2010/0827-a-message-from-pandora

A Message From Pandora



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Amazon Watch

Talisman Energy in Achuar Territory

Achuar Photo Essay

 For centuries the Achuar people have lived in harmony with the Amazon rainforest. 

But now, the unrelenting drive for oil has reached the deepest regions of their territory.

Canadian oil company Talisman Energy has already cleared hundred of kilometers of seismic lines in the northern Peruvian Amazon – and is now beginning to drill exploratory wells.
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This is a photo essay from a recent trip into the territory of a fierce, beautiful people defending their lands against the threat of oil development. See photo essay here
http://amazonwatch.org/news/2010/0722-achuar-photo-essay

http://amazonwatch.org/news/blog

Eye On The Amazon