This Will Brighten Your Day!!

Share the love- It's GIVING TUESDAY CANADA!!

Hey IT'S GIVING TUESDAY!! LET'S GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY!! Help in any way you can!!
http://givingtuesday.ca/

Get Involved
http://givingtuesday.ca/get-involved/#.VH32Xcknn3k

#unselfie #GivingTuesday

EVERY CHILD SHOULD SEE THIS

Why you may ask, should every child see this. I believe they are the only hope. The mess we are in can only be turned around by them, but they need to know what they are fighting.

This is a trailer for an excellent film that I hope everyone will watch.

It's a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2014
http://thechangerz.blogspot.ca/ 
http://zipolita.com/
http://zipolitazstudioz.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/#!/zipolita @zipolita
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Went for a walk yesterday, played in the beautiful leaves, enjoyed the fresh air even though it was rainy in our beautiful rain forest, I was so grateful for our BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

We already have a bay full of ships...I can not imagine more...or worse an oil spill. Take a look and think...THINK...IF/NOT IF/WHEN  an oil spill occurred...it's horrible, unimagable what would happened to this...

LOOK at 1:21- 2:33 in this video...this would all be gone...these birds...everything..

We need to share, unite and end the madness.

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

3rd Beach View Painting #SaveOurCoast #BC #Vancouver #StanleyPark Artist:Zipolita Size: 36 x30 Media: Oil on Canvas

Beach Walk Painting #SaveOurCoast #Kitsilano #BC #Vancouver Artist: Zipolita Size: 36 x30 Media: Oil on Canvas

The Yellow Hat Painting #SaveOurCoast #Kitsilano #BC #Vancouver Artist: Zipolita Size: 36 x30 Media: Oil on Canvas

Beach Walk 2 Painting #SaveOurCoast #Kitsilano #BC #Vancouver Artist: Zipolita Size: 42 x 48 Media: Oil on Canvas

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2014

Mothers, Grandmothers, & Children United For the Environment!!

Copied from Defend Our Coast FB page & Vimeo
Please SHARE AROUND THE WORLD!! 
 
"We are looking forward to coming here with all the other women and children, to stand here fierce and gentle, and to tell people it's important to teach children they have a voice"



Mothers, grandmothers, and children: join us on Saturday as we take to the front line of the Burnaby Mountain resistance, on Unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) 

We want to send a clear message to Kinder Morgan and law enforcement that this is an intergenerational struggle - our voices and those of our children will not be silenced! 

We want to include and empower our children, giving them an opportunity to stand up for social and climate justice.

No Pipelines!!
No Tankers!!Stop Kindermorgan!!
Stop Destroying the Environment!!
Think of Our Children!!
Save The Mountain!!
Save Canada!!
Save The World!!

 Follow Updates on Burnaby Mountain here
https://www.facebook.com/burnabymountain

OH CANADA- this made me cry!

When I saw this in my Facebook feed I was saddened and upset and thought...do they know what they are doing and what effects this will have on their future...but when I saw the video the tears just flowed... OH STEPHEN HARPER....WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!! You girls are so brave. Way to go but this is all soooo wrong!!!!

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee;
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada! Where pines and maples grow,
Great prairies spread and Lordly rivers flow!
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From East to Western sea!
The land of hope for all who toil,
The true North strong and free!
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!

O Canada! Beneath thy shining skies,
May Stalwart sons, and gentle maidens rise.
To keep thee steadfast thro’ the years,
From East to Western sea.
Our own beloved native land,
Our true North strong and free!
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!

Ruler supreme, who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our Dominion, in thy loving care.
Help us to find, O God, in thee,
A lasting rich reward.
As waiting for the better day,
We ever stand on guard.
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!

Grandma & 11 year old Children Arrested- Burnaby Mountain Nov 2014

WHERE IS THE JUSTICE!! Nothing makes sense, arresting grandmas and children who are trying to protect the forest and environment. Shame!! Shame!! This isn't Canada!!


PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE WIDELY!!!!
 Stella is correct on all fronts and very wise. Have a listen and please share.

Published on Nov 24, 2014

"My name is Della. I'm a mother and grandmother. I was born in Vancouver and lived most of my life in the lower mainland. Our federal government has stripped away the environmental protections for fish, lakes and rivers. We have provincial and federal governments willing to risk putting a bitumen oil pipeline through our mountain to the ocean and increasing the storage tanks, bringing in 30 more tankers a month. This makes no sense. This protest is also a tiny peak of what is going on around the world in an effort to slow down climate change."

Published on Nov 24, 2014

Watch more people cross police lines, including two 11-year-old Burnaby girls, to be arrested on Burnaby Mountain in defiance of a court injunction prhobiting people from interfering with Kinder Morgan's pipeline survey work

What is Radical? Tamo Campos-Burnaby Mountain Protests

Just gained huge respect for Tamo Campos. His speech was perfect.

It expresses the TRUTH-LOUD AND CLEAR.
Have a listen and share. Please Share Widely.
TELL THE WORLD!!!!!



http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/david-suzukis-grandsons-speech-after-his-arrest-protesting-kinder-morgan-video

Groups to follow
https://www.facebook.com/groups/111365508874859/  Salmon Are Sacred
https://www.facebook.com/InSolidarityWLD In Solidarity with Land Defenders
https://www.facebook.com/DefendOurCoast  Defend Our Coast
https://www.facebook.com/groups/558409607615700/  Stop Kindermorgan on Burnaby Mountain

Mexico: They Didn't Know We Were Seeds!!

Mexico: #accionglobalayotzinapa - Global Action-We Are Watching! We are all Ayotzinapa 

#accionglobalayotzinapa

In solidarity with #Ayotzinapa 

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ayotzinapa?src=hash

#AyotzinapaSomosTodos #AccionGlobalAyotzinapa

We can turn or we can watch, do something, say something. WARNING: There are graphic images in the videos below. They are not for children. 

links to look at

https://twitter.com/70torinoman
https://twitter.com/hashtag/accionglobalayotzinapa
 

#todossomosayotzinapa #accionglobalporayotzinapa #yamecanse #20novmx  

 Mexico: the Wound of the World #AyotzinapaGlobalForum

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/20/mexico-protests-anti-government-anger-violence-students-president 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30127458

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexican-official-s-gaffe-fuels-protests-in-case-of-43-missing-students-1.2828785 

 




https://soundcloud.com/dutchphoto/jim-iker-bctf-yotzinapa

https://www.facebook.com/events/410219819125908/permalink/412269512254272/

Do Something!

Do Something!!



The video above was Uploaded to Youtube on Jan 9, 2012 It is the first I have seen but is so representative of issues faced here in Canada and especially in light of the Missing Women in Canada.

As the film states 
"DO SOMETHING!! " 

So I share this, as I pray and hope that this helps in some way. Money is spent on security, terrorism, war but instead of feeding people in poverty, helping with drug addiction, helping with affordable housing and providing support the government turns it's back on woman, especially indigenous women.
 
"Raise Awareness and Help End the Epidemic of Violence against Native Women in the U.S.—Please Share this Video from the Indian Law Resource Center, www.indianlaw.org Native women are murdered at 10 times the national rate; 1 out 3 Native women will be raped in her lifetime, and 3 out of 5 physically assaulted. Even worse, 88% of the perpetrators are non-Indian and cannot be prosecuted by tribal governments. Stand and take action now to restore safety and justice for Native women. Do Something! Visit www.indianlaw.org."

For Canada please reference these links.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/mmaw-faapd-eng.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Missing_Women_Investigation
http://www.missingwomeninquiry.ca/
 "The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry closed its office on August 1, 2013."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears_murders

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/crime-justice/cold-cases-unsolved-crimes-in-canada/bcs-infamous-highway-of-tears.html

"The budget for the RCMP investigation into 18 murdered and missing women and girls along the so-called Highway of Tears has been slashed by 84 per cent in the last two years."

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Police+budget+officers+Highway+Tears+probe/10196415/story.html#ixzz3HBcMGddE

Everything is Going to Be Alright! Share This!

A mental health awareness video created by Amelia Curran and friends.
You are not alone.
Directed by Roger Maunder
www.thisvideo.ca

Don't Feed The Fear!

Today something truly horrible happened in Canada.

 Soldier and assailant dead after chaotic Parliament Hill attack
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/22/one_person_shot_at_war_memorial_in_ottawa_police_say.html

My deepest condolences to the soldier's family.

Many things are changing in this country and there are so many things I want to complain about or get angry about. Yet I must control my fear! As this is where all stems from. We must not feed the fear.

Let's Save Canada. 
We must be Peacekeepers. 
Lighthouses of Peace. 
Please Choose Love today, Not Fear!






I invite you all to meditate today and everyday, visualize peace and love. Please love one another. Choose Love Not Fear! Have empathy and love for each other. It's time to wake up people. It is time of change. 

(This is a reminder to myself as well, we need to work at this! Together we can Change the World!)

What's Happening in Mexico- Spread the Word!

We want it to STOP RIGHT NOW!!



http://educaoaxaca.org/la-minuta/1436-denuncian-allanamiento-de-casa-de-defensora-de-los-dh-silvia-gabriela-hern%C3%A1ndez.html#titulo6

 https://www.tumblr.com/search/JusticeForAyotzinapa
https://twitter.com/hashtag/justiceforayotzinapa

See more photos here https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ayotzinapa&src=hash&mode=photos

Can you eat for $3 a day? Bif's doing it!

The thing about poverty is you don't believe it could happen to you? and sadly it can. My daughter and I had to be on assistance while I was pregnant and until she was 3. That's when they kick you off.

We also we on it when my mom passed and I was grieving very deeply. Those were very difficult times and then can you imagine add to that I had usually about $100 for groceries. I remember scrounging coins and pennies to pay for little things. The food bank food was often outdated and food was bad, so I would go hungry.

Thankfully it's behind us but for many it's is still there reality.

Did you know that the current living wage for Vancouver is $20.10/hr?
But the minumum wage is $10.50 and then check out the welfare rates?

 "Living wage calculations are based on a two-parent family with two children – the most common family unit in BC – and each parent working full-time. The current living wage rate for Metro Vancouver is $20.10/hour. www.livingwageforfamilies.ca/about/what-is-a-living-wage/"


We currently earn well below the living wage but things are improving. But for the man who lives under the bridge and so many other homeless and single parents with kids forced to go on the system do legit circumstances such as unaffordable housing, it is cruel and inhumane to treat people like this. It does not foster good health, attitude or relations. When people are hungry, they get tired, angry, depressed and sick.

This is Canada. Things need to Change!
Raise the Rates!!



http://globalnews.ca/news/1617767/bif-naked-begins-b-c-welfare-challenge-living-on-3-a-day-for-food/

This is now, when I was pregnant 12 years ago it was only $525 I believe and my rent was $400

(I sublet a friends apt. Imagine trying to feed yourself well...eating for 2 on $100 a month. It was very difficult! )


Why $21 for a Week’s food

Total welfare		$610
Rent (realistic rent for an SRO)*	$450
Room damage deposit	$20
Book of 10 bus tickets (to look for work)	$21
Cell phone (to look for work)	$25
Personal hygiene/laundry	$10
Total of all non-food expenditures	$526
What’s left for food		$84

Hey Want to Do Some Angry Yoga with Me!!

This is hilarious and sadly so true!!

Our BEAUTIFUL BIKE LANES

Excellent! So beautiful! Living through all the noise and construction was really tough but it's paid off. And where they cut down one big tree they replaced it with about 25 little ones so I guess that's okay.

Can't wait to get out there more!! We've only gone to Jericho 2x...but hope to start riding down there daily!!

Hey Canada- It's Time for Change

The time is NOW! For all Canadians, indigenous and not, to work together and make a better future for our children. If not NOW, when?

Photos taken from Video- No Copyright Infringement Intended. Please contact for credits. Thanks

Posted on Vimeo

"400,000 people walked through the streets of NYC to make a statement to world leaders:
Act on climate change now! 

While many world leaders met in New York this week (Sept 23-26) to discuss how to act on Climate change Canada's PM Stephen Harper chose not to attend. Due to the aggressive expansion of the Alberta oil sands, Canada is set to become one of the world's worst climate criminals, while being left behind by the emerging renewable economy.

Meet the largest social movement of this decade and the greatest challenge yet faced by humanity.
Give Energy East A People's Intervention"

act.350.org/letter/energy_east/
Follow the growing movement
@TarSandsSolns
facebook.com/TarSandsSolutionsNetwork
Music: Ulali
Supplemental Footage:
Idle No More
Democracy Now
Video: zackembree.com

Idle No More- POWERFUL Video-People's Climate March

Beautiful, POWERFUL, inspiring video that made me cry but gives me hope. Can we make the changes necessary, for our children's and future grandchildren's sake, I pray we can

Photo from Idle No More Video-

Published Youtube on Sep 22, 2014

"Indigenous leaders at the Peoples Climate March in New York speak to the urgency of Climate Change and the need for all of us to be #IdleNoMore. From the Amazon to the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples are defending our climate and teaching allies about how extractive industries are directly connected to sovereignty, colonization, and violence against Indigenous women.

Thanks to Ulali for the beautiful and powerful music!"

PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE WIDELY! Thank you!

PEACE-MEDITATE-SEPT 21-NOON-YOUR TIME

Published on Sep 16, 2014

21-09-2014 World Peace Meditation.
Join us for a Global Meditation on the International Day of Peace, September 21.
web: www.unify.org
facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/15302...

There are 3 ways that you can participate:

1. Gather your communities at 12:00 Noon in your time zone to create a wave of peace moving across our planet.

2. Join us for a Global Synchronized Moment of World Peace at 12:00 Noon PDT.

3. All of the above!

There is a timezone conversion chart here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...

Sign up for the audio broadcast with prominent Spiritual Leaders @ www.unify.org

Organizations and Spiritual leaders around the world are unifying for a global experience of Inner Peace.

Join this movement of people coming together to create Inner Peace as the first big step towards creating World Peace.

Organizing an event for the first time? go to www.bethepeace.com to receive an organizer package.

People's Climate March!! Get it Done!!

http://peoplesclimate.org/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC52nOmdkl7GgjUmpm-9mbgg

September 17, 2014

For Immediate Release
September 17, 2014

March Organizers See Surge of Momentum for People’s Climate March; Over 100,000 expected for September 21

New York City — Over 1,000,000 flyers have been handed out across New York City in the last five days. Hundreds of volunteers are canvassing subway stations across the city. 496 buses are coming in from nearly all 50 states. More than 32 marching bands are ready to play. It’s official: the People’s Climate March is going to be big. 

If the weather holds, over 100,000 people are expected to attend demonstration on Sunday to demand bold action on climate change. Police have blocked off traffic on Central Park West from 59th St. to 86th street to accommodate the tens of thousands of students, workers, parents, scientists, beekeepers, and more who are joining the march.

A People’s Climate March will host a general press availability and press conference will take place on Central Park West between 59th st. and 61st st. from 9:30am-11:00am on Sunday morning. The press conference, from 10:00-10:30am, will feature a diverse group of seven people telling their personal stories of why they are joining the march. Due to limited space, press must RSVP to media@peoplesclimate.org to attend (a RSVP does not guarantee admission).

Beginning at 10:30am, different groups taking part in the march will host small rallies up and down the march route to fire up their contingents or deliver public statements. At 11:00am labor unions will host a rally with thousands of members just south of Columbus Circle on Broadway.

The march will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Columbus Circle, head east on 59th Street, then south on 6th Ave, west on 42nd Street, and finish at 11th Avenue and West 34th Street. The front of the march is expected to reach the end of the route at about 2:00pm.

At 1:00pm, after a moment of silence to honor those impacted by climate change and the fossil fuel industry, the march will “Sound the Climate Alarm” with drums, trumpets, vuvuzelas, and over 20 marching bands. Churches across the city will ring their bells, as Jewish temples blow their shofars, as part of this global climate chorus calling for action.

The march is the product of months of frenetic organizing. At a pop-office on 42nd St and Madison Avenue, dozens of volunteers are working the phones and laptops late into the night to help with the Get Out The March (GOTM) effort. Student activists report that there are now young people coming in from 320 campuses across the country. In the “Faith Hub,” hundreds of local and national religious institutions, from all backgrounds, are turning out their members for the march.

Across the East River at a three story warehouse in Bushwick, artists, cultural workers, and hundreds of volunteers are churning out banners, placards, puppets, inflatable art pieces, and giant floats that will be pulled by biodiesel vehicles (or by hand) during the march.

“This is the final crunch, the product of six months of work to make the People’s March a big, beautiful expression of the climate movement,” Rachel Schragis, who is helping coordinate the arts hub told the New York Times on Wednesday.
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https://twitter.com/peoples_climate