Environment team members Catherine Hembling and Rosemary Cornell attended a lively book launch and productive group discussion of how to be more effective climate activists on Pender Island on December 7. Catherine is one of 25 Trans-Mountain (TMX) pipeline arrestees featured in a recently published anthology, Standing on High Ground: Civil Disobedience on Burnaby Mountain, co-edited by Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Drobnies, and Tim Bray. https://btlbooks.com/book/standing-on-high-ground.
Pender Island is home to five TMX arrestees, including Barbara Stowe, the daughter of Greenpeace founders. Barbara organized the Pender event. In the same spirit, the Environment Team is sponsoring a forum, Climate Activism. What we can do to make an impact, on January 5, 2025 in the Fireside Room at VanU.
This event will include a panel featuring TMX arrestees and a general discussion of best options for moving forward in community to defend a more secure future. The book will be available at the event (please bring $20 cash). Please invite friends and come to learn and share ideas.