Take Action for Old Growth
As summer is fast approaching, we (Elders for Ancient Trees, Stand.earth, Sierra Club BC, Wilderness Committee) ask for your continued support to keep the pressure on the BC NDP Government to follow through on its promises and work with First Nations to protect... Read more
Elders for Ancient Forests May 2023
We’re on the cusp of seasons changing, saying goodbye to spring and moving into summer. Farewell fawn lilies, orchids, shooting stars, flowering red currant. Welcome sword ferns unfurling towards sunlight, the delicate white bottle brush flowers of vanilla leaf,... Read more
Feb. 25 Rally for Old Growth – The Final Push
United For Old-Growth March & Rally February 25 Walk: begins at Noon, Centennial Square (lək̓ʷəŋən territories, Victoria) Rally: 1:30-3:30 pm, BC Legislature Dear Friends of the Forests, We’re now moving into the final phase of coming together for the United We... Read more
Dance for the Trees! – Elders for Ancient Trees November Update
Hello Elders, This is a very short callout, mainly to let you know about what’s coming up in November. As BC’s new Premier is being sworn in, we Old-Growth Supporters need to raise a bit of a ruckus to encourage David Eby to implement old-growth deferrals immediately.... Read more
November Elders for Ancient Trees Update
Dear Elders,At this time of the year, some of us may identify with the Latin American tradition of Día de los Muertos or with the Celtic tradition of Samhain. Día de los Muertos honours and remembers the Dead. Samhain marks the end of the harvest season and beginning... Read more
September Elders for Ancient Trees Update
Dear Friends of the Ancient Forests, Fall is upon us. Sweet. Beautiful. Crunching leaves and intense fall colours touch our senses. Too dry. The promise of moisture is in the air as we lean towards the rainy season. My gratitude is all wound up with grief. On this... Read more
Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
Elders for Ancient Trees Update
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November 10th Elders for Ancient Trees December 7th Newsletter
December 7th Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
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Elders for Ancient Forests Newsletter
December 1 – 7 Elders for Ancient Forest Newsletter
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Elders for Ancient Forests November 23 Newsletter
Elders for Ancient Trees Weekly Newsletter, Nov. 23/21
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November 10th Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
This is the November 10th edition of the Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
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Elders for Ancient Forests Newsletter
The Elders for Ancient Forest Newsletter for the week of November 2nd.
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Donate to Elders for Ancient Trees Fairy Creek injunction court case
Elders for Ancient Trees needs your help, your donations, to sustain their legal challenge against the injunction at Fairy Creek in the BC Supreme Court.
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Suzanne Simard and the Understory
When I logged onto Suzanne Simard’s presentation last Wednesday, my picture of old-growth forest was of huge, towering trees, draped in lichen and moss, sheltering birds and animals – a beautiful picture from the ground up. At the end of Suzanne’s one-and-a-half hour... Read more