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The West Coast Convergence For Climate Action July 28 - Aug. 4 — Near Eugene, Oregon

Activists and families, the young and old, experienced and bright-eyed are coming together for the 2nd Annual West Coast Convergence for Climate Action. Take a week to share skills, tactics, ideas and fun while building a social and political movement for climate action!

This year, we are joined by Climate Convergences around the world on four different continents. Come join the global movement for earth-centered and community-based solutions to climate change.

Workshops will include: sustainable living skills, lower-impact technologies, creative non-violent direct action, organizing skills, strategies to beat Liquefied Natural Gas, organic gardening, protecting small farms, building communities beyond cultural boundaries, and dozens more.

With massive fossil fuel development projects threatening our region, and concerns over food prices and accessibility growing, we can find strength in people power and work towards building the strong communities we need.

If you are interested in helping with a workshop, getting the word out, or anything else, please feel free to contact us at westcoast[-AT-]climateconvergence[-DOT-]org.

May 7 Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver): Truck belonging to Kiewitt & Sons lit on fire.

On the night of May 7, 2008 we set fire to a Kiewitt & Sons work truck. Peter Kiewitt & Sons is currently working on expanding the Sea to Sky highway between Vancouver and Whistler, the main artery for the Olympics, also paving the way for investment into land exploitation, tourism and development. This is not the first act of resistance to PK+S and hopefully not the last; in 2007 people occupied eagle ridge bluffs to prevent its destruction by the Sea to Sky highway. PK+S filed an injunction causing the arrest of camp occupants and the imprisonment of Squamish elder and warrior Harriet Nahanne who died shortly after suffering illness in prison.

PK+S constructs the spaces that house many institutions of physical as well as social control including; air force and navy operations centers, mines, dams, highways, and industrial nuclear experimentation facilities. This act, for us, was an attack against repression and those who construct its systems.

Re-posted from Anarchist News.

To read more about resistence to the illegal occupation and destruction of First Nation's People's lands in KKKanada, see the First Nations website.

Maitreya, life, etc.

Okay, I admit it - I live in an Eco-village. That does NOT make me a hippy, dammit!

It's called Maitreya.

The place where I actually sleep,eat, shower, etc. is part of the dome village. There are four guys and three women who live here. They all have domes - made from recycled materials - while I live in the attic of the house we share (with the kitchen, bathroom, living space). It's really sweet here, and it's taken me over a month to shake off the hangover from living in the streets and get into the swing of life at Maitreya. So, if you are interested, check out the website, and I'll post more later. Right now, I gotta go to a party! Life in Eugene is really being good for me right now. Love ya's!