As a friend once said, there are many things the industry needs to keep going.
Knowing what it needs helps us know what we need to target in order to stop or slow it down.
What does it need?
Money: Investments and Loans
People/Labour: Temporary Foreign Workers, other skilled labour
Land: Often on Indigenous territories
Access to Water
Access to Energy
Refineries
Pipelines
Political Support
Relaxed regulations at local and global levels
What else…….?
How can we effectively make these things harder to access, or put more pressure on them?
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GET EDUCATED & GET INVOLVED
CBC Edmonton Feature on Fort Chipewyan, Including the full NEW Timoney and Lee reportTIMONEY REPORT
Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands
http://oilsandstruth.org/
The Dominion: news from the grassroots
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/
The Tar Sands Issue (#48) | The Dominion
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/print/tar_sands_issue_48
Stop the Tar Sands
http://stoptarsands.wordpress.com
Blue Planet Project
http://www.blueplanetproject.net
Dehcho First Nations
http://www.dehchofirstnations.com
Friends of the Lubicon
http://www.lubicon.ca/
Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
http://www.ienearth.org/energy.html
Last Oil Shock
http://www.lastoilshock.com/
Mikisew Cree First Nation
http://mikisew.org/
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
http://www.odac-info.org/
Pembina Institute
http://www.pembina.org/
Sierra Club of Canada
http://www.sierraclub.ca/
Tar Sands Watch
http://www.tarsandswatch.org/
World Water Council
http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
NFB Citizen Shift
http://citizen.nfb.ca/tar-sands
Demand Dignity! Campaign against Shell in the Niger-Delta
shannon serge et al - you guys are amazing. thank you for your incredible work!
xo,
jess
Comment by jess robertson
January 29, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
I was at a meeting at McGill on March 20th and heard about your documentary, are there any plans to have this documentary subtitled to French. If you plan to mass introduce on a grassroot level it might be a good idea to include French Canada, a lot of unions and a green mentality already exist here, and it might be a good idea to target this demography. I’m lucky to be bilingual but unfortunately the Quebec government did not think it was(but that’s another story),so in closing I was just wondering if translation/subtitled versions will be available. I have some pretty good ideas about getting this out to the masses, this is just one of these.
Thanks for your work in trying to bring the truth out to the masses, just don’t forget the 6million french canadians that could help this very noble cause.
Comment by Mario Brunet
March 23, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
We would like to congratulate Shannon Walsh on an excellent production. Do hope this documentary will be shown all over Canada. Here in British Columbia we are every much concerned about the Tar Sands and the destruction this quest for oil is causing.
Comment by Rosalind and Alex Elder
May 9, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
Shannon, such wonderful work. A spirit and drive that few possess!
A daughter any father would be proud of!
All my love
Your Dad
Comment by Louis Walsh
May 10, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
Seeing your documentary at the film festival today was a really eye opening experience. I had always known that the oil sands were doing a lot of damage to the environment because of the surface mining, but I had no idea the scale on which it was being done. I think living in the second largest country in the world allows a lot of Canadians (myself included) to take for granted things that are happening thousands of km’s away. Even when the impact on the environment and the people who live there is so great. The best way to stop this is to do what you are doing, make it public, and don’t give people the opportunity to overlook this important issue.
I look forward to seeing how this film impacts the political atomosphere out there as I know it will! Great work Shannon!
Comment by Brandon Walsh
May 10, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
This is a very important film that I hope will be seen by as many people as possible. It is critical that citizens of Canada recognize the profound and devastating implications of this project for the environment and for the health of many communities. Thank you to the filmakers for their integrity and courage, and to the First Nations communities who are leading the challenge for the benefit of the web of life. This is a profound opportunity for solidarity on behalf of precious land and all who live in relationship with it.
Comment by Maria Vamvalis
July 6, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
[...] Just be careful, it may spur you into action (here’s a link to the film’s Action webpage)! [...]
Comment by H2Oil « Reel Life, Real Ideas: Movies and more…
October 5, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
Has anyone ever thought of organizing a charity that would raise funds to support this and other kinds of awareness about the Tar Sands? Something the the “Walk Against the Tar Sands” (WATTS)? It could take place several times per year (maybe coincide with Jane’s Walk?) and local chapters could be managed via Facebook and Flickr.
I could see an initiative getting a lot of support in Canada and elsewhere (the US, Europe, etc).
Funds raised could also be used for legal expenses, supporting families whose members have died because of cancer or other diseases, etc.
Cheers,
Liam.
Comment by Liam
October 6, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
How can I get the video to show to my students?
Comment by Dr. G. D. Hodge
October 6, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
I want to show the doco to my friends here in Australia. Any way I can get my hands on it?
Comment by Ack
December 1, 2009 @ 11:53 am