A Canadian Greenpeace Team has returned from their expedition to the Gulf of Mexico where they spent more than a week bearing witness to the BP oil spill which has transformed and devastated communities, ecosystems and economies after raging on for over 80 days.

They are back in Canada now and Stephanie Goodwin, Greenpeace BC Director, will present the team’s personal experiences through stories, photos, videos and calls to action.

Please join us for an evening of discussion with friends.

WED July 21 – VANCOUVER

Britannia Community Centre

Learning Resources Centre – Enter South Side of Library

1661 Napier Street

7pm

Thursday July 22 - VICTORIA

Orange Hall

1620 Fernwood Rd.

7pm

Spread the word and invite others!

“Imagine kayaking through peanut butter. Except the peanut butter is toxic crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

While Canadians see the devastation in the Gulf on television and in the paper, we have our own looming threats on B.C.’s shores.

The Canadian government is considering an Enbridge oil pipeline proposal from the Alberta tar sands to B.C.’s precious Great Bear Rainforest that would bring more than 200 crude oil tankers annually to the region. Another company, Kinder Morgan, has a long-term plan to bring over 200 crude oil tankers annually to the southern West Coast near Vancouver. Today, the company already brings two tar sands oil tankers through Vancouver waters.

The only way to protect our coastline from the same fate as the Exxon Valdez or the BP oil spill is to permanently take all oil tankers and offshore oil development off the table, period. Coastal First Nations have declared tribal law outlawing tar sands oil in their territories. The Canadian government now needs to listen.