Heartfelt gratitude and call to action: We are lifting something heavy! Find your place to grab hold onto.

We are awed and amazed at our heartfelt community and all of the forest-forward actions that are arising from all those who have heard and responded to our call for all hearts to effect change.

We are seeing felt hearts pop up on telephone poles, we are hearing of ideas from different groups in our community, actions on the road, and actions to communicate to different levels of government (Nicholas Simons, Doug Donaldson, Stacey Gould of BCTS, John Horgan). We are seeing folks make their own posts on social media, with photos they have taken. There are peaceful call to action ideas like sit-ins, Gumboot Telephone Booths and Valentine mailings. Oh yeah, and super fun advertising campaigns…its an explosion of creative energies! We love it all! 

Living Forest Institute (LFI) looks to the experienced forest campaigners of the Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) for guidance on our group actions.  Right now, ELF is saying to stand by—that they will need us all later in the week. Be ready.

Okay then. We are ready.

When we lift something heavy, we need to do it together, and we all have to find our place to grab hold onto. What is your place? Each of us can capitalize on the moment and move on individual action. What does your heart tell you to do?  

There are no wrong answers: Phone your representatives, write letters to the editor, contact influence makers, spread the word, make a donation to ELF, take bold art action, visit the forest, (the frost on the moss is entirely beautiful….)

It's also a day for building our resources so we can act quickly. Subscribe to LFI’s email list, follow us on Instagram and Facebook, make comments on the action you are taking on social media.  

We are looking for a change of heart and asking for the logging to stop so we can have the time for all stakeholders to find ways to expand Mt Elphinstone Provincial Park.  An expanded Park in our backyard will  not only preserve an at risk ecosystem at low elevations, but also be part of the solution for climate change and encourage economic development in tourism.   We must save Clack Creek Forest, for all these reasons, and because it is the key to connecting three park islands within the Elphinstone Park expansion area.

#standwithclackcreek