Video Gallery
Note: Videos require a high-speed cable or adsl
internet connection. Each is presented in both Windows Media 9 and
Apple Quicktime 7 formats.
WCWC Documentaries
- Walbran Valley Documentary
The Walbran Valley is in danger of being completely clear cut
and unless something is done soon to stop it, the effects will
be irreversible. This is a short documentary with Ken Wu Campaign
Director for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. Shot in
the upper Walbran Valley in the July and August of 2006 and contains
footage from the March 2006 Ring-Around-the-Legislature Ancient
Forest Rally.
- Video Petition of Ring-Around-the-Legislature Rally
for Vancouver Island's Ancient Forests and for BC Jobs (second
time, September 23, 2006)
On Sept.23, 2006, over four hundred people joined hands and encircled
the BC Legislative Building in Victoria at a WCWC rally, calling
on the BC government to protect all of Vancouver Island's remaining
ancient forests and to ban raw log exports. Two videographers,
Jeremy Sean Williams and Andrew Marchand-Boddy, went around the
ring and created a "video petition" of each person stating their
name and where they were from. See the video petition and speeches
by Robert Morales (chief negotiator for the Hul'qumi'num Treaty
Group), Chief Judith Sayers (Hupacasath Band), Lisa Matthaus (Sierra
Club of BC), Ken James (Youbou TimberLess Society), Marjka Mychajlowycz
(Friends of Clayoquot Sound), and Ken Wu (WCWC) in this powerful
documentary video by Jeremy Sean Williams.
- Tree of Life Celebration (BC Legislature) - May 2005
On May 7, 2005, ten days before the BC provincial election, the
Western Canada Wilderness Committee brought out 400 citizens to
take part in the "Rally to Defend Beautiful BC" to raise the profile
about several key environmental issues that were relevant to the
election. The protesters also formed an image with their bodies
on the Legislature lawn of a felled tree with the words "Wake
Up - May 17", raising awareness about the importance of the environment
for the forthcoming provincial election. See the rally and the
incredible image in Jeremy Williams' new documentary video.
- Tree of Life Celebration (Walbran Valley) - October
2004
On October 9, 2004, five hundred conservationists organized by
the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Rainforest Action Network,
Gettin' Higher Choir, and Spectral Q, converged in a Weyerhaeuser
clearcut in the Upper Walbran Valley calling for the protection
of ancient forests around the world. See Jeremy Williams' documentary
on this historic event, the largest environmental gathering in
BC's woods since the Clayoquot Sound protests in 1993.
- Save the Upper Walbran Valley - 2004
In August of 2004, Jeremy Williams and Ken Wu toured several of
the recent clearcuts as well as the largest trees in the endangered
Upper Walbran Valley. See incredible images of the valley's record-sized
trees along with informative commentary about the politics and
ecology of the valley in Jeremy Williams' documentary video. Includes
a segment on the historic Tree of Life Celebration in the Upper
Walbran Valley from Oct.2004.
- Save the East Creek Rainforest - August 2003
The imminently endangered East Creek Rainforest on northern Vancouver
Island is featured in a 13 minute long WCWC documentary video.
It was produced by WCWC volunteers Sonia and Magali Ringoot, and
features the recent expedition with WCWC campaigners Joe Foy and
Ken Wu to the Brooks Peninsula Wilderness, which includes the
recently logged Klaskish Valley and the still unlogged East Creek
Valley.
Video Clips and Footage
- Video footage of the March 24, 2007 Vancouver Island
Ancient Forest and Ban Raw Log Export Rally and Aerial Art Event.
- for Vancouver Island's Ancient Forests and for BC Jobs:
Ring-Around-the-Legislature (first time, March 25, 2006)
On March 25, 2006, five hundred people took part in a Wilderness
Committee rally calling on the BC government to protect the last
remaining ancient forests on Vancouver Island, to ban raw log
exports, to establish a new land use plan for Vancouver Island,
and to restore public service employment levels. At the end of
the rally, they joined hands and fully encircled the Legislature!
See the video clip put together by volunteer Gordon Peel.
- Protect the Nahmint Valley (Spring 2006)
West of Port Alberni lies the Nahmint Valley, one of the most
ecologically significant ancient forests in BC. BC's most extensive
stands of ancient coastal Douglas fir forests remain, and the
valley is home to cougars, bears, wolves, goshawks, and Roosevelt
elk. See the video images from volunteer Gordon Peel.
- WCWC Victoria's Rainforest Store (Spring 2006)
See a little video put together by volunteer Gordon Peel where
WCWC's Cassbreea Dewis explains the products and goals of WCWC's
Rainforest Store in Victoria to an interested customer. Our store
is vital for raising funds for our campaigns to protect our ancient
forests ad marine ecosystems. Please shop at our store at 651
Johnson St. in Victoria or online.
- Eco-Cupid Makes Campbell Fall in Love with Spotted Owls!
(BC Legislature Opening Day, February 14, 2006)
Watch a brief video of an environmental street theatre event for
the media on the opening day of the BC Legislature, which happened
to be on Feb.14, 2006. WCWC volunteer Elise Hoefer plays "Eco-Cupid",
as she fires arrows into Gordon Campbell's heart to help him fall
in love with spotted owls, BC's parks, Vancouver Island's ancient
forests, and BC's oil free coast. WCWC's Campaign Director Ken
Wu explains the issues as she takes aim. Unfortunately, none of
the arrows stick...we hope that's note an ominous sign... Put
together by WCWC volunteer Gordon Peel.
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