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This World Ocean Day, we celebrate a major conservation success story with After the Groundswell

2024 June 82024 December 13

This compelling campaign film, with its epic surf montages, is now available to watch for free online.

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What happens after the groundswell?

2023 April 252024 October 23

When the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled I was just about to graduate high school. I was starting to find my own footing in the world and where my values aligned. I headed west from Alberta to start university without looking back. What I would learn over the next several years would ultimately shape…

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Join us for After the Groundswell: film and discussion panel events in Vancouver, Victoria, and Tofino

2023 March 142024 October 23

We invite you to join us in Vancouver, Victoria, or Tofino for a special evening and ‘re-premiere’ of Groundswell, a 25 minute short film with a new prologue.

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GROUNDSWELL does another lap of southern BC!

2013 November 222024 July 8

With a decision on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project due in weeks, now is a critical time to rally for our coast…

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Raincoast Films tour Northern BC

2013 October 222024 July 8

Raincoast films are travelling around the province. Check them out. Kitimat, Terrace, Prince George, Kamloops, and Abbottsford…

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Groundswell at the University of Victoria once again!

2013 March 132024 July 8

Groundswell is screening at the University of Victoria this Friday, March 15th. The film will be followed by a panel discussion including Geography and ES scholars and a leader from the Heiltsuk Nation…

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Groundswell: a surf movie with a message

2013 March 112024 July 8

Pique News Magazine – Alyssa Noel
Chris Darimont, a research scientist with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, took top-name surfers on a trip up B.C.’s coast…

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Global TV features Groundswell

2013 March 12024 July 8

Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont -scientist and local surfer- has found an entertaining way to add his voice of opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline…

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A “Groundswell” of talks for the Great Bear Rainforest

2013 February 222024 July 8

The band and I have been showing a short documentary at all of our shows called Groundswell — it was created by Chris Malloy and Raincoast and is about the Great Bear Rainforest…

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Groundswell takes a surfing safari to the Great Bear Rainforest

2013 February 132024 July 8

The Georgia Straight, By Martin Dunphy
When Raincoast put together a coastal expedition to showcase its irreplaceable wilderness, it wanted to present things differently than the usual environmental documentary…

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A Trip South: On the road of wisdom

2013 February 82024 July 8

Juneau Empire
This is an amazing story of a group from Juno Alaska who the Groundswell crew met at our Ventura Film Premiere. This courageous group has embarked on a journey from Alaska to Argentina…

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Can Idle No More Save the Great Bear Rainforest?

2013 January 282024 July 8

Outside Online by Adventure Ethics
While links between Idle No More and Northern Gateway protests are informal, they’re part of a wider reaction to an increasingly conservative government..

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