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    GROUNDSWELL: Dates and tickets

    2012 October 152024 July 8

    Dates, tickets and locations for Groundswell have been announced. Tofino, Vancouver and Victoria are the first stops before the US tour…

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    Groundswell: a small film about making a big stand

    2012 October 142024 August 29

    In collaboration with Patagonia and accomplished film maker Chris Malloy, Raincoast set sail with a world-famous line up of US and Canadian surfers into the Great Bear Rainforest. Their goal was to produce an epic surf documentary while at the same time educating people as to the threats and potential impacts of the Northern Gateway project to both habitat and a way of life.

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    Raincoast updates

    Groundswell: take action

    2012 October 132024 July 8

    Get informed, show up, write, and speak out. Use your local newspaper, facebook or twitter. You can even get the film and show it your home town. Oh, and send a message to Stephen Harper too.

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  • A bird is standing on top of a rock in the water.
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    Surf expedition snapshots

    2012 October 122024 August 29

    Highlights from the waves, winds, wildlife and more.

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    In the media

    Enbridge ordered back to Kalamazoo River for more clean-up

    2012 October 102024 July 8

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Enbridge back Kalamazoo River to clean up remaining pools of leaked bitumen.

    Read More Enbridge ordered back to Kalamazoo River for more clean-upContinue

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    Films and videos

    Enbridge cartoon conveniently forgets a few islands

    2012 October 82024 October 23

    As a response to Enbridge’s misleading video, Dan Murphy from the Province and filmmaker David Shortt produced 2 short videos

    Read More Enbridge cartoon conveniently forgets a few islandsContinue

  • A man standing on a boat with mountains in the background.
    In the media

    Why Northern Gateway shouldn’t go near the Great Bear Rainforest

    2012 October 82024 July 8

    Sometimes in life you have to witness a place firsthand to really get it.
    See it. Experience it. Sense it…. By John Honderich, Chair of the Board, The Toronto Star

    Read More Why Northern Gateway shouldn’t go near the Great Bear RainforestContinue

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    In the media

    You heard it here: Northern Gateway’s dead

    2012 October 52024 July 8

    By Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail
    The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta to the Pacific coast is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

    Read More You heard it here: Northern Gateway’s deadContinue

  • Surfers in British Columbia
    Notes from the field

    Groundswell Film Premieres

    2012 October 52024 July 8

    A small film about making a big stand. This NFTF introduces a new set of voices supporting the conservation of our spectacular coast.

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    In the media

    Enbridge Parody

    2012 July 72024 October 23

    Veteran political cartoonist Dan Murphy says his newspaper backed down in a fight with one of Canada’s largest energy companies over a spoof of an advertisement.

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    Investigate and inform

    Watch the trailer for Groundswell

    2012 February 72024 October 23

    How could we possibly give voice to marine mammals and other life threatened by one of the largest industrial projects ever conceived? After all, whales, dolphins and the like – as intelligent as they are – cannot mount their own defense against the oil industry. Oil giant Enbridge Inc. and its international partners have proposed…

    Read More Watch the trailer for GroundswellContinue

  • Peter Devries surfing waves off the west coast of British Columbia. He wears a wetsuit, and in this photo his surfboard is horizontal, jumping above the waves and the seaspray.
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Groundswell: The Wave of Opposition to Enbridge

    2012 January 312024 July 8

    The Huffington Post

    Raincoast has an exciting project in the works with our friends at Patagonia, a leader among environmentally-minded businesses…

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