People are coming together like never before to tell our provincial and federal governments that BC’s coast must be protected from tar sands pipelines and tankers.
Although this is not a health issue and may seem like a non-chiropractic topic, when one is rooted in a vitalistic perspective of life it is impossible to separate the health of the individual from the health of the planet.
If the pipelines are built, there will be a massive increase in supertanker traffic on BC’s coast - including 84% more traffic through the Hecate Straight, the fourth most dangerous waterway in the world. The biggest tankers will carry 8 times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez spilled. Many people agree it is not if a tanker spill occurs, it is a question of when.
For a moment imagine what your life would be like if a spill did occur. How would this affect your business, the value of your home, the places that you visit for outdoor recreation and holidays? What about the wildlife, the plants and our valuable oceans? A spill would change everything for us on this beautiful island that we live on. What is to be gained, to support an industry that we know is unsustainable, that needs to be replaced with something more viable, more congruent with the times?
When I was a kid the destruction of the Amazon rainforest was the largest environmental disaster on the planet, today it is the oil fields in Alberta. Wow! There is a small window of time to change this forever, and the effects will be felt for generations to come. I urge you to take action in what ever way you feel call to do so. Email your local MP, sign the facebook page, join a rally, stand up, your voice matters.
Yours in health of the individual and that of the planet.
Dr. Norm
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther King Jr.
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