~For People NOT Pipelines~

Come out SATURDAY February 11th to the Wise Hall and hear the talented Jasper Sloan Yip followed by a very soulful acoustic set from No Sinner. Later in the evening DJ Mad Love will spin some beats! Proceeds will go to the Great Bear Rainforest Youth Paddle, a student-led paddle trip in support of the First Nations. The Youth Paddle is contributing to the growing campaign to preserve the Great Bear Rainforest and to oppose the Enbridge pipeline project. At 9pm we will have an awareness session where we will share the vision of the GBR Youth Paddle with you and screen a video by paddle participants and Gitga’at youth from Hartley Bay. There will also be Live Art by Jay Peachy and an art showcase and auction for your viewing pleasure! This is a 19+ licensed event. Come out to enjoy fantastic music and show support for those facing great challenges on our BC coast!

Saturday February 11th

The Wise Hall
1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver

Doors 8:30pm show at 9:30pm

Tickets $20 at the door $15 in advance www.raiseyourvoiceforgbr.eventbrite.ca
or in Vancouver at Red Cat Records or Caitlin Byrnes 604-512-4374

More:

J Peachy – http://jpeachygallery.com/
Jasper Sloan Yip – http://www.myspace.com/jaspersloanyip
No Sinner – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIhDILaxLxw

Recent articles:

http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/great-bear-rainforest-youth-paddle/Content?oid=2279116

http://www.moonwillowpress.com/2012/01/the-great-bear-rainforest-part-5-journey-in-the-making/

More Info:
www.gbryouthpaddle.org

“On the remote pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada, just south of Alaska, is a temperate rainforest with wilderness valleys containing trees that are among the earth’s oldest living organisms. Steep misty valleys hug rugged shorelines, and grizzly and wolves thrive with little contact from humans. The region has a human population of less than 35,000. Small communities, many home to the region’s aboriginal or First Nations people, dot the coast, accessible only by boat or air. Known as the Great Bear Rainforest, this area the size of Ireland is the largest … coastal temperate rainforest in the world. In the late 1990s, as industrial logging proceeded in the region, the fight to save this rainforest grew to international proportions. It is now the site of an ambitious effort to preserve the ecological integrity of the rainforest, sustain aboriginal cultures, and develop new economic opportunities for coastal communities in British Columbia” (Riddell 2005).

If you can’t make it out on Feb 11th but you would still like to contribute, please check out our online fundraising campaign! http://www.indiegogo.com/Great-Bear-Rainforest-Youth-Paddle