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Thank You to Patagonia Victoria!

Dec 1 2016/in Announcements, Thank You

THANKS most gratefully to Patagonia Victoria for supporting the Ancient Forest Alliance for a 3rd year with a huge donation yesterday of $2500! The donation comes as part of the participation of Patagonia Victoria/Banff /Calgary of Elements Inc. in the 1% For the Planet program. Patagonia Victoria has also supported the movement to protect old-growth forests in BC by hosting numerous events in their store and helping to mobilize community members. In addition, Patagonia stores everywhere are donating 100% of their sales from Black Friday – worth a whopping $10 million – to environmental groups across the continent! Please show your gratitude to them this Holiday Season!

VANCOUVER: ‘Voices from the Verge’ Film/Art Night & Fundraiser for the Ancient Forest Alliance!

Nov 24 2016/in Announcements

Saturday, December 3, 7:30PM
Gallery 1965 (1965 Main St. – see map)

Come out for an evening of film and other creative works supporting old-growth forest conservation! The event will feature ‘Verge: Dancing a Scarred and Sacred Landscape’ (an environmental dance film set in Avatar Grove and around Big Lonely Doug), selected previews from the documentary series ‘Heartwood’ by Daniel J. Pierce, photography by conservation photographer and AFA campaigner TJ Watt, live music, as well as a cash bar (wine & beer). This event is organized by the creators of the film 'Verge.' Entry is by suggested donation of $10-15, with all proceeds going to support the AFA. Learn more about the movement to protect BC's old-growth forests, and engage with artists and their work that aims to ensure the preservation of these forests into the future!

See details and invite others on Facebook HERE

METCHOSIN: Hadwin’s Judgement – Film Screening Fundraiser for the AFA!

Nov 21 2016/in Announcements

Come out this Friday for a screening of Hadwin's Judgement in Metchosin, organized by supporter Ric Perron as a benefit for the Ancient Forest Alliance!

WHEN: Friday November 25th, 7PM
WHERE: Metchosin Community House (4430 Happy Valley Rd – see map)
TICKETS: By donation – all proceeds go to the Ancient Forest Alliance

**with special guest TJ Watt of the Ancient Forest Alliance**

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ABOUT THE FILM – HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT
2015 Canada/UK 87 minutes
Directed by Sasha Snow
Produced by Elizabeth Yake, Dave Allen, David Christensen & Yves J. Ma
Featuring Doug Chapman, Herb Hammond, John Vaillant
Winner of VIMFF Best Canadian Film * Nominated for Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary & Best Cinematography
Website: www.hadwinsjudgement.com/thefilm

Hadwin’s Judgement is a spellbinding and visually stunning account of environmentalism, obsession, and myth set in the Pacific Northwest. It chronicles one man’s resolute struggle to reconcile what he regarded as an intolerable and conspiratorial affront – not just to the land, but to humanity as well. Based on John Vaillant’s award-winning book The Golden Spruce, the film covers the events that led up to the infamous destruction of an extraordinary 300-year-old tree held sacred by the indigenous Haida nation of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.

Grant Hadwin, a logging engineer and formidable survivalist, lived and worked happily for many years in BC’s remote and ancient forests. But witnessing the devastation wrought by clear-cutting finally drove him to commit what some would say was an extraordinary and perverse act, one that ran contrary to all he had come to value.

A compelling hybrid of drama and documentary, Hadwin’s Judgement interweaves speculation, myth and reality to explore the possible motives for Hadwin’s unprecedented crime and the consequences of his actions. The film charts his emotional crusade against the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest, a crusade that ends tragically with a mystery – and a prophetic warning – that seal Hadwin’s fate as both madman an visionary.

Proceeds of this film screening go to the Ancient Forest Alliance in their work to protect British Columbia’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, second-growth forest industry. www.AncientForestAlliance.org