1 & 1/2 Annual Tree Huggers Ball – Dance Party Extravaganza!

Date: Friday, Nov. 4th Time: 8:00 pm - 1:00 am Location: Felicita's Pub @ UVic Tickets: $10 - Available in the UVSS booth in the Student Union Building (SUB) and at the door. An awesome night full of groovy MUSIC, ridiculous contests, PRIZES, and foot stomping good times

Ancient Forest Alliance

Human rights groups and Indigenous peoples’ organizations will closely monitor landmark international hearing into Canadian land rights case

On Friday, October 28, the Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold its first ever hearings into the violation of Indigenous land rights in Canada.

Poster - please feel free to print and pass along to anyone who might be interested!

Slideshow: Saving our Spectacular Ancient Forests! Wed, Oct. 12th

WEDNESDAY, October 12th from 7pm-8:30pm at the SFU Harbour Centre (515 W Hastings, Vancouver) in Room 7000

Flores Island sunset in Clayoquot Sound. This photo and many more will be available for purchase at the show!

Ancient Forest Photo Show – Fundraiser! Wed, Sept. 28th

On display will be nearly a dozen 24”x36” prints, a range of smaller prints, and a few select framed works. Featured images will range from Canada’s biggest trees, to coastal landscape views and lush forest scenes, as well as new UNRELEASED images from one of the most stunning and unique forests on Vancouver Island!

For the winning group

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT! The AFA NEEDS YOUR VOTES in the Phillips Benefit Brew contest!

For the winning group, Phillips will design and produce a short-run specially-crafted beer complete with a custom label (imagine a Gnarly Tree beer!). The campaign is aimed at both raising awareness, and providing financial support by donating the full proceeds of the benefit brew to the chosen cause. Vote at: phillipsbeer.com/benefitbrew

Local band Quioa new album Wildside to support ancient trees

Local band Quoia is about to release an album titled Wildside with 10% of the proceeds to be donated to Ancient Forest Alliance.

Earthdance Vancouver 2011 – Celebrating the Forests!

Date: Saturday, September 24th, 12:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Prospect Point Picnic Area - Stanley Park Cost: By Donation (50% of proceeds will be donated to the Ancient Forest Alliance!)

A hiker walks through the giant trees of the Lower Avatar Grove.

Public HIKE to the AVATAR GROVE – Sunday, Sept. 25th

Meet in Port Renfrew at the Tourist Info Centre at 1:30 pm (The Info Centre is on the right-hand side of the road beside the Real Goods Market about 1km into town) ***When you arrive PLEASE watch to see where parking is being directed to a gravel overflow parking area on the opposite side of the road as there will be many people participating in this trip and we need to leave spaces open for the local businesses. Thank you!

Ancient Forest Alliance

VOTE for the ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE in the Phillips Benefit Brew contest!

TODAY is the LAST DAY to VOTE for the ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE to receive up to $10,000 from local Victoria beer company Phillips Beer. $10,000 would be a HUGE sum for us - worth about 25% of our entire funding so far this year! https://phillipsbeer.com/benefitbrew

AFA Campaign Director Ken Wu sits atop a massive

Justifying environmental destruction

The company’s internet website is nothing more than a cutting and pasting of whatever out-of-context facts can be best used to justify the damage they continue to do to the environment.