Start a Wilderness-Saving Plan!
Every month the Wilderness Committee sends out an average of 85,000 educational newspapers on hot conservation issues. We answer 4,000 questions from the public, meet with concerned citizens, campaign allies and politicians, produce educational reports, maps, posters and slideshows, and prepare for better-weather activities like trailbuilding and wilderness-reconnaissance expeditions. Every month we work hard on each one of our wildlife and wilderness saving campaigns aimed at conserving Earth's magnificent biodiversity.
In 2000 the work of the Wilderness Committee will not just continue...it will intensify! We need a passionate last push to achieve the conservation goals of our Clayoquot Campaign. We must galvanize support for our Stoltmann National Park proposal, save diminishing wild salmon stocks, prompt government action to buy back Burns Bog, stop the grizzly and spring bear hunts, stop logging in provincial and national parks, stop the logging of any more pristine valleys in the Great Bear Rainforest, and...we could go on...the list is long!
To help us meet our campaign goals, we have set ourselves another goal: quadrupling the number of Wilderness Committee monthly donors on our Wilderness-Saving Plan. These special supporters of our work make small monthly donations to our campaigns through an automatic withdrawal from their chequing account or credit card. Building this regular, dependable campaign support each month allows us to completely focus on winning campaigns. We invite you to become part of this important program. To join, or for more information, simply clip the coupon below and indicate your interest in the Wilderness-Saving Plan.
However you choose to support our wilderness-saving work, thank you!
WCWC Wish List
Over the last 20 years Wilderness Committee members have provided support for our wilderness-saving work in a variety of ways. In addition to donating time and money, supporters also provide equipment and technology which aids us in our work. We appreciate this support and only ask that the equipment be in great condition so that it makes our work easier, not more difficult.
Computers
Pentium 133 or faster, 32 MB RAM, 1 GB harddrive, 2 MB video card (desktop or laptop)
Colour SVGA monitors Digital camera
Training on MS Office, Adobe Suite, Internet and email
Office Equipment
Plain paper fax machine(s)
Speaker phone(s)
Filing cabinet(s) (8x14 and 16x20) Ergonomic chairs
Book Shelves
Trail Equipment
Spilsbury single side band radio Used and new climbing rope
Good quality tarps, tents, raingear, sleeping bags, backpacks, camp stoves, and flashlights
Video camera
Event Equipment
Megaphone and/or PA system
Big screen, slide projector(s), dissolve unit, laser pointer
We are...
The Wilderness Committee was founded in 1980 and is now Canada's largest membership-based wilderness preservation organization. We work to protect Earth's remaining wilderness and biodiversity through research, grassroots public education and mobilizing citizens. We work on the ground to achieve ecologically sustainable communities. We work only through lawful means.
We value...
- WILDERNESS with all its natural biodiversity, as absolutely vital to the health of the planet.
- ACCURACY in all our information and EXCELLENCE in all our endeavours.
- The conservationists and environment groups who act non-violently with INTEGRITY and COURAGE in their work to protect the wild Earth.
- Jobs and communities that are ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE.
The Wilderness Committee POLICY ON ABORIGINAL TITLE
The Wilderness Committee believes that social justice for First Nations is a prerequisite to lasting environmental protection. We support the efforts of all indigenous peoples to safeguard their traditional homelands and ensure the survival of their cultures. We believe that aboriginal rights and title to traditional land and sea territories are inalienable. We support the current treaty negotiations between the federal, provincial and First Nations governments and look forward to the final outcome - just and fair treaty settlements.
Traditional stewardship practices provide examples of how we can live in sustainable harmony with our natural world. However, if First Nations adopt unsustainable industrially-based resource exploitation practices such as clearcut logging or commercial whaling on their treaty or jointly-managed lands and seas, we will oppose these practices as we oppose ecosystem-destroying activities wherever they may occur under whomever's authority.
We believe that all protected areas must be established in consultation with the First Nations whose traditional territories are affected. WCWC advocates that protected areas include cooperative management agreements with First Nations so that First Nations can be assured of the economic benefits that protected areas bring - including new jobs related to the recovery of fisheries and increased ecotourism activities.
WCWC also advocates that protected areas be established in a form like "park reserve" that doesn't prejudice the outcome of Treaty negotiation processes that Federal and Provincial governments are undertaking with First Nations.
The Wilderness Committee POLICY ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
We do not participate in any form of civil disobedience. We do not condemn nonviolent civil disobedience by others. We condemn activities that threaten life, property, or the environment.
