Climate CHANGES…can we?
In this feature, we are talking about the challenges and opportunities that lay before us all in 2016. Some of our nations are leading the way in finding non-fossil fuel energy sources. Some have said ‘No’ to LNG, others have said ‘Yes… well, maybe’.
Also included are reports from COP21 in Paris, articles about food production and some of the things our Coast Salish relations in the USA are doing.
When the Coast Salish Gathering was held in Cowichan in 2007, our relations from around the Salish Sea came together over common concerns about the environmental damage that is changing the way of life lived by all creatures in our world.
The 2007 mission statement remains unchanged:
We, the Indigenous peoples of the Salish Sea – with our autonomous status as sovereign Coast Salish Tribes and First Nations and our inherent responsibility as protectors of our Mother Earth – will continue to work together and speak with one voice for the preservation, restoration, and protection of the Salish Sea Eco Region for the sustainability of our sacred inherent family rights and values that have been passed on to us by our ancestors.
