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Torrance Coste
@torrancecoste.bsky.social
he/him. New here (still on the other nightmare website). Settler on Coast Salish land. Dad. Working for environmental justice with the Wilderness Committee. Middle-millennial. Dog person. Demon on the cribbage board.
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But the only story that really matters is the one told on the land, and that story is one of irreplaceable forests being cut down for money at a mainly unchanged pace.

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The last four years have been marked by limited temporary logging pauses, additional reports, promised funding and endless assurances that this government understands the importance of biodiversity.

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Four years ago today, the BC NDP released the Old Growth Strategic Review and committed to taking immediate action to protect at-risk forests. Since then, they've allowed corporations to destroy tens of thousands of hectares of the most threatened old-growth in BC. #bcpoli

A clearcut in high elevation old-growth forest in Mowachat-Muchalaht territory, west coast of Vancouver Island.
Me standing on the stump of a 600 year-old red cedar in a clearcut in high elevation old-growth forest in Mowachat-Muchalaht territory, west coast of Vancouver Island.
A clearcut in high elevation old-growth forest in Mowachat-Muchalaht territory, west coast of Vancouver Island.
Me standing on the stump of a >800 year-old red cedar in a clearcut in high elevation old-growth forest in Mowachat-Muchalaht territory, west coast of Vancouver Island.
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This is what I look like when I cook fried rice in case any of you were wondering.

A drawing of me by my four year old, cooking friend rice. I have orange hair, a sparkling rainbow apron, a purple spatula and the wok is the same size as me.
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Is there anything more jolly and whimsical than these chonkers getting absolutely high school wasted on late summer nectar?

A big fat bumblebee going ham on a little pink flower.
A big fat bumblebee going ham on a little pink flower.
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I mean I could give it a shot? All the best to you and your husband, back-to-school week is a big one!

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One of my more polarizing and inconsistent political beliefs is that there is literally no amount of money that I would consider too high for a teacher’s salary.

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"The BC government promised the people of this province that they would increase transparency in how forests are managed in the province, and they haven’t done that." -Tobyn Neame, Wilderness Committee thenarwhal.ca/bc-logging-w...

Companies logging B.C. forests without authorization | The Narwhal
Companies logging B.C. forests without authorization | The Narwhal

B.C. Ministry of Forests alleges forestry companies logged without authorization about 170 times since 2021 — but transparency is lacking

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Red cedar has been my favourite tree for forever. The forests they grow in have played a huge role in my life. I’ve been dreaming about these boughs for a long time, and I’m grateful to my bud Alex (@hoddog.ink on instagram)for bringing them to life.Red cedar has been my favourite tree for forever. The forests they grow in have played a huge role in my life. I’ve been dreaming about these boughs for a long time, and I’m grateful to my bud Alex (@hoddog.ink on instagram)for bringing them to life.

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I’ll take On The Nose Ship Names for a thousand, Alex. This ship is loading raw logs at the harbour in Nanaimo right now. A forest industry here could be sustainable if it was about support local well being. But these ecosystems have limits, and the global hunger for profit does not.

A ship loading raw logs for export at the harbour front in Nanaimo. The name on the front of the ship is GLOBAL AMBITION
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Torrance Coste
@torrancecoste.bsky.social
he/him. New here (still on the other nightmare website). Settler on Coast Salish land. Dad. Working for environmental justice with the Wilderness Committee. Middle-millennial. Dog person. Demon on the cribbage board.
712 followers369 following700 posts