Crochet project with a purpose

[ragdall]

A large company is planning to build a controversial oil pipeline from Alberta, across British Columbia, to a supertanker port on the west coast. This will involve crossing territory which has been claimed by First Nations [aboriginal] peoples along the way. There is great concern from them and many others about the possibility of environmental damage, from the building process, from any malfunctions of the pipeline in the future, and from any mishaps involving the large tankers which will carry oil south through coastal waters.

One group is planning a day of protest, June 20th, using a unique crocheted chain to stop shipping through a popular channel along the BC Coast. They have a web site about the project:

chainofhope.ca/about-the-chain/

There are many photos of the crocheting here: www.flickr.com/photos/124650917@N07/sets/72157644764124777/

I wonder how this will work out for them?

rags

[sandrainsydney]

amazing

Good Luck to them

sandra

[ragdall]

The government of Canada has decided to go ahead with the pipeline project in spite of protests from so many people in British Columbia (BC), from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. BC is where the potential dangers are the greatest.

The Gitga'at First Nation people spread the chain across the channel today. There is a news article here: www.cbc.ca/news/politics/northern-gateway-tanker-threat-spurs-first-nation-s-yarn-blockade-1.2682777 A video on the left hand side shows the people winding the chains onto a large reel to take in a boat.

They left the chain out there, "they will eventually take the Chain of Hope out of the water and symbolically burn it, part of their aboriginal tradition to use fire to send valuable possessions on to those who have died." I wonder if there is any danger of it becoming tangled in propellers of watercraft using the channel?

rags