Your Letters

I find that when I travel out of the country or out of Juneau I often find myself shopping for food.  I have made a practice of buying reusable grocery bags to add to my collection that is always in my car, ready for use.  I also go to stores and purchase these bags to give as gifts   They make a useful souvenir to share with family and friends.  This is a great way to bring something back from a trip, that is easy to pack, inexpensive and usable.

-  Carol Burrows
Juneau, Alaska

Reluctant Enthusiasts

One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourselves out. Be  as I am - a reluctant enthusiast ... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can, while it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breath deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk bound people with their hearts in a safety deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators, I promise you this; you will outlive the bastards.

-Edward Abbey

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Our meetings are every other Tuesday.

Next two meetings:
July 29st and August 12th
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Silverbow Cafe (downtown Juneau, Alaska) - look for a gathering of debating, gesticulating and laughing people.

New and curious folks are always welcomed. Feel free to email us or call 907-723-0789  if you would like more information.

OCEAN OF PLASTIC

Southeast Alaskan Native drummers and singers set the frame for a documentation of the detrimental effects plastics have on the ocean.

Script by Dixie Belcher, created and edited by Lee Harris. Produced by Turning The Tides, Juneau, Alaska, 2008.

We would love to hear your comments on this video.

You are free to use and share this video for non-commercial educational and environmental purposes. It is in a ".mov" file format. To download, right-click the link below: 

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BAG THE BAG

PLASTICS FOREVER

September 2008: Rock 'n' Roll Celebration Concert

On September 21, 2008, Alaskans and Peruvians will join in a grand rock and roll satellite celebration of the ocean - featuring Eskimo and Quechua bands, native spokesmen, and Qqorianka, an up and coming Hollywood star with roots in both Alaska and Peru. This event will include simultaneous drumming and singing from both continents and present a declaration signed by citizens promising to personally help reverse the deterioration of the ocean.

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August 2008: "To Be Healed By The Earth" workshop

TO BE HEALED BY THE EARTH

A 3-day workshop with Warren Grossman, Ph.D.

Sponsored by Turning the Tides

Dates: August 29, 30, 31
Location: SAGA Camp, Juneau, Alaska
Cost: $250

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Summer 2008: Channel Islands Marine Park, Alaska Clean Up

Volunteers from Turning the Tides and the community will pick up shoreline debris on the Channel Islands Marine Park, Alaska during July and August of 2008. Six groups of volunteers will travel to a different set of beaches in boats large enough to safely carry the volunteers and the trash.

Each boat must either be able to land on the beaches (landing crafts) or have a zodiac or other boat capable of safely carrying volunteers to the shore and ferrying the trash back to the larger boats. The mother ships will anchor or stand by waiting to receive the trash. The smaller near-shore islands will be cleaned by kayaking volunteers. A member of Turning the Tides will accompany each crew and document in writing and in digital pictures a proportional estimate or the sum total of the type and amount of marine debris collected and note the location of items too big or too hazardous to be removed with the boats. Volunteers will not pick up glass bottles, hazardous substances or wood. Plastic and aluminum will be recycled and other material will be transported to the landfill. The beach cleanups will be scheduled during July and August but will be rescheduled in the case of inclement weather. Every attention will be paid to the safety of our volunteers. TTT will obtain insurance coverage for the project.

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