On Saturday, February 6th please join West Coast Environmental Law in celebrating the 20th anniversary of BC’s most successful and versatile environmental legal aid program – the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund (EDRF). With the generous support of The Law Foundation of BC, over its 20-years in existence the EDRF has granted over $4 million to individuals, community groups and First Nations from all across the province so they can hire lawyers and experts to protect BC’s environment. Whether you’re a former recipient of EDRF funding or this is the first you’ve heard of it, if you care about the environment we’d love you to celebrate with us!

Where: BCGEU Auditorium, 2994 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
When: 2pm-4pm, Saturday, February 6th
What: Join us for birthday cake and memories of 20 years of EDRF wins

For 20 years the EDRF has helped the people of Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island to protect their environment. Our funding has helped:

• Residents of Greater Victoria put a stop to commercial logging in the city’s watershed;
• The Friends of Beacon Hill Park to block plans for commercial festivals in the park;
• The Georgia Strait Concerned Citizens Crossing Coalition persuade BC Hydro to drop plans to build a natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island and to buy power from a proposed natural gas generation plant at Nanaimo;
• The Cowichan Tribes, in Duncan, stop logging company, Timberwest, from spraying pesticides on their sacred lands.

Come learn about these and other environmental victories on Southern Vancouver Island, as well as get a sneak peak of the exciting environmental initiatives that the EDRF is currently supporting. If the EDRF has helped you, we would encourage you to come prepared to share – stories, and if possible, photos.

Please pass this invitation on to anyone who you think may be interested. For more information, please phone me at 1-800-330-9235, ext. 206, e-mail me at agage@wcel.org or join us on-line on Facebook.