I’ve been busy lately attending a number of rallies in the Seattle area. I’ve been joined by many others. We’re all saying Shell No!
I learned the day before Easter there would be an "Encouragement Rally" in the West Seattle junction (a business district) 5 blocks from where I live.
Encouragement rally a family affair.
The encouragement part of it was to the Port of Seattle to rethink their allowing Shell to bring in the Polar drilling rig and all that entails to Terminal 5 on the Seattle waterfront. A group of about 50 people walked close to terminal 5 which is less than 2 miles from where I live. The plans for Terminal 5 are to dredge deeper for larger vessels to be able to dock, as well as refitting all there, big orange cranes included, to allow for the mega ships now being built/used around the world.
Terminal 5 is left on last leg of our trek
Terminal 5 has sat empty for a few years.
Even some woozles got involved
Great signs and good people
Polar bear spotted
Kyaktavist training I'm in the far right yellow one in back
A week later I took "kyaktavist" training to participate in what is hoped to be a large flotilla, 1,700 or so boats. That will happen on May 16 with a large direct action planned for May 18 (Mt St Helen day).
This is entering the park
This last Sunday was a much larger rally at Myrtle Edwards Park. I was there for awhile and took some pics but The Stranger link has great pics and names of those who spoke.
Hundreds of people—one organizer estimated more than a thousand—attended the event. Leaders from Bayan-USA, Got Green, Gabriela Seattle, Greenpeace, Plant for the Planet, and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation delivered speeches before the crowd marched south to Port of Seattle headquarters with big signs and a red kayak full of handwritten messages to port commissioners. JOSHUA KELETY
Some good crowds Sunday last
Had to get the Space Needle too!
I took some photos of these 3 events and want to share them along with some links from a few different sources who were there and have much more information.
http://www.thestranger.com/...
http://westseattleblog.com/...
Looks like the shellnodotorg site has been compromised so I took out that link.