Congrats! 43% raised of $10,000 goal for This Living Salish Sea documentary. duaneburnett/16225/this-living-salish-sea I am very grateful and thankful to everyone who donated and worked to achieve this fundraising goal. I hope to have the documentary complete sometime later this year in the fall. Sarama Dear Friends, I just returned from a fascinating voyage with Richard Till on his sailboat, My Island, up to the north end of the Salish Sea. We had an exhilarating day of sailing up to Lund, bowling along at over 7 knots average, in an 18 knot south-easter. Lund is a popular jumping off point for kayakers and other boaters exploring Desolation Sound. In the central-northern Georgia Strait, we visited Mitlenatch Island, a refuge for many seabirds. Mitlenatch Island has a near-desert rainfall and is home to, amongst other things, a native colony of prickly pear cactus. How this plant got there is an intriguing mystery. We visited Gorge Harbour on Cortez Island and sailed on to Quadra Island, anchoring in Heriot Bay. At Cape Mudge, on Canada Day, I had the opportunity to film Dr. David Suzuki give a typically dynamic and insightful speech. The next day, we hooked up with the Squamish Canoe paddlers at Campbell River, and served as a safety escort for them on a paddle over to Quadra Island. The following day, as the Tribal-Journeys canoes with escorts headed up to Bella Bella, I documented their departure. Then, I had to return to home base to continue work here on my film documentary. I keep learning more every step of this journey, and I even have some personal surprises. When I asked Wes Nahanee about the age of the Squamish canoe (the Kahulh), about the builder, and where it was carved, I suddenly realized that I had actually witnessed the birth of the canoe, as I watched it being carved over twenty years ago, by Cedric Billy, while we lived on our boat in North Vancouver at Mosquito Creek Marina - owned by the Squamish nation. Now Im back in Gibsons, processing all the wonderful images from this trip, a few of which Im including here as attachments. There is still a lot of work to do shooting in the field and underwater, and doing more interviews, followed by post production. I will focus the story on the amazing diversity of life and beauty in the Salish Sea, and beyond, since all is interconnected, on the issues and challenges that affect the health of our sea, and lastly, but perhaps most importantly, on what regular people are doing right now, in a real practical way, to provide workable solutions that can take us down an alternative, healthier path. An important part of this developing story is the crucial role that First Nations are playing, including reviving their culture and economies, winning Supreme Court cases that will determine their fundamental ability to control exactly what happens on their ancient territory, and working together with others to protect our common environmental heritage for the health of all future generations. The Indiegogo fundraising campaign has now ended. Together with donations given to me in person, this has raised about 43% towards the $10,000 goal to offset production expenses. I am very grateful and thankful to everyone who donated and worked to achieve this fundraising goal. I hope to have the documentary complete sometime later this year in the fall. My very best wishes to you all. Sarama livingsalishsea.ca
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:54:29 +0000
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