Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Margaret-Atwood-for-Clayoquot-Sound-27MZIFVCHDIZ.htmlConceptually similarCanadian authors for Clayoquot SoundGP04VY5Completed★★★★Timothy Findley for Clayoquot SoundGP04VY9Completed★★★★June Callwood for Clayoquot SoundGP04VY7Completed★★★★Michael Ondaatje for Clayoquot SoundGP04VY8Completed★★★★Canadian authors for Clayoquot SoundGP04VY4Completed★★★★Clearcut in the ClayoquotGP02BZFCompleted★★★★★★★Clearcutting in Clayoquot SoundGP0ZFPCompleted★★★★"Midnight Oil" Performance at Clayoquot SoundGP02H1PCompleted★★★★Clearcutting of Clayoquot Sound, temperate rainforest, Vancouver Island, Canada.GP0C52Completed★★★★View AllGP04VY6Margaret Atwood for Clayoquot SoundMargaret Atwood stated at the annual convention of the Canadian Booksellers' Association on Friday June 16, 1995:"We would never buy paper made from dead bears, otter, salmon and birds, from ruined native cultures, from destroyed species and destroyed lives, from ancient forests reduced to stumps and mud; but that's what we're buying when we buy paper made from old growth clearcut trees. So please -- refuse to buy this paper and please add your voice to the protest."At the convention, some of Canada's best-known authors called for an end to clear cutting in Canada and condemned the logging company MacMillan Bloedel for continuing to clearcut Clayoquot Sound.Clayoquot Sound is one of the largest tracts of pristine temperate rainforest left in the world.So far, twenty-three Canadian authors have endorsed a statement opposing clear cutting and the clear cutting of Clayoquot Sound.Locations:Canada-North America-Ontario-TorontoDate:16 Jun, 1995Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:4501px X 2975pxKeywords:Authors-Clearcutting-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Paper industry-Posters-Timber industry-Treaties and conventions-Two people-Writing (activity)Shoot:Canadian Authors for Clayoquot SoundAt the annual convention of the Canadian Booksellers' Association in Toronto on June 16, 1995, some of Canada's best-known authors called for an end to clear cutting in Canada and condemned the logging company MacMillan Bloedel for continuing to clearcut Clayoquot Sound.Clayoquot Sound is one of the largest tracts of pristine temperate rainforest left in the world.So far, twenty-three Canadian authors have endorsed a statement opposing clear cutting and the clear cutting of Clayoquot Sound.
