Raise a Paddle: a journey from the Pacific Islands to the tar sands
Channel: 350.org
Date: 2017-06-05

In May 2017, a group of Pacific Islanders travelled half way across the world to visit the Canadian tar sands.

Justin Trudeau’s recently approved pipelines will unleash catastrophic  climate change — for Pacific islanders this means rising sea levels threatening their homes, communities, and cultures. The Pacific Climate  Warriors embarked on this  journey in order to bear witness to the project responsible for unleashing destruction on their homelands. Along the way, they built solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in Canada whose traditional territories are threatened by tar sands.