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Visiting again with friend Kevin, Uncle Weed discusses the negative impact salmon fish farms impart on the local aquaculture. Specifically, Atlantic salmon living in pens attract hazardous sea lice, are unable to spawn, are fed with small fish imported from South America, and are dyed to appear more attractive in the supermarket. Further the politically controversial fish farms add little benefit to the local economy. Downcast podload: Salmon Swimming Free Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 7/9 16:00 Participate Your input on this topic is invited – particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex – Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Segue: Wm. Lenker – excerpts from Heaven Holds a Place Interludes: Grateful Dead Throwing Stones Insert: Bob and Doug McKenzie (recorded from CBC TV) thanks to @JMV Background This is Part 7 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the tense logging blockades in early 1990s and compares current conditions through lens of deep ecology and sustainable development practices. Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes – Choogle On by Email Gear I use Koss Sterophones, M-Audio MicroTrack II, M-Audio Solo audio interface , Griffin iMic and Sony Microphone – in case you were wondering. Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos S REALLY GOING ON? First Nations Environmental Network Escaping farmed salmon pose risks David Suzuki Foundation Endangered Salmon- Sea Lice is a Problem Clayoquot Wilderness resort Farmed Salmon Facts and Footnotes Friends of Clayoqout Sound Fish Farming The Five Fundamental Flaws of Sea Cage Fish Farming The sea cage farming of carnivorous finfish such as salmon, tuna, cod and sablefish is fundamentally flawed in five ways: the wastes produced by farming the fish that escape the diseases and parasites that occur in farms the chemicals used to treat diseased fish the problems of stock depletion and contamination of feed. Join/Contribute FOCS Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, fish farming, fish farms, fishfarming, forestry, norway, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, salmon, sea lice, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

Montage of snippets and grooving tunes for aural funtimes ergo: KDon reporting on Longboard hockey, Fr. Unabonger hi-jacking at Mind Camp, cut thumbs from bong building, Gord Downie s Canadian Geese, neon lights, Charles Lloyd Choogle On (remix d) #81 (.mp3, 13:36) Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes – Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach – Literature podcast – Feed – iTunes – Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed – Travelin’ man vidcast – Show – Feed – iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea & spiels – Blog – Feed – Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time – Indie rock + political unditry – Blog – Feed – iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss Sterophones, M-Audio MicroTrack II, M-Audio Solo audio interface , Griffin iMic and Sony Microphone – in case you were wondering. Tagged: gord downie, longboarding, remix, renegade, skateboarding

At the headquarters of Friends of Clayoqout Sound advocacy organization, Uncle Weed talks with Kevin Bruce, a concerned citizen newly arrived in Tofino to work as the office coordinator for the FOCS. With the sound of passing cars and buses, they discuss the economics of logging, stumpage fees, value of wilderness, conundrums of interconnectedness and property lines, the memorandum of understanding, logging on First Nations land and ways to help attain the Friends goal of ending all old-growth clearcuts on public lands. Downcast podload: Friends of the Sound Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 6/9 26:24 Participate Your input on this topic is invited – particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex – Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Seque: Wm. Lenker – excerpts from Heaven Holds a Place Interludes: D.O.A. Only Thing Green One Love Background This is Part 6 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the tense logging blockades in early 1990s and compares current conditions through lens of deep ecology and sustainable development practices. Subscribe via RSS feed – iTunes – Email More Clayoquot Reading via Amazon Friends of Clayoqout Sound Box 489, 331 Neill St, Tofino BC V0R 2Z0 Tel 250-725-4218, Fax 250-725-2527 Email info (at) focs (dot) ca Join/Contribute FOCS Maps Interactive Map: Logging Map of Intact Clayoquot Valleys Vancouver Island Old Growth 1860 Vancouver Island Old Growth 2004 Historical Notes from FOCS 1992 Blockade at Clayoquot Arm Bridge of Kennedy Lake, 65 arrested, protesting MacMillan Bloedel s logging at edge of intact Clayoquot River valley. 1993 International campaign takes off with ad in New York Times and FOCS trip to Europe. FOCS and allied environment groups call for boycott of MacMillan Bloedel and other companies. Largest peaceful civil disobedience in Canadian history is sparked by BC government s decision to log 74% of Clayoquot Sound s ancient forest. FOCS opens Peace Camp at Black Hole . Daily blockades and arrests begin at Kennedy River Bridge. 856 arrested and 12,000 participate during Clayoquot Summer 93 . 1996 FOCS and Greenpeace takeover of Rankin Cove logging camp leads to First Nations-brokered truce between MacMillan Bloedel and environmentalists. Negotiations begin regarding protecting large intact (pristine) valleys in Clayoquot Sound from logging. 1997 FOCS begins a fish farm campaign aimed at reforming open net-cage salmon aquaculture in Clayoquot Sound and BC. 1999 FOCS helps to negotiate Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between 4 environment groups and Iisaak Forest Resources, the First Nations/MacMillan Bloedel joint venture logging company that replaced MacBlo. MOU commits Iisaak to protecting large pristine areas in its portion of Clayoquot Sound, while enviro groups agree to help market Iisaak s wood. FOCS does not sign MOU in order to maintain its independent watchdog position. Scientific Panel Biosphere Reserve Clayoquot Green Economic Opportunities Project Vol 1 (1.3 MB PDF) Clayoquot Green Economic Opportunities Project Vol 2 (3.7 MB PDF) About Clayoquot Sound from FOCS What Is Clayoquot Sound? Clayoquot Sound is a magnificent, biologically rich, mostly wilderness area on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It encompasses 350,000 hectares of land and ocean. A view of Clayoquot Sound Photo by Diego A. Garcia The land portion of Clayoquot Sound is 265,000 hectares (2,650 square kilometers or 1,000 square miles), comprising about 8% of Vancouver Island. It is covered with ancient temperate rainforest, a globally rare forest type. The remaining 85,000 hectares of Clayoquot Sound consist of ocean narrow inlets of the Pacific Ocean, into which empty rivers and lakes. Clayoquot Sound occupies a straight-line distance along the coast of 90 kilometers, between Barkley and Nootka Sounds. It reaches a maximum of 35 kilometres inland, up to the crest of snow-capped mountains. These mountains are part of the central spine of Vancouver Island and form the headwaters of the rivers that drain Clayoquot Sound. The Sound portion of the region s name indicates an indented section of coastline, with numerous inlets and islands. Clayoquot pronounced Klak-wot comes from Tla-o-qui-aht, the name of one of the First Nations tribes who live here. There are 5 communities in Clayoquot Sound: the town of Tofino and 4 First Nations reserves inhabited by Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations tribes. The total population of these 5 communities is about 3,000 (in 2005). Two well-known parks lie in Clayoquot Sound: the Long Beach Unit of Pacific Rim National Park, and the southern portion of Strathcona Provincial Park. These and other parks protect one-third of Clayoquot s land area and less than one-quarter of its productive ancient forest. Industrial activities such as logging and fish farming have occurred and continue to occur across the landscape and ocean waters of Clayoquot Sound, but most of the Sound is still wilderness intact forest and wild ocean. The spectacular scenery attracts about one million tourists to Clayoquot each year. Clayoquot Sound—A Summer of Protest by Luke Moore Reading the injunction at Clayoquot Sound protest. Photo: Luke Moore. Over the past summer, the Kennedy River Bridge entrance to logging operations on Clayoquot Sound became the site of one of the largest civil disobedience campaigns in Canadian history. The protest followed the B.C. government s decision on April 13 to allow MacMillan Bloedel to proceed with a harvesting plan that will see the eventual cutting of another 51 percent of the area s old-growth forest. The B.C. government, perhaps coincidentally, is the largest single shareholder in MacBlo. Twenty-three percent of the forest has already been harvested. Although industry refers to logging as general integrated management, and there is a lot of rhetoric about improved forestry practices, large scale forest management remains environmentally unsound. If there is any improvement, it is that the future clearcuts will be smaller. Since the government decision, a brand-new 125 hectare clearcut graces the side of a mountain visible from the Kennedy River Bridge. The forest around Clayoquot Sound is one of the largest remaining stands of old-growth forest in North America. This is an irreplaceable cradle of rainforest biodiversity, and it can only be saved if the government will reverse its decision. Peace camp established To press for that reversal, a peace camp was set up by the Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS), a Tofino-based environmental group which has fought for the protection of the forests for fourteen years. The camp served as a base for protesters, who blockaded the Kennedy River Bridge until the camp was closed down Oct. 4. More Clayoquot Sound—A Summer of Protest Blockades and Civil Disobedience (1993 – 1995), Whole Systems Engagement by Ann Svendsen 93 The Struggle for Clayoquot Sound from August 1993 on WIkicommons Blocking the Logging Road15.jpg Plenary meeting in the Peace Camp. Each night, all plans and conflicts were discussed in an effective consensus-seeking process. One of the main issues on the agenda always was who was going to be arrested the next day. By Aldo de Moor The arrested taken to the police station by school bus. By Aldo de Moor The entrance to the Peace Camp , base of the protesters. By Aldo de Moor University of Victoria s A Political Space Clayoquot Project The New York Times ad which sparked the protest gathered at Univ. of Victoria Clayoquot Project Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

After a few days of frustration and confusion, Uncle Weed sits down on the trail and digs into a variety of essays from Beloved of the Sky by Gary Snyder, Howie Wolk, and Michael Frome plus riffs on painter Emily Carr, love/hate with the commercialized Wild Pacific trail, shore pines, lighthouses, volcanic outcroppings, leaning trees, branches covered in lichen, and sub-division developments. Topics include the US Forest Service s traditional commitment to conservation and subsequent effects of policy after cozying up to industry, a plea for less waste and sustainable forestry, public expectations and costs of lost wilderness, and ponderings about whether recreation and wildlife matter. Downcast podload: Conservation and Clearcuts Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 5/9 25:24 Reading Beloved of the Sky Essays and Photographs on Clearcutting Edited by John Ellison, Broken Moon Press * Howie Wolk The Great Myth of Clearcut Forestry * Michael Frome Losing Balance: Just how Multiple is Our Multiple Use? * Gary Snyder Ancient Forests of the Far West Purchase Beloved of the Sky via Amazon Participate Your input on this topic is invited particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Seque: Wm. Lenker excerpts from Heaven Holds a Place Interlude: William Elliott Whitmore Lifetime Underground Background This is Part 5 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the tense logging blockades in early 1990s and compares current conditions through lens of deep ecology and sustainable development practices. Subscribe via RSS feed iTunes Email More Rainforest Dispatches series Choogle On with Uncle Weed Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard # 60 Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Gary Snyder on Amazon (beer money) Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time Indie rock + political unditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss Sterophones, M-Audio MicroTrack II, M-Audio Solo audio interface , Griffin iMic and Sony Microphone – in case you were wondering. Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

After recalling beach camp-outs, rainy days and salmon feasts, Uncle Weed finds out commercial water usage is banned in Tofino and closing down for the tourist operations for the busy weekend ~ thusly he sets out on the trail from Half Moon Bay to Wickaninnish Bay to discover what s up. Includes riffs and spiels about local geography, traveler accommodations like zimmers, campgrounds, resorts, park concessionaires, permits, beach access, war memorial plaques, low impact tourism, priorities, RVs, parking tickets, municipal investment, float planes, coffee shops, boat docks and surf breaks, roaming bears, and shipwrecks in Florencia Bay. Downcast podload: Tofino Dries up Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 3/9 19:44 17:27 Your input on this topic is invited particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Seque: Wm. Lenker excerpts from Heaven Holds a Place Interlude: William Elliott Whitmore Let the Rain Come in This is Part 3 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed Subscribe: via RSS feed iTunes Email More Rainforest Dispatches series Choogle On with Uncle Weed Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard # 60 Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time Indie rock + political unditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss stereophones, MAudio Microtrack recorder & Solo interface and Sony mic – just saying. Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

While watching fishing boats ply the inlet, Uncle Weed checks in from Ucluelet to describe the cultural and municipal differences between neighboring villages of Tofino and Ucluelet after a thwarted drive towards Kennedy Lake bridge the scene of the blockades and examines Ucluelet s ballyhooed reaction to Tofino s shortage through the eyes of locals at the hardware store. With Tofino out of water, the news media have arrived and the tourists are kicked out, so from Whiskey Dock, UW riffs about RV rentals, housing developments, mountains ringed with roads and clearcuts, park fees, logging trucks warnings, jurisdictional confusion about UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and park concessionaires, plus a tip on a head shop in town. Downcast podload: Spieling from Whiskey Dock Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 4/9 19:28 Your input on this topic is invited particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Seque: Wm. Lenker excerpts from Heaven Holds a Place Interlude: William Elliott Whitmore Mutiny (on this ship) This is Part 4 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed Subscribe: via RSS feed iTunes Email More Rainforest Dispatches series Choogle On with Uncle Weed Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard # 60 Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time Indie rock + political unditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss stereophones, MAudio Microtrack recorder & Solo interface and Sony mic – just saying. Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

Out on a trail, Uncle Weed shares a few lessons learned bearing witness to the blockade lines including thoughts about non-violence and pacifism, importance of respecting others, and the common desire for trees which the ecologists and workers unwittingly share. Plus discourse on ways to replace economic gains from industrial logging with value-added finished products and alternative sources of pulp and fiber including hemp. Downcast podload: Meditations from the Blockades Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 2/9 17:27 Your input on this topic is invited particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Seque: Wm. Lenker Heaven Holds a Place Interlude: Geoff Berner Light Enough to Travel This is Part 2 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed Subscribe: via RSS feed iTunes Email More Rainforest Dispatches series Choogle On with Uncle Weed Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard # 60 Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time Indie rock + political unditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss stereophones, MAudio Microtrack recorder & Solo interface and Sony mic – just saying. Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

Introducing a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the tense logging blockades in early 1990s and compares current conditions through lens of deep ecology and sustainable development practices. Throughout this 9 part series, he wanders the region and examines the tension between fishing, logging and tourism industries then adds ideas on promoting the economy while protecting the environment along with spiels on clearcuts, salmon, camping espresso, user fees and flak jackets. Downcast podload: Observations and Soliloquies about Ecology and Economy Rainforest Dispatches, an introduction 6:55 Your input on this topic is invited particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Seque: Wm. Lenker Heaven Holds a Place Interlude: Geoff Berner Light Enough to Travel This is Part 0 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed Subscribe: via RSS feed - iTunes - Email More Rainforest Dispatches series Choogle On with Uncle Weed Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard # 60 Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time Indie rock + political unditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss stereophones, MAudio Microtrack recorder & Solo interface and Sony mic – just saying. Tagged: art, beverages, blockade, cannabis, Clayoquot Flashback, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, Rainforest Dispatches, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

Arriving at a campground between the towns of Tofino and Ucluelet, Uncle Weed sets out to explore the west coast s unique environment and offer discourse on natural resource-based and tourism-based economies starting with recollections from the noted logging protests in the early 1990s with comments about blockade logistics from early morning pick-up trucks rides to posting bail to jangling guitars. Downcast podload: Musings from Clayoquot Sound Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 1/9 25:16 Music Theme: Bex Lonesome Traveler Interlude: William Whitmore Elliott Sometimes our dreams float like anchors Seque: Wm. Lenker Guitar ramble Subscribe Via RSS feed - iTunes - Email Participate Your input on this topic is invited particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Background This is Part 1 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the tense logging blockades in early 1990s and compares current conditions through lens of deep ecology and sustainable development practices. More Rainforest Dispatches series Choogle On with Uncle Weed Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard # 60 Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56 Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes Choogle On by Email Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time Indie rock + political unditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed and/or @choogleon Gear I use Koss stereophones, MAudio Microtrack recorder & Solo interface and Sony mic – just saying. Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, forestry, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

While on a mountain ramble, Uncle Weed recounts the HempenRoad film project, a mixed media travel documentary about the commercial industrial hemp industry in Cascadia in 1996. He spiels on the origins, motivations and characters met along the way including Japanese filmmaker Eiji M and philanthro-activist Robert Lunday (RIP). Along with tales of the NorthWest tour, he reads from the Victoria segment of the production journal and the intro of the narration text beginning with Hemp is a Plant and finally discusses re-digitification of the film to share with new audiences. Load up the camera for Tales from The HempenRoad Choogle on #80 (.mp3, 29:00, 27MB) Music Chris Jacobsen Unnamed acoustic from Houseboat Chris Sullivan Desert in my Toenails from La La Land Bread Mountain Natural Fibre John Prine, Illegal Smile More Hempenroad HempenRoad Film project website Production travel Journals * Vancouver, BC * Trade Show, 1997 CIHS * Victoria, BC * Seattle, Wa * Portland, Or * Eugene, Or Reviews, Press, pictures, posters Thanks To Capn Pat + Taylor and Tylor Subscribe Grab the Choogle on feed or subscribe Choogle on via iTunes More Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach Literature podcast Feed iTunes Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast Show Feed iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse Miscellanea Blog Feed Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time OlyWa Rock and Punditry Blog Feed iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed Tagged: documentary, film, filmmaking, hempenroad, travel

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Both a preview and recap of SXSW 2009 as Uncle Weed and the Quebecois Correspondent discuss the noted media conference and extravaganza featuring UW s spiel F@ck  Stats, Make Art a soliloquy for quality and integrity in creation. Along with live recordings of Geoff Berner, and The Black Angels comes a recounting a perfect day of upgrading heroes, tasty food, and Austin Psychedelic Music Fest plus more highlights including: RiP Remix Manifesto film, micro-brews at Gingerman, Bruce Sterling, and hugs with new friends. Head out to Austin, Texas for SXSW Stories from Middle Earth Choogle On #79 (.mp3, 30;14, 28MB) Musically Noted Geoff Berner, renegade accordionist- No Tobacco recorded at The Biltmore in Vancouver, BC on Feb. 28, 2009 Bev Davies Vancouver Rock Photographer The Black Angels Better off Alone recorded at SXSW 2008 Austin Psychedelic Music Fest – March 13 ~ 15 The Golden Dawn The Golden Dawn started out in the murky time and space of Austin, Texas in late 1966, along with many other wild groups now holding legendary status, but most notably with the kings of the Texas Psychedelic scene, the 13th Floor Elevators. George Kinney and Roky Erickson of the Elevators grew up together and played in high school bands with each other, and by the time of the Great Mind Expansion, the Elevators and the Dawn were in close contact. More SXSW Pitches for SXSW 2010 Hitchhiking to the Boardroom 6 tasty episodes! More Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach – Literature podcast – Feed – iTunes – Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast – Show – Feed – iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse – Miscellanea & notes – Blog – Feed – Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time – OlyWa Rock and Punditry – Blog – Feed – iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed Tagged: austin, bev davies, f@ck stats make art, fsma, geoff berner, gingerman, Psychedelic, remix, RIP, sxsw, sxsw music, sxsw08, sxsw09, sxswi, texas, the black angels

On Lynn Valley s Varley trail, Uncle Weed discourses on fascist sponsors and greedy PR hacks reacting to young Mr. Phelps situation, plus talk of value of art vs. artist and listener email about parenting advice, blind shopping cart incidents, and a situation with a Briton arrested and incarcerated in Japan plus a spiel on Group of Seven artist Frederick Varley. Jump in the water for Riverside Tokes for Phelps on the Varley Trail - Choogle On #78 (.mp3, 31:13, 28MB) Thanks Chip in NH for editing/production Bonus Pro-pot group smokes Kellogg for axing Phelps - Olympic Sports Bursting with indignation, legions of legalize-marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe. Phelps acknowledges photo showing Olympic swimming star smoking from marijuana pipe - ESPN While the newspaper did not specifically allege that Phelps was smoking pot, it did say the pipe is generally used for that purpose and anonymously quoted a partygoer who said the Olympic champion was out of control from the moment he got there. Flashback: Phelps’ 2004 DUI didn’t cost him Kellogg’s endorsement | NORML s Daily Audio Stash Michael Phelps was convicted of illegally using a hard drug (alcohol is a hard, though legal, drug and Phelps was 19, not legal age to use it) when caught driving a car, running a stop sign, and pushing the legal limit for intoxication. Michael Phelps could’ve caused a serious accident and injured or killed himself and others. Kellogg’s didn’t seem to have a problem with that being “not consistent with the image of Kellogg”. John Feinstein - Phelps Made a Mistake, But His Handlers Made It Worse - washingtonpost.com Michael Phelps screwed up. Of that, there is no doubt. He went to a party in Columbia, S.C. in November and got caught on camera taking a hit on a marijuana bong. Someone sold the photo to a London tabloid and it ran in the newspaper this past Sunday. Michael Phelps Should Not Be Sorry | The Cosmic Tap Michael Phelps has nothing to apologize for. I understand the reality he faces, however, and why he has to say what he said. But let’s go beyond the breathless theatrics and think about the core issue. “He broke the law,” the pundits are saying, as if that is necessarily the end of the conversation. Sorry, but Phelps was not wrong; our marijuana laws are wrong. Really wrong. Why Michael Phelps can t bring his bong to the pool. - By Brian Palmer - Slate Magazine On Sunday, a British tabloid published a November photo of Olympic champion Michael Phelps smoking a bong. Fortunately for Phelps, the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibits marijuana only during competition periods. How does a drug make it onto WADA s list of Phelps is now the top Olympian of all time. Here s what it takes US swimmer Michael Phelps made history yesterday when he scooped a record-breaking 11th Olympic gold medal. He has now topped the podium five times in Beijing. After his latest victory, he revealed the secret behind his six-days-a-week, five-hours-a-day training regime: an extraordinary 12,000-calorie daily diet, six times the intake of a normal adult male. Michael Phelps marijuana use puts focus on debate over the drug - Los Angeles Times America s narcotic of choice - Salon.com The Michael Phelps saga is yet another example of our addiction to feigned outrage. Michael Phelps: Puppy torturer! - Salon.com Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers. Phelps Marijuana Arrests By Sheriff Leon Lott Columbia South Carolina -WSI 10 News The Richland County Sheriff s Department has been taking a lot of heat from people in this country and all over the world. They want to know why Sheriff Leon Lott is going after Michael Phelps. Many are saying the sheriff should concentrate on more serious crimes, or at the very least, not focus solely on the Olympic champion when there were others at the party who were also breaking the law. Olympian Michael Phelps dropped from Vancouver motivational event - Georgia Straight If you’ve been counting down the days to the arrival of Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps in Vancouver, you’re in for a big disappointment. Phelps was slotted to speak at GM Place on March 6 for a motivational leadership event organized by Toronto-based promoter Power Within Inc., but was pulled from the line-up due to the recent controversy caused by surfaced pictures of him smoking a bong at a college party. According to a statement released by Power Within Inc., the change in programming was “due to widely publicized alleged use of marijuana by Michael Phelps.” Numerous calls made by the Straight to Power Within Inc. were not returned. Comment to article: for anyone that thinks this as absurd as I do, please pass your frustration along to Power Within. If they don t hear people s displeasure with this behaviour they re likely to feel it s condoned.- http://www.powerwithin.com/4105/contact_information.asp - Submitted by unclespeedo on Wed, 2009-02-25 13:57. 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Rolling aboard buses, trolleys, Skytrain and Seabus, Uncle Weed discusses changing routes and riding transit for escape, exploration, creativity, inspiration and adds in tourist fun plus concerns about free expression, aggressive security and love for the Seabus in a special documentary dispatch from Upper Lynn Valley to Kitsilano in Vancouver, BC, Canada. See Rolling to the End of the Line article in at I Love Transit Week essay: Dave Olson series at Buzzer blog (thanks Jhenifer) or “Rolling to the End of the Line” Transit mixed-media essay on the Buzzer at Feasthouse blog. Hop aboard for Rolling to the End of the Line - Choogle on #77 (.mp3, 28:00, 26MB) Photos Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge Twitter updates Transit dimsum via @uncleweed Twitter Transit freeverse change my route to think about the neighbourhoods March 30, 2007 i change my route from time to time to think about the neighbourhoods switched Cambie 15 for Main Number 3 or Fraser if i don’t mind cutting across Kingsway skirted schoolgirls Xavier-bound headphones, sweaters in rows downtown exchanges spake in broken halts sometime gleaming often rain occasionally sleet, hail or ice Photo via Miss604 on Flickr Subscribe Grab the Choogle on feed or subscribe Choogle on via iTunes More Podcast Goodness Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Literature podcast - Feed - iTunes - Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse - Miscellanea & notes - Blog - Feed - Podcast Clubside Breakfast Time - OlyWa Rock and Punditry - Blog - Feed - iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos Follow along via Twitter @uncleweed Tagged: canucks, creativity, documenting, escape, exploration, freeverse, history, kitsilano, lynn valley, mundane, mundanity, poetry, seabus, transit, translink, transportation, travelling, Vancouver

In a couple joint sessions on the balcony at SXSW, Uncle Weed recaps seeing (and meeting) folk-hero Billy Bragg at Cedar Street Courtyard documentary film about Dr. Hunter S. Thompson called Gonzo, plus seeing Athens rockers The Whigs at Stubbs, New Zealand experiential phenom Liam Finn at the Alehouse, and Canadian legends Blue Rodeo and friends (including Tom Cochran) at the Smokehouse - before fading from party exhaustion and happiness. Plus expresses concerns about expensive water, cigarette marketing, unofficial festivals and extreme douche bags. Perhaps you ll consider Finding Faith in the Folk at SXSW - Choogle on #63 (.mp3, 31:43, 26MB) Photo by tangentman - Arted up by Uncle Weed Dedication: The lonesome death of Rachel Corrie by Billy Bragg - download (MP3): The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie from the Guardian UK) Music by: Joey DeVilla AKA The Accordion Guy, Austin Convention Center Billy Bragg from Cedar Street Courtyard, Austin, TX Subscribe to the Choogle on feed or Chillaxin feed or via iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos More Podcast Goodness: Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Literature Podcast - Feed - iTunes - Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse - Miscellanea & Notes - Blog - Feed - Podcast

At SxSW Music in Austin, Texas - Uncle Weed recaps the previous day s activities and thoughts while enjoying a joint on the porch of the Hillary Clinton Suite at the Omni Hotel. Bands include the Jacob Jefferies Band, Sons and Daughters (Glasgow), Henry and Invisibles, Lemonheads, Tiger! Tiger! and more. Meanwhile at SXSW Austin is Hazy, Austin is Weird - Choogle on #62 (.mp3, 13:53, 11MB) Subscribe to the Choogle on feed or Chillaxin feed or via iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos More Podcast Goodness: Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Literature Podcast - Feed - iTunes - Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse - Miscellanea & Notes - Blog - Feed - Podcast

Starting at the Seabus terminal, a busy Uncle Weed mentions some forthcoming trips and thoughts and then ends up in Austin, TX for a music, film and interactive fest complete with drinking, carousing and tokes on the Presidential suite porch. Yup, we re SxSW Bound for Austin Goodtimes - Choogle on #60 (.mp3, 14:29, 12MB) Subscribe to the Choogle on feed or Chillaxin feed or via iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos More Podcast Goodness: Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Literature Podcast - Feed - iTunes - Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse - Miscellanea & Notes - Blog - Feed - Podcast

Rolling along at SXSW, Uncle Weed rambles on from the lofty porch about the festival details, aesthetics, bands, parties, free beer, politics and logistics after a long night of partying with the proletariat at locations around Austin, TX and meets a few characters. Bring a sparker for Tokes at the Presidential Suite - Choogle on #61 (.mp3, 28:08, 22MB) Subscribe to the Choogle on feed or Chillaxin feed or via iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos More Podcast Goodness: Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Literature Podcast - Feed - iTunes - Blog Out n’ About with Uncle Weed- Travelin’ man vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse - Miscellanea & Notes - Blog - Feed - Podcast

While prepping for an oil painting, Uncle Weed sparks a joint and talks about travel plans (Austin, Texas for SxSW and Mexico for chillaxin ), catches up with the Vancouver 3 extradition situation (and the grandstanding DEA and DoJ despots), then revisits a party at Vancouver Seed Bank (and Toker s Lounge) with proprietor (and former editor of Cannabis Culture) Dana Larsen who tells about his political work (NDP Candidate for Sunshine Coast), and his new Hairy Pothead graphic novel. Also, Uncle Weed pitches a speaking gig at Vancouver s personal expression conference (and good time) Northern Voice, plus other podcasts series and upcoming shows, and finally an update on the Clayoquot art contest, and oh yeah, rumours about another Herby show. Grab a sack and Party at the Vancouver Seed Bank - Choogle on #59 (.mp3, 28:08, 22MB) Subscribe to the Choogle on feed or Chillaxin feed or via iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos More Podcast Goodness: Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Literature Podcast - Feed - iTunes - Blog Out n About with Uncle Weed- Travelin man vidcast - Show - Feed - iTunes Ephemeral Feasthouse - Miscellanea 4th Ave is laden with interesting shops and establishments i used to frequent. Some faves are Last Word Books (ask to see the Uncle Weed collection with my old collection of weedy books - not too shabby unless the guy doesn t know where it is in the back), the Eastside Club Tavern - a divey bar where i met my sweetie, first hooked up wi-fi and made their website also took High Times there when they visited (look for the Matt Groening original sketch on the wall) - if you love microbews and don t mind a bunch of goofballs and dirtbags, this is the place. Like the Mos Eisley cantina of Oly. Next door is the Clubside Cafe where i got my podcasting start on Clubsidebreakfasttime.com, had the pre-Vancouver going away party and many a tasty meal. They are omnivoires and can make most of their specialties a veggie way. Tell Kenny and Kathryn i sent ya and you may see my buddy Cosmo there or at Olympia Coffee Roasting s Cherry street cafe (try the Big Truck). Next to that is Le Voyeur - more of a scenesters eatery/drinkery/music venue, farther along is the 4th ave tav and even further the Brotherhood tavern - both decent. Also New Moon Cafe, Santosh Indian food and Quality Burrito serve decent grub (IIRC). If you are feeling fancy, then Water St. Cafe or Gardner s are the choices for the rich hippies. Geez, i just about forgot Billy and Lisa s incredible new restaurant Cicada. Go there or any meal and be pleased - really. Oh yeah, if you have a car, drive out to Evergreen (a bit of a roll), follow the signs to F Lot , follow the edge of the lot to the back until you see a sign to the beach (there will prob be a few cars parked there), hike down, enjoy the stroll, soak in the legends and toke a doob on the beach. Many other noteworthy folks have.

On New Year s Day, Uncle Weed takes a snowy ramble into the woods around Mt. Cypress encountering earnest tobogganists, snowshoe prints, and windswept Hollyburn cabins. Over a bowl of Purple Kush, he recounts tales of tasty ales, resolutions, cross country skiing, foreign expeditions, and personal documentation while remarking on the varieties of lichen and moss on the trees. Put on yer snowshoes Tracking Sasquatch on New Year s Day - Choogle on #58 (.mp3, 16:17, 13MB) Produced by Bread, recorded via mobile commlink Album art snapshot art ed up by UW Subscribe to the Choogle on feed or Chillaxin feed or via iTunes Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos