Friday, December 21, 2007

Fwd: ::: Geeky Bread & Liberty Holiday Soiree :::

Hello Free Geek sympathizer,Once we finish moving to our new location, we'll have an empty warehouse for the evening. We're filling it with friends and music and relaaaxation!::: FREE GEEK BREAD & LIBERTY HOLIDAY SOIREE :::DATE: Sat. Dec. 29TIME: 7pm onwardsPLACE: Old Free Geek, 117 East 2nd Ave (between Main & Quebec)COST: Free! (Donations if you insist)Other: BYOB & wear your mittens!WORTHY OF

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

QUIT YER DAY JOB Bike rIDE FRIDAY DEC 14

( ( ( ( (( ((((( !!! PLEASE FORWARD !!! ))))) )) ) ) ) ) )Margaret Charles Chopper Collectiveinvites you to the"QUIT YER DAY JOB" Bike RideDressCodeSUIT6:45pm Friday Dec 14Science World Gazeeboafter-gathering snacks drinkswarmth at the Prince Albert House.Hoping for a big ride, so please invitesympathetic friends IN SUITS.Zoot suits, friends without jobs,and all on bikes welcome.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Defiance of Falcon

So psycho-despot Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon and his Gateway Project are still threatening to steamroll across BC regardless of minor inconveniences such as democratic process...but he resistance is MASSIVE and gathering momentum rapidly...This forum tomorrow (Monday) at SFU downtown could be lively, would love to see you there. If you aren't able to reserve seats just show up at the

Monday, November 26, 2007

ride warm critical mass novemburrrr

it's that time of the month again! finallycelebrate the last great big ride of the yearcycle, skate, walk, run, swim but don't drive tocritical mass novembrrrfriday, nov 30, 2007gather starting at 5pmdeparting at 6pm, to heat up the nightfrom downtown vancouver at The art gallery lions sidethis city is what we share with each otherlet's keep it public and imaginativeand work to make it safer to

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Upcoming ride for Old-Growth!!

The BC Liberal government has announced a new plan for BC's coastal forests, the "Coastal Forest Action Plan". This “Log it All” and “Export the Logs” plan places no new restrictions on the logging of Old-Growth forests, provides misleading old-growth forest statistics, and will lead to an overall increase in raw log exports.The old-growth forests of Vancouver Island are among the most

Friday, November 16, 2007

bc transport budget planning

this is the final report in PDF of the BC budget consultation, that we asked you to engage in against the gateway last month.Some good things got in there: Starting around printed page 14 (26 of 114 on the pdf) is the transport stuff, and the cycling is on page 16 (28 pdf). Not much though. Rail for the Valley was quoted!Stuff about Gateway on page 47 (59 pdf) and Tannis was quoted! Despite 3 of

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

But bicycles DO fly!

Mean Automakers Dash Nation's Hope For Flying CarsIts funny the car advert that is bundled with the video, they really are trying to make people feel warm and fuzzy about the latest version of green cars, aka 'hybrid.' They even mention a bicycle in the SUV advert, as if somehow having the hybrid branding makes the private auto behemoth less detestable...McDonald's TM promoting human powered air