Matt Landon offers oil train workshops via Skype

Matt will present the Oil Train Railside Listening Project and Twitter Oil Train Watch workshops.

 

Please join regional activists at Matt Landon’s Skyped, two-hour workshops in Spokane, Washington, and Sandpoint, Idaho, this weekend, July 27 and 28. Converge at 10:30 am on Saturday, July 27, in Meeting Room 1B, at the street level of the downtown Spokane Public Library, at 906 West Main Avenue in Spokane, and at 2:30 pm at the East Bonner County – Sandpoint Library, 1407 Cedar Street in Sandpoint. Do not miss these opportunities to attend these Inland Northwest Climate Activist Training Workshops that will enhance your personal and collective capacity to thwart the fossil fuel onslaught currently rampaging the Northwest. WIRT and SPORT welcome your questions and suggestions about these events and your confirmation of participation. Thanks to Helen for organizing these trainings.  If you would like to schedule an in-person or Skyped training for your community please contact us at vancouveractionnetwork@gmail.com

Oil Train Blast Zone bike rides / protest for Pedalpalooza 2015 with Updates!

June 7, 2015 Vancouver Oil Train Blast Zone bike ride leaves at 11am for a 6 mile ride.
 
Pedalpalooza event page
 

 Oil trains hauling Bakken crude oil and Tarsands oil have been exploding across the US and Canada for the last two years. The Port of Vancouver is proposing to have two operational oil terminals (Tesoro-Savage and Nustar).
Additional oil trains are traveling through Vancouver to other terminals. We will take a leisurely paced 6 mile ride starting in Marine Park.

SE Marine Park Wy & Columbia Way
Vancouver, WA
Meet near the playground.

We will be riding along the Columbia River on the river walk, near railroad tracks where oil trains travel, and on public side streets.

The ride will end with an optional protest at the proposed Nustar oil terminal located at 5420 Fruit Valley Rd Vancouver, WA.

***Update*** The protest bike ride was awesome today!  Thanks to the bike riders who showed up during the 90+ degree weather.  Also thanks to the Portland Mercury newspaper for featuring this bike ride.  

June 20, 2015 Portland Oil Train Blast Zone bike ride leaves at 11am for a 10 mile ride.

Pedalpalooza event page


Oil trains hauling Bakken crude oil and tar sands oil have been exploding across the US and Canda for the last two years. The Port of Portland currently has one oil shipping terminal, Arc Logistics. Additional oil trains are traveling through Portland to other terminals.

We will take a leisurely paced 10 mile ride starting at the corner of N Willamette Blvd and N Ida Ave and riding to 2020 SE Bush Street.