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“Politicians used to think
they were leading us. They
did what ever they damn well
wanted irrespective of how we
felt. But today, we're turning
that around. They're scared of
what people think now. The
environment has been the
first issue that scared politi-
cians. They now are cottoning
to what the people are saying
— not too dissimilar to how
quickly Russia turned around

once the people started to
make their mind up.”

There are many positive
things happening on the en-
vironmental front these days,
says Ballard. He points to the
recent announcement that a
local company plans to install
a steel shredding plant.
There's now a rubber chipping
plant in the Kootenays. Stud-
ies have shown that up to 50
per cent of all landfill is paper.
He said there is every indica-

tion that, eventually, all land-
fill will be recycled. He said
the acceptance of the recent-
ly-introduced blue box system
is an example of how aware
people are already about en-
‘vironmental issues.

Cutting down old-growth
trees and the clear-cutting of
forests will soon be a thing of
the past. The government,
Ballard predicts, will be
forced to clean up poor logging
practices because of public de-

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Schedule of Events
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
JUNE 2nd - 4th, 1990

SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND:

VICTORIA PREMIERE: ISLAND OF WHALES

9:00 PM Island of Whales
Introduction: Jack Silberman, Northem Lights Media Corp.

SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD:

ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS

5:00 PM The Bear

7:00 PM Water Walker.

9:00 PM Sea to Sea - Bedwell River Expedition Slide Show/Narrated by Garth Lenz

MONDAY, JUNE 4TH:

ANIMALS & ANIMATION

7:00 PM Island of Whales/Special Guest: Elizabeth May /ntroduction: Vicky Hus-
band, The Sierra Club of Western Canada

9:00 PM The Man Who Planted Trees
IIlusion
All, Nothing

LOCATION: Newcombe Theatre
675 Belleville Street

TICKETS: $5.00/$4.00 per show
$7.00 per evening
$15.00 for series

Tickets available at: Thrifty Foods & Sierra Club
ENVIRONMENTAL DOOR PRIZES:
As an Eco-Event, we urge you to bring your own mugs. Drinks are
discounted for those with mugs.
FUEL FREE FAMILY CYCLE DAY

Date: JUNE 3, 1990

Times:

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM 25KM ride from Provincial Parliament Bldgs along Victoria
waterfront to the University of Victoria. Return through the city
centre to the Legislative Buildings.

12:30 PM Legislative Lawn - Presentation by various Government Ministries
and local politicians.

ISLAND EARTH
SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Dates: JUNE 4-5-6, 1990

Times: 2 Shows Daily
9:30 AM
1:30 PM

A student participation show covering seventeen of the world’s environmental
concerns:
PUBLIC AWARENESS DAYS
Dates: JUNE 4-5-6-7, 1990
: Awareness through media coverage of the following topics:
_June 4 “\We need water to live”
_ June 5 “Packaging & Recycling Problems”

June 6 “Plastic Recycling Day”

June 7 “Trees are the Lungs of The Earth” : :
Old growth forests and tropical rain forests. Questionnaire in “This
Week”: sponsored by Island Publishers.

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‘Each Person can make a Difference!
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DON BALLARD and his friend, Thormdyke

mand.

A largely self-educated man
with only a Grade 12 educa-
tion, he has worked a variety
of jobs during his time in the
labor force. He’s been a deck
hand on a fish boat, manager
of a grocery store, navigator
for an airline, bank worker,
travel agency manager and a

recreation vehicle park build-
er, among other things. He

admits to a belief in the free -

enterprise system “to a great
degree — but I can see where
power and the using of people

in that system isn’t necessari-
ly beneficial to everybody.”
It’s clear that Don Ballard
doesn’t entirely fit the corpor-
ate mould but that doesn’t
bother him in the least.

“I never even worry about it
all. That’s what I’ve had to
learn. I think that self-

consciousness is probably the —

single biggest fault of man-
kind today. Everybody’s too
worried about what they
think other people think of
them.” :

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