How to be an activist and protect the water in your own community with Jay Leus

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English - May 10, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Jay Leus lives with his family of three in Ymir, a small town in British Columbia Canada. The British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS), an arm of the BC Government, has plans to log in the watershed that supplies the town's fresh drinking water. This is their only source and if it's damaged then there will be major consequences: loss of property value, relocation, community dismantling to name a few.

Jay has enough passion and emotions to overrule the fact he has no special education or training to take on the task to oppose a large government organization.

In this episode we learn how he and the community went about getting the first big win for the town: an agreement from BCTS to monitor the streamwater before they begin building roads and logging. We also talk about:

- how a small community with an incredibly limited budget can make a huge impact

- how to ask others to help you achieve your mission without having money to pay them

- how to get a meeting with your politicians and how to make it successful

- various strategies to take so you maintain a steady push when things get delayed

and so much more.

We talk about why Jay? What about him makes it possible to do this work and can anyone else do it too? Spoiler, yes, anyone can do this!

Ultimately the injustice of the situation lit a fire within Jay to take action and we talk about those emotions to fuel his mission, where no other community in BC has ever stopped BCTS from logging in their watershed yet.

I hope you enjoy, and remember to share with others! We need people to see it's possible to make change happen and show them how they too can get things done in their community to protect their future and the planet! Rate and review so more people see and hear of this podcast. Our future depends on it!

To support the Ymir Community Watershed Society, and see the various ways you can help them maintain clean drinking water and set precedence in BC, Canada and perhaps globally, GO HERE.

With so much Love,
Kim