Robert Bateman - Not a Pretty Picture

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Sign the petition at http://www.notankers.ca
Robert Bateman takes a stand against the threat of oil spills on BC's coast. The BC and Canadian governments are supportive of bringing oil tankers to British Columbia's north coast. If this were to happen, spills would be inevitable, and the consequences on this wild and intact stretch of coast
would be profound. Sign the petition at: http://www.notankers.ca And use the share menu to pass this video on! Produced by: Dogwood Initiative Concept: Rethink Communications Director and Editor: Bill Weaver, Across Borders Media Cinematography: David Malysheff, Gamut Productions / Bill Weaver M
usic: Niels Petersen, Lebeau-Petersen Productions And, many thanks to Robert Bateman....

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Of course he ... ( 6 months ago by DoJaenin)

Of course he doesn't destroy one of his actual paintings... that would be very stupid. I didn't think for a second that he did when I watched this video O_o does that make his message any less valid?

If he lived a ... ( 6 months ago by DoJaenin)

If he lived a sustainable life somewhere in the forest (he lives in a place where this might even still be possible) noone would listen to his message and eventually the ecosystem he depends upon would be depleted by the forces he is now fighting and his lifestyle would become impossible. So he is doing the right thing by using the leverage he has instead. At some point there's nowhere left to run and you can't look away anymore, it would be shortsighted to assume otherwise.

We're fighting the ... ( 6 months ago by suestroud)

We're fighting the tankers, we're fighting raw log exports, we're changing our footprints and participating in earth hour and earth day activities. We are working hard to save the Sacred headwaters of the Stikine. Now we need to change the way we vote. Anyone voting Liberal or Conservative simply doesn't get it. They are funded by corporations (massively). If you care you will never vote for them again. And run! I'm running this fall in my municipal election. Run and make a difference!

It protects Bob's ... ( 6 months ago by llennn)

It protects Bob's living standard, his home,the road he runs, the ferries, the planes, the printers, his gatherings, on and on. With a enviromental foot print like that we can clearly call him Big Foot Print Bob.
Bob is clearly a deceiver, pretender,pharisee,fraud,fake. EASY TO TALK THE TALK BUT THIS FRAUD CAN'T WALK THE WALK. But it sells the crap.

and where is god in ... ( 6 months ago by apolihize2me)

and where is god in all of this? Nowhere but in all of us and each of us. We must learn to exercise our minds and our free wills to understand the implications of what we allpw to happen in our midst and speak out!!!! As Robert Bateman does!!!!

I think another " ... ( 6 months ago by gooddaver)

I think another "Bob" put it this way: "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for atomic energy, 'Cause none of them can stop the time. How long shall they kill our prophets, While we stand aside and look?"

Array ( 6 months ago by carolannis)

Everyone?
Do not include me. I wouldn't prefer carrying fresh water as cargo, for almost as many reasons, but not the most important: a spill of oil is inevitable, and, with that, disaster for a complex web of ecosystems and life-forms.
It seems to me also that you know very little of Robert Bateman's life history, which includes an enduring devotion to the natural world, and working to educate people about connection and sustainable living. Go and read "Thinking Like a Mountain," at least.

Keep the focus on ... ( 6 months ago by carolannis)

Keep the focus on the statement in the action.
Bateman has many years on a lot us responding. He's watched the destruction and disappearances, world over. His joy in the natural world is communicated in his art, whether you prefer his style/subjects or not. If BC Ferries, experts on their home territory, can sink Queen of the North, an oil t
anker accident is practically assured. Bateman's statement is unequivocal - 1 accident is 1 too many. Let that focus direct your action & words.

Thank you Dogwood ... ( 6 months ago by carolannis)

Thank you Dogwood Initiative for bringing the tanker proposal into the public consciousness. It's not avoiding our attention as the corporation - & likely govt - hoped.
Thank you Mr Bateman for your continuing commitment to the beautiful evolutions of our current local and global homes, whether they're animal, vegetable or mineral. I would wish you were not yet again called to the fray. Thank you to everyone unnamed who, believing we can influence what matters,
act with dignity & pride.

It is insane to ... ( 6 months ago by whort)

It is insane to sacrifice the BC coast so that fat cats in Alberta can get richer and so that folks in China and California can maintain their addiction to oil. If this was to go ahead (and I believe it will be stopped) our children will look back on this as a testament to insanity and greed.

If you don't react, ... ( 5 months ago by morleyw)

If you don't react, or aren't moved by the work, then is it really art? Mr. Bateman thanks for taking the next step as an artist, and I can't wait to see more of your future work.

Destruction isn't ... ( 5 months ago by morleyw)

Destruction isn't always pretty, but how often do most people notice the subtle beauty that surrounds them in their natural state... Robert finally took the next step as an artist, however there should have been no voice over. All the talking ruins this video, the visual, and the real brilliance of destructive beauty. Great art should always provoke your mind, and cause some reaction.

Bravo Mr. Bateman ( 5 months ago by ericheretoday)

Bravo Mr. Bateman

Oil Tankers are ... ( 5 months ago by rfish54)

Oil Tankers are definately dangerous plying the coastal waters of the harsh coastline of British Columbia. Mr Bateman illustrates very clearly the diasterous effects to this pristine coast should only one of these vessels accidentally spill its contents. We all have limits on our daily living, and some of them are for safety. For safety's sake, let us not allow Oil Tankers to travel the coastline of British Columbia. If we can restrict smokers, I am sure we can restrict Oil Tankers.

EXXON with its ... ( 5 months ago by resada)

EXXON with its world record breaking profits for two years in a row still has not cleaned up the mess made by the EXXON Valdez in Prince William Sound in Alaska[and its been years!!!} The people in the area are still feeling the effects. And we are supposed to trust them not to do it again? NOT!!! Protect the COASTLINES!!!

Robert Bateman is ... ( 4 months ago by 343Kintaro)

Robert Bateman is one of my favourite painters... Did he really ruined the original picture ?

I'm unfortunetly ( ... ( 4 months ago by kirkygirl)

I'm unfortunetly (sp) stuck in the middle of this debate. My father works in the marine industry, but he has taught me the meaning of why the environment is so important. It is important for thetransportation industry to travel into BC waters, but there is also a great need to design and create better ships, modes of transportation, and other alternatives such that both the environment and the economy can survive.

yes he did... but ... ( 3 months ago by whooopsderitis)

yes he did... but it is for a great cause, by "destroying" this painting he will be able to raise alot of money to prevent oil tankers from entering our bays on saltspring and on the rest of the gulf island etc.

I think that by ... ( 1 month ago by Swa6543)

I think that by ruining one of his beautiful paintings, he is sending us all a message that the sacrifice of his art is nowhere near as destructive and costly as the sacrifice of our wildlife and enviroment. Because if we don't stop raping our planet, there will be no wildlife to paint!!

This guys entire ... ( 1 month ago by discountninjah)

This guys entire house and the material used in the construction of every single edifice within his residence is due to the oil trade. Face it, oil is one step to our technological progression. Wake up you hypocrites, you sit there and condemn oil and gas, yet the very fact you are discussing this all over the internet and media is due to the fact you embrace it all. What a bunch of clueless sheep....................

Freakin' hell, that ... ( 3 weeks ago by RhiannonULlewelyn)

Freakin' hell, that was graphic!!
It does need to be stopped. That is for sure. Thanks loads for posting.

Well, there is a ... ( 3 weeks ago by RhiannonULlewelyn)

Well, there is a choice that must be made now, staying with our antiqated mode of reaping the earth of its wealth or changing our path utterly and doing things differently.
If we keep along the path we are currently walking then the ultimate price will be paid and money has nothing to do with it. The skyrocketing cancer rates in adults and the astronomical ones in children are directly caused by what we now do.

Array ( 3 weeks ago by RhiannonULlewelyn)

Continuing...
We can power down though we may not like it or we steam ahead and simply wipe ourselves out. Fun, isn't it? ^___^

Very clear and ... ( 2 days ago by clarygirrrl9)

Very clear and simple depiction of what an oil spill would do to the fragile ecosystems of the British Columbia coast.

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