The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry" is a 23 min documentary on the environmental, socio-economic, and cultural impacts of the global salmon farming industry.  The film takes audiences on a whirlwind tour of countries where the industry operates - Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Chile, and Canada - talking to top marine scientists, conservationists, indigenous and labour leaders, as well as the heads of the mainly Norwegian industry.  "Farmed Salmon Exposed" connects the dots around the world and reveals the pattern of devastation this industry leaving in its wake - including diseases, waste, poor labour conditions, impacts on indigenous communities, and the depletion of other wild fish to feed carnivorous farmed salmon. 


The film exposes the underbelly of a corporate agribusiness that externalizes its problems onto the ecosystems and coastal residents in the countries where it operates, while exporting profits into the pockets of foreign shareholders.  It is also the story of the people and groups around the world rising up to protect their environment from the industry. Filmmaker Damien Gillis, Save Our Rivers, Wild Salmon Circle

Support Bill C-518 to shift to Closed Containment

On May 5, 2010, NDP Member of Parliament Fin Donnelly introduced Bill C-518 into Parliament which is entitled: An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture). This Bill proposes to restrict the authority of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to licence aquaculture facilities by requiring all facilities seeking finfish aquaculture licences to be “closed containment”. The entire contents of Bill C-518 can be read here.

Bill C-518 is in line with recommendations emerging from the Final Report of the B.C. Legislature`s Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture which, just over three years ago, called for a “rapid, phased transition to ocean-based closed containment…within three years.” See Recommendation 1.1 of this Report here here.

You can show your support for this Bill by downloading this postcard and sending it to your Member of Parliament.

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The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry's attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.