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A Simple Tool Kit for Citizen Activists How to Gather and Use Information to Effect Environmental Change Contents Introduction A Simple Tool Kit for Citizen Activists How to gather and use information to effect environmental change Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 3 When to Use These Tools and Why ................................. 4 Case Studies ......................................................................... 5 7 Steps to Work with City Hall ....................................... 10 The Tools ............................................................................... 11 #1 - Freedom of Information Requests ..................... 12 #2 - Drawing Media Attention ................................... 14 #3 - Taking Effective Video ......................................... 15 #4 - Taking Effective Photos ....................................... 16 #5 - Taking Notes .......................................................... 17 NOTE: This is an interactive PDF. #6 - Sampling (when, where and how) .................... 18 Click on the links and page numbers to jump to the areas that interest Taking a Water Sample .......................................... 19 you. If you click on the David Suzuki Taking a Soil Sample ...............................................20 Foundation’s logo in the top left Taking an Air Sample ................................................21 corner, it will take you back to this contents page. Or use the return Costs and Other Considerations .......................... 22 arrow at the bottom of each page Using Minnow traps ................................................. 23 to travel back to the previous page. Join the Blue Dot Movement ........................................... 24 Conclusion ......................................................................... 25 Appendices Acknowledgements: Freedom of Information Sample Letter ................... 26 John Werring - Writer Request for Fish Sampling Permit ............................. 27 Laura Timmermans - Designer Table of Costs for Sample Analyses ..........................28 List of Laboratories ...................................................... 30 2 Introduction We at the David Suzuki Foundation can amount to reading hundreds get hundreds of calls and emails of pages of documents and filing every month from citizens written submissions to government requesting help to deal with a wide tribunals. Sometimes an email or range of environmental issues, hand-written letter consisting of including land-clearing and property a few paragraphs can be just as development, aggregate mining, effective, if not more so. farming, clear-cut logging, landfilling (garbage and waste), garbage The purpose of this tool kit is to dumping, incinerators, water provide basic and easy-to-use tools pollution, sewage disposal, illegal that will enable people to gather fishing, poaching, hydroelectric important and relevant information dams and oil and gas development. that can be used to protect their health and the environment in which The truth is, we cannot respond to they live and perhaps advance a all of these issues. We simply do contentious issue in an informed not have the capacity. So, one of manner. our experts, who has been involved in the environmental movement These simple tools can be for over 20 years, has decided to empowering. The information share some simple yet effective gathered by following just a few tactics with you to enable you to basic steps outlined below can take matters into your own hands be used to get corporations to when dealing with contentious change their behaviour, encourage environmental issues and, hopefully, governments at all levels to enforce effect change when dealing with rules and regulations and adopt such issues in your community. And, needed policies to protect our believe it or not, dealing with almost environment and provide citizens all matters environmental is much with the knowledge that it is possible simpler than you might think. to work with city hall. The one thing you need to do to engage on any issue is to arm yourself with good, credible and reliable information. For some issues, it can be as simple as taking a photograph or video and making a phone call or two. For others, it 3 photo credit Laura Timmermans Laura credit photo When to Use These Tools and Why The When The Why Case Studies and Guidance If ever you are confronted with All too often people (and that Following are three case studies that a situation in which you think an includes some environmental will help guide you on how to deal activity that is being undertaken organizations) only react to with issues related to activities or might adversely affect the health of contentious, or hotly debated, issues disturbances of land, water and/or humans, animals or the environment with emotion and not facts. air that may be happening in your (especially food and/or water), environment and that you feel may and you think something needs to When it comes to challenging warrant some kind of attention or be done to either stop the activity issues like land development, intervention by either citizens or or modify it to prevent harm, gathering evidence and information government regulators. you should use these tools to to make a case for defending your document the problem and use that neighbourhoods and environment is Each case study will set out information to seek a solution. an absolute necessity if change is to a scenario and then outline a be effected. process, using some simple tools, An “activity” can include: for documenting the matter, This is not difficult to do. In fact, it is raising awareness of the issue and • Road-building and/or maintenance quite simple. All you really need to do encouraging local community or (including bridge and culvert is gather credible, preferably government action to have the installation/clearing); irrefutable, evidence to make and matters addressed. • Land-clearing (to allow for support your case and use that residential or commercial buildings, evidence to your advantage in The Case Studies are followed by clear-cutting of forests, oil and gas seeking a solution to an identified a simple road map for the reader well development, etc.); problem. to follow that outlines the 7 key • Depositing or dumping of steps that citizens should take to chemicals or other harmful materials try to work with local municipal into waterways; governments (“City Hall”) if the • Depositing or dumping of garbage desire is to help effect positive or other forms of solid waste in an change in one’s own community. unauthorized way; • The deposit or emission of some Let’s get started. form of pollutant to/from the air or water or land; and, • Land-filling of garbage and land-fill Never doubt that a small group seepage run-off. of thoughtful, committed citizens This list is not exhaustive but it gives can change the world. you an idea. - Margaret Mead 4 Case Studies Below are some links to three brief, but hopefully informative, case studies that might mirror something you are encountering: one deals with land disturbance; one with a water-pollution issue; and, one with an air-pollution matter. Each case study will outline a scenario and make reference to some simple tools and steps that you should employ to build a case for intervention, should you feel intervention is necessary. Simply click on the link to the page that is most relevant to your issue and we’ll see if we can help you. Land Water Air Case study 1: Land Disturbance Case study 2: Water Pollution Case study 3: Air Pollution Example: Land development Example: Improper waste disposal Example: Noxious emissions (residential or commercial) leading to water pollution coming from that oil/gas refinery down the road • Issues related to land-clearing, • Issues related to improper waste soil erosion, water pollution, dirty disposal, water pollution, lack • Issues related to unregulated and roads (lack of wheel-washing of government oversight due to uncontrolled air emissions, harmful stations). inadequate resources. particulates. Click here for Click here for Click here for Land Disturbance Case Study Water Pollution Case Study Air Pollution Case Study 5 Case Study 1: Land Disturbance Issues related to land-clearing, soil erosion, water pollution, muddy roadways Example: Land development been cut down. You are concerned Report the incident. Get the email (residential or commercial) that the developer is not following address of the person responsible appropriate guidelines to protect for ensuring compliance and A resident notices that a land fish and habitat and prevent enforcement of environmental rules developer is clearing a site unnecessary soil erosion. and send copies of the photographs (removing trees and topsoil) or video that you took. If you do not to prepare it for some sort of What do you do? have a computer, arrange to have building(s). It has been raining and that person come to your home or The first thing is to take pictures the exposed soil has turned to mud. meet you at their office and take the and/or video to document the Trucks and/or heavy equipment pictures/video to them. situation. You can also take notes are driving onto and off the site, to document the date and time and depositing mud on the roadway. Request that the person follow up jot down what you saw and, if you Muddy water is running down the with you on the actions to be taken, talked to anyone onsite about the roadway and into a storm drain if any. situation, who you talked to and that flows to a nearby stream. what was said. The next step is to Alternatively,
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