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SUMMARY:Get Up! Love a Forest Fest with The Boom Booms & Funk Hunters
DESCRIPTION:Join a mix of Vancouver's best Latin-inspired musicians an
 d DJs as we unite to raise awareness of Indigenous People's Opposition
  to the Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon Rainforest and Tar Sands and pipe
 line development in Canada. Get Up! Love a Forest Fest is all about un
 iting to stop the destruction of the world's great forests and standin
 g in alliance with the Indigenous Peoples living in them. \n \nSnaps
 hot of the Belo Monte Dam:. The objective of the dam is primarily to p
 rovide electricity for mining operations in the Amazon· The dam will 
 flood an area of 668 square kilometers· The flooded area will directl
 y displace 20,000 to 40,000 indigenous and local people· Belo Monte i
 s just one of 70 dams planned for the AmazonMore background informatio
 n from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16228680\nT
 he 8-hour event at Vancouver's W2 Media Cafe will be live-streamed to 
 Brazilian environmental group Movimento Gota D’Agua (Drop of Water M
 ovement) which has 470,000 fans on its Facebook page. This group alone
  collected 1.4 million signatures for the petition against the Belo Mo
 nte project in less than a week last month. Video-streaming from Indig
 enous in Canada resisting tar sands pipelines and Indigenous in Brazil
  resisting dams connects us together.\nWE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 
 LIVE MUSIC LINE UP + SCHEDULE7:00pm Heavy Weight Water Buffalo7:40pm v
 ideos, streaming speakers from Brasil & BC8:50pm Jackie Treehorn9:25pm
  videos, streaming speakers from Brasil & BC9:40pm The Boom Booms11:10
 pm Funk Hunters1:00am Wepa! (including MC Think Tank)3:00am Applicatio
 n AudioAdvance tickets $10/$20 online http://getupandlove.eventbrite.
 com/The Festival joins the worldwide campaign against the Brazilian go
 vernment's recent decision of supporting the construction of the Belo 
 Monte Dam, which threatens the Xingu River and indigenous people in th
 e Amazon Rainforest. Video introduction by Sigourney Weaver:http://www
 .youtube.com/watch?v=K-seAAIsJLQGet Up and Love a Forest Festival will
  have speakers, photo exhibition and a series of videos about the Belo
  Monte Dam. The objective of the Festival is to inform people and crea
 te awareness about the humanitarian and environmental consequences. By
  connecting to the struggle by Indigenous People's opposed to tar sand
 s and northern pipelines, we can see the impacts of industrial develop
 ment on Indigenous People's without their consent. Local musicians an
 d electronic music producers and DJs will make this a night to remembe
 r as environment and humanitarian issues connect with international so
 lidarity and great beats and sounds!\n\n\n\nFor more information visit
  http://villagevancouver.org/events/get-up-love-a-forest-fest-with-the
 -boom-booms-funk-hunters
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DTEND:20120107T113000Z
CATEGORIES:world, wide, environmental, campaign
LOCATION:W2 Media Cafe
WEBSITE:http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&r
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 stings+Street%2C+Vancouver%2C+BC+v6t1z4&cp=49.282419215969~-123.107663
 21294&lvl=16&sty=r&rtop=0~0~0~&mode=D&FORM=FBKPL1&mkt=en-US
URL:http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&rtp=a
 dr.~pos.49.282419215969_-123.10766321294_W2+Media+Cafe_111+West+Hastin
 gs+Street%2C+Vancouver%2C+BC+v6t1z4&cp=49.282419215969~-123.1076632129
 4&lvl=16&sty=r&rtop=0~0~0~&mode=D&FORM=FBKPL1&mkt=en-US
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Sean James Ross & W2 Team
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Karen El
 aine Gilchrist":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/KarenElaineGilchri
 st
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ferenc 
  De Dalnoky":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/FerencDeDalnoky
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