Forest activist gathering draws controversy

Wild child, bad child
by Sean Holman, Public Eye Online (CFAX Radio, Victoria)
From August 25 to 31, British Columbian environmentalists will be attending Wild Earth 2008 – the movement’s tenth annual forest action training camp. The invitation to the event boasts that proposed workshops will include “conflict resolution/non-violence training.” But at least one of the camp’s workshop instructors has been in the news for using more controversial protest techniques.