| SEARAG & RAN QUARTER QUADRANT |
| ACTIVISTS DESCEND UPON QUADRANT HOMES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS |
| Seattle Rainforest Action Group Activists descended on the Quadrant Homes corporate headquarters in Bellevue, WA to raise awareness of Quadrant Home's use of wood stolen from The Grassy Narrows First Nation, to build Quadrant Homes. The action went well as activists took place shortly after a unified national call in to the Quadrant's President Peter Orser took place. "I could feel that we were making a big impact," said Justin, of The Seattle Rainforest Action Group. The action was a success with dozens of passerbys honking their car horns in solidarity and support, although Quadrant Homes staff did not appear to share the same appreciation. Check out Pictures from the act |
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SEARAG Activist at Quadrant Homes Corporate HQ 2007
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Green IMPOSTORS; All TALK but no Green
| Activists from the Rainforest Action Network and the Seattle Rainforest Network descend upon downtown Everett, Washington; demonstrating outside the MBA Built Green PNW Conference where Housing Giant Quadrant Homes received an award for building "GREEN" Homes; or in other words for GREENwashing the public into believing that Quadrant Homes are truly Green. To make things exciting, we decided to level the playing field and give Quadrant an award of our own; #1 Green Impostor! Check out our latest Blog, Video and Pictures from the action! |
Quadrant Home's PR person "Pinocchio" at the Action
SEARAG Welcomes Quadrant Homes President!
SEARAG Activists Welcome Quadrant Homes President Peter Orser Home
| Activists from the Seattle Rainforest Action Group Welcomed Quadrant Homes president Peter Orser Home this evening; displaying a banner along Peter Orser's route home on I-90; Displaying SAEARAG's outrage of Quadrant Home's use of timber stolen from First Nations and endangered, Old Growth forests. Quadrant Homes currently sources Weyerhaeuser brand TrusJoist Lumber that is stolen without consent from the Ontario First Nation Traditional Territory of Grassy Narrows. The wood; stolen from Grassy Narrows is used to build each and every manufactured home created by Quadrant Homes. While Quadrant markets their homes as "Built Green" of which is far from the truth. |
As president of Quadrant Homes, Peter Orser has
the ability to stop Quadrant Homes use of wood
stolen from Grassy Narrows, and switch use to
equally efficient and cost effective alternative
FSC lumber, that is both environmentally friendly
and is harvested from sustainably managed
forests. After the banner drop on I-90, SEARAG
decided to greet Quadrant Home's President at
his home on near the waterfront on Mercer Island.
Unfortunately only Laura Orser answered the
door, and we chatted with her expressing our
concerns before she called security. We later
called Peter and expressed our concerned, and
asked that he make a responsible decision, and
stop Quadrant's use of stolen wood from Grassy.
the ability to stop Quadrant Homes use of wood
stolen from Grassy Narrows, and switch use to
equally efficient and cost effective alternative
FSC lumber, that is both environmentally friendly
and is harvested from sustainably managed
forests. After the banner drop on I-90, SEARAG
decided to greet Quadrant Home's President at
his home on near the waterfront on Mercer Island.
Unfortunately only Laura Orser answered the
door, and we chatted with her expressing our
concerns before she called security. We later
called Peter and expressed our concerned, and
asked that he make a responsible decision, and
stop Quadrant's use of stolen wood from Grassy.
SEARAG & RAN Activists Blockade Weyerhaeuser AGM
SEARAG & RAN Activists lockdown to demand Indigenous Rights!
| With the Weyerhaeuser Corporation’s continuous destruction of Sacred Indigenous Territory, activists and Weyerhaeuser shareholders sent their message directly to Weyerhaeuser & their Shareholders at the Weyerhaeuser Annual General Shareholder’s Meeting in Federal Way, WA. Outside of the meeting activists from SEARAG & RAN delivered their message by successfully blockading and locking down in front of the entrance, chanting their message for Weyerhaeuser to stop illegally logging on the Grassy Narrows Indigenous Territory in Ontario, Canada, while other activists displayed a huge banner inside of the Weyerhaeuser HQ. Other activists and concerned Weyerhaeuser shareholders who attended the meeting, specifically asked Weyerhaeuser CEO Steven Rogel, and his fellow chairmen why they continue to illegally log on, and destroy the Anishnabek |
| SEARAG Activists display a banner at the 2008 Weyerhaeuser AGM outlining that Weyerhaeuser's Greed causes a nightmare for the indigenous people that Weyerhaeuser exploits. |
| SEARAG Activists in front of Quadrant Home's President Peter Orser's Million dollar Estate on Mercer Island |
| Grassy Narrows Sacred Indigenous Territory, despite pleas from the Grassy Narrows Indigenous Community, their own Weyerhaeuser Shareholders and numerous Environmental and Human Rights Organizations. One shareholder even announced that she had purchased Weyerhaeuser’s stock to support sustainable forestry, after reading Weyerhaeuser’s fictitious advertisements and claims, but after |
researching and learning the truth about Weyerhaeuser’
s destructive logging techniques, human rights abuse
and devastation of Indigenous Sacred Territory, she was
furious with Weyerhaeuser. In the end, Weyerhaeuser
CEO Steven Rogel, and his fellow board members denied
the obvious atrocities occurring by Weyerhaeuser’s
hand, and deceived their own shareholders with an
entourage of lies and half truths, all in the name of greed.
SEARAG would like to thank the many activists and
shareholders involved, 4 of whom were arrested, in
volunteering to successfully create a human blockade at
the meeting; the shareholders and activists that
attended the meeting, and questioned Weyerhaeuser’s
executives on their shameful, illegal, unethical acts, the
activists that led demonstrations inside and outside the
meeting, and all other activists involved.
s destructive logging techniques, human rights abuse
and devastation of Indigenous Sacred Territory, she was
furious with Weyerhaeuser. In the end, Weyerhaeuser
CEO Steven Rogel, and his fellow board members denied
the obvious atrocities occurring by Weyerhaeuser’s
hand, and deceived their own shareholders with an
entourage of lies and half truths, all in the name of greed.
SEARAG would like to thank the many activists and
shareholders involved, 4 of whom were arrested, in
volunteering to successfully create a human blockade at
the meeting; the shareholders and activists that
attended the meeting, and questioned Weyerhaeuser’s
executives on their shameful, illegal, unethical acts, the
activists that led demonstrations inside and outside the
meeting, and all other activists involved.
| Several local media outlets picked up the issues, but very few actually reported the full extent of what really occurred, and what is continuing to occur by the hands of Weyerhaeuser despite the fact that there is documented proof. We would also like to mention that this year, the Federal Way Police Department allowed for SEARAG activists to utilize their constitutional rights while on public property, unlike last year when activists were told that they were required to obtain a permit to assert their first amendment rights on public property. For a more complete update on the Weyerhaeuser Shareholder’s Meeting, Video Footage, News Links and Blogs, please see bellow. |
| SEARAG Activists lockdown and blockade the entrance to bring attention to Weyerhaeuser's unethical and illegal practices at the 2008 Weyerhaeuser AGM. |
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