Rainbow Family of Living Light gathering at Raft Cove

Wow, thanks for the post! That's an interesting scenario, for sure. A group of us stopped there a couple of weeks back on our way down from Cape Scott and quickly realized what a special place it is. Eighteen hundred people "living off the land"?

Andrew
 
The park is now closed due to concerns about this event, according to Global News this morning.

Apparently there are already about 90 campers there, who authorities hope will leave on their own accord. Someone had already dug a trench latrine and cleared areas in the trees for campsites.
 
Read in the Times colonist this AM that authorities have closed the park indefinitely, to ensure it does not indeed get trampled into hell...
Rainbow Family just too big...already evident by the early birds...
Let's hope they can stave off the crowds....
 
Rodnak (cut by editor). So when you say "trampled into hell" is that similar to lets say a nuclear bomb going off and the land not recovering for something like 22,000 years?? Seriously though what harm is there in some people getting together and celebrating the wanders of mother nature, who is anyone to decide what the appropriate number of people is.

I'm still heading up there, no one is going to tell me what I can and can't do..
 
downwind said:
I'm still heading up there, no one is going to tell me what I can and can't do..
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said the Rainbow holding a well done WORLD PEACE sign. I am being unduly snide.

But seriously, this could be a good discussion with an actual Rainbow, albeit hard to remain civil. Many people on this forum have strong environmental ideals and concerns. The Rainbows claim the same. If we know where we fit with the other flora and fauna in this world, world peace follows.
 
Sorry, but 1800 people planning to camp out at Raft Cove don't exhibit any sort of understanding for environmental concerns.
 
chodups said:
Sorry, but 1800 people planning to camp out at Raft Cove don't exhibit any sort of understanding for environmental concerns.
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Entirely true. But will the Rainbows learn anything from this encounter? Historically, they foist themselves on a community and rail at government interference when their presence in resisted. They have shown little understanding of the environment, coming across as a "Let's PARTY" group. In this case, the government stepped to respond to the needs of the local population and to protect the environment (thanks for the link, Dan). I would like to hear the Rainbows explain, if they think they are in the right.
 
A largely forgotten part of the Clayoquot protests was the mess left in the protest camp when it was over. I remember locals, many ironically loggers, volunteering to clean up afterwards. The point being you can think you're an environmentalist and still be blind to your own impact in other ways. I think we're all guilty of that to some extent by ignoring or justifying our own behaviour while criticizing others. The Rainbows are just an extremely obvious example.
AM said:
Someone had already dug a trench latrine and cleared areas in the trees for campsites.
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Quite the gall to go in and develop a provincial park to suit your own needs.

So if not Raft Cove, if I was a Rainbow organizer my secret backup location would be San Josef. At least it makes sense it wouldn't be far away. I wonder what mess 2,000 people there would create? A series of before and after photos would be interesting.
 
So it's Rainbow Beach, and now they're saying 400 people in news reports. Is Rainbow Beach the spot next to the old bridge? If so it's one of the most abused beaches on Vancouver Island, so maybe they will go in and clean it up and things will be better as a result.
 
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