sure all of the beaches are clean so we can
go and harvest our clams when we want,
and also to bring back the Olympic oyster,
an endangered species. All of those food
sources, even in our mountains, those are
so important.”
INSTILLING RESPECT IN THE
NEXT GENERATION
Passing those messages on to the young-
er generation and instilling a respect for
Mother Earth by getting children on to the
land is key. “The zero-mile diet is just get-
ting our kids used to food that our ances-
tors collected every day so that they don’t
take things for granted. For us, our way of
life has always been on the land and on the
water and it’s getting back to that. You’re
taking away the dependencies. Everyone
has to go to a grocery store to buy their
food. Our grocery store is right in front of
us…”
Solar most often comes to mind when
talking about alternative forms of energy.
But the T’Sou-ke Nation is exploring op-
tions that go beyond the sun. Last year,
they partnered with Accumulated Ocean
Energy Inc. (AOE) to work towards ad-
vances in the area of ocean wave energy
production. Still in its infancy, the project
would transform wave energy into highly
compressed air, which could be pumped
to shore and stored as an energy medium.
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