Thinking Out Loud with Sheldon MacLeod
Thinking Out Loud with Sheldon MacLeod
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Chained to the cause
9 minutes Posted Aug 15, 2022 at 7:11 pm.
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He's camped out in front of City Hall to protest a lack of protection for the province's forests. He's held a hunger strike in front of Province House over what he calls "ecocide". And now, Jacob Fillmore has a bicycle lock around his neck, attached to a piece of forestry equipment in Dartmouth. The 26-year old activist is in Eisner Cove, trying to prevent clear cutting of an forest that supporters say needs to be protected. Fillmore says he's there to make a difference, and he's there to send a message.