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AWARE is a member driven non profit that works to protect the natural environment in Whistler and the Sea to Sky corridor, through advocacy and speaking up about key environmental issues but also empowering others to do the same through education.

We channel our efforts into 4 areas: democracy, peace and citizenship; social justice movements; media, Information and Communications Technologies as well as social ecology. We also inform Canadians about national and international issues. We succeed in doing so through: our website, Alternatives' newspaper (free newspaper), our participation to Social Forums and coalitions, organisation of conferences and debates. Coutries in which we have projects Democracy, peace and citizenship: Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Haiti, Cuba, Niger, Morocco, Democratic Republic of the du Congo (DRC), Canada - Immigration Program Social justice movements: Brazil, Argentina, Sudan, DRC, Niger, South Africa, Canada - Coalitions Media, Information and Communications Technologies: Arab World, DRC, Mali, Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Canada - Internship Program Social ecology: Cuba, Pakistan, Indonesia, Haiti, Canada - Rooftop Garden Project