September 14, 2007
SalmonTrain Kickoff
This morning the SalmonTrain was officially launched at Gilmore Station on the Skytrain Millennium Line. What's a SalmonTrain? It's a commuter train car covered with Stream of Dreams Murals Society (SDMS) Dreamfish, with an urban creek running down its floor with tips on maintaining healthy watersheds. Conceived by Louise Towell, a co-founder of SDMS, and implemented with the hard work of the Rivershed Society of BC and corporate partners Translink, 3M, and Lamar Advertising, the Stream of Dreams® SalmonTrain Mural in Motion is a vibrant means of educating the public about the importance of clean water in our creeks and streams.
As president of the charitable SDMS, I was proud and amazed at the results of nearly a year of hard work by all the partners. Here are some photos I took of the event, and the SalmonTrain.
The SalmonTrain poster at Gilmore Station.
Fin Donnelly, founder and executive director of RSBC, chairs the event.
Louise Towell, co-founder of SMDS, speaks.
Dan Johnson, Burnaby City councillor.
Partners pose in front of the Gilmore Station poster.
The SalmonTrain arriving at the station.
Louise and Joan Carne, SDMS co-founders.
The partners in front of the train.
A closer look at the exterior.
The urban stream inside the train.
An incredibly lifelike storm drain on the floor.
A closeup of Dreamfish in the floor stream.
The message? All street drains lead to fish habitat.
A ceiling poster, also called a "Michaelangelo."
Another ceiling poster.
So the message is, all rain drains (storm drains) connect directly to local creeks and streams. Why does this message need to get out? Ironically, as my wife Yumi and I walked home from Edmonds Skytrain Station after the event, we came across what was likely paint coming down Powerhouse Creek that leads to Byrne Creek. Somebody was washing out painting equipment into a storm drain, so we called the city in on it. There are still a lot of people to teach!
Update: Lots of stuff on You Tube
Salmon Train Launch -- Fin Donnelly, Louise Towell and Dan Johnson
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Posted by Paul at September 14, 2007 07:56 PM