loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is what cruise ship garbage looks like. Alaskan 7 day cruises stop on their way back to Seattle to drop off their garbage. That’s right, Victoria has a zero waste plan at the same time our city council are a-okay with accepting tons of U.S. garbage. How do you like them apples? #yyj #yyjpoli 011
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I see it and breathe it almost every day from April through October. The cost to our health, environment and ecosystems far outweighs the 2% of tourism dollars. We are on a precipice. Some say it’s already too late. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills 241
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today Victoria’s cruise pollution is courtesy of Summit all day and Voyager tonight. Here’s Voyager on a previous visit. Fun Fact: cruise passengers account for less than 2% of tourist spending in the region. And it’s gonna be raining, so will they even get off the ship? youtu.be/AfNeTTfeP8oyoutu.beSeptember 10, 2026 – Voyager of the Seas, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 021
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today Victoria hosts Queen Elizabeth. Sitting in port spewing pollutants from both ends, that Queen is no lady. youtu.be/H9AYk4J5-J8youtu.beSeptember 16, 2026 – Queen Elizabeth, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 021
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026With no cruise ships today, no ambulances at our port. Last week 4 ambulances met a ship here so it’s not uncommon. “Seeing an ambulance at a cruise dock is not all that unusual, given the amount of illness, injury, and, sadly, deaths that may occur at sea." www.thetravel.com/royal-caribb...thetravel.comRoyal Caribbean Entertainer 'Visibly Shaken' On Independence Of The Seas Following Show InjuryAn injury on board the Independence of the Seas prompted a larger conversation about cruise emergencies 143
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anthem of the Seas current speed up the shipping lane to Victoria is 17.3 knots heading straight for 7 whale watch boats who are all going less than 3 knots, which means whales in the area. 032
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is what cruise ship garbage looks like. Alaskan 7 day cruises stop on their way back to Seattle to drop off their garbage. That's right folks, Victoria has a zero waste plan at the same time we accept tons of U.S. garbage generated on 330 cruise ships. Pictured list in alt text. #yyj #yyjpoli 020
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The truth about cruise ship pollution is being documented in Victoria, British Columbia. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtube.com/@fairsailingyoutube.comFair SailingFair Sailing advocates for an approach to cruise tourism that prioritizes the interests of residents, local businesses and the environment of Victoria, Canada’s highest volume cruise port-of-call. Cr... 032
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tonight Victoria hosts Carnival Spirit, here for a quick pit stop because an 1886 American law requires this ship to stop here to avoid $$millions in fines. It’ll spew air pollution and likely offload a week’s worth of American garbage. We wrote a song about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=68hk...youtube.comFair Sailing Presents ‘The Modern Cruise Ship Activist Song’ Victoria, BC, CanadaYouTube video by Fair Sailing 052
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Today Victoria hosts Summit, Star, and Encore. Last night we passed 2,100 hours of cruise ship pollution and there are 47 ships yet to arrive this season. Speaking of nasty stuff cruise ships leave in our community, Encore filed this estimate of wastes generated that it will unload here. 032
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today Victoria hosts Bliss, Eurodam, Royal who are sure to unload American cruise garbage here. How much? It’s a secret, but some of it goes to Hartland Landfill. You'll vote for CRD Board in a few weeks, so find out how your candidate feels about cruise garbage. www.fair-sailing.com/faqgarbagefair-sailing.comCruise Garbage in Victoria? — FAIR SAILINGfaqs - CRUISE garbage 022
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Dear Leaders, Don’t we have laws against this? Or are laws only for the people? Cruise lines exempt? @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @kristaloughton.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social @wgreaves.bsky.social #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli 030
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In case you’re wondering why Victoria Harbour is a top toxic hotspot, here’s two cruise ships today roller painting their hulls with no drop sheets. Zoom in and you can see paint dripping off one of the rollers into the ocean. Why do we allow this in our harbour?! #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli 033
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dear Victoria neighbours, Here’s short look at what cruise ship garbage looks like. Alaskan cruises stop here on their way back to Seattle to drop off their garbage. Our Zero Waste Victoria plan doesn’t stand a chance when we accept tons of U.S. garbage generated on 330 cruise ships. #yyj #yyjpoli 020
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Victoria City Council is taking a stand to protect precious biodiverse ecosystems. Since some of Council are also on the boards of GVHA and CRD, they can make a stand here at home, too. Start with cruise ship garbage. What do we mean? We wrote a song to explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=68hk...youtube.comFair Sailing Presents ‘The Modern Cruise Ship Activist Song’ Victoria, BC, CanadaYouTube video by Fair Sailing 043
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dear municipal, provincial and federal leaders, In case you aren’t taking the #climatecrisis seriously enough because money and power are more important than people and planet. Please look at the big picture, our time is running out. Some say, we’re already too late. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoliabc7news.comSick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer watersA sick sea lion died on San Francisco's Crissy Field Beach after it was seen experiencing seizures likely due to a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which the Marine Mammal Center says is surging possibl... 132
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026330+ cruise ships will stop in Victoria in 2026. They’re making us sick. They’re making our ocean sick. They’re making our planet sick. Don’t believe there’s a #climatecrisis? Don’t think we need to do anything different? Get ready for more apocalyptic disasters. #yyj #yyjpoli youtu.be/_biGFn8DQRgyoutu.beSeptember 1, 2026 – Norwegian Joy, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 054
Reposted by loveisphere Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Mountains and glaciers are coming unglued because of GHG pollution from fossil fuels. Why are @davidebybc.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social intent on making our valleys more dangerous by subsidizing uneconomic fossil fuel extraction schemes? #bcpoli #cdnpoli @michaelemann.bsky.socialtheguardian.comNepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | Michael MannThe deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now 077
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026ICYMI, this is what cruise ship garbage looks like. Alaskan 7 day cruises stop on their way back to Seattle to drop off their garbage. That's right folks, Victoria has a zero waste plan at the same time we accept tons of U.S. garbage generated on 330 cruise ships. #yyj #yyjpoli 111
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Too bad you’re all powerless to do anything about this, eh? What a shameful stain on our city. @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @kristaloughton.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social @wgreaves.bsky.social #yyj #yyjpoli youtu.be/_biGFn8DQRgyoutu.beSeptember 1, 2026 – Norwegian Joy, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 121
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 02/09/2026When you see the emissions day after day, it reveals the pollution horrors of what they’re inflicting on residents of cruise destinations. It’s why we created our Hall of Shame www.youtube.com/@FairSailingyoutube.comFair SailingFair Sailing advocates for an approach to cruise tourism that prioritizes the interests of residents, local businesses and the environment of Victoria, Canada’s highest volume cruise port-of-call. Cr... 065
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Victoria, British Columbia’s “Hall of Shame” You won’t see any of this in our tourism brochures or ads running on TV. It’s Victoria’s dirty little secret. Filed under: wtf are we doing to ourselves and our planet? #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtu.be/uFANxXmUWawyoutu.beJuly 10, 2026 – Four Cruise Ships Today, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 032
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Zero joy in this. Zero. @wgreaves.bsky.social Cruise ship Norwegian Joy last week. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkillsyoutu.beAugust 23, 2026 – Norwegian Joy, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 171
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The statistics of how low-value cruise tourist spending is compared to high-value stay-over tourists matches the data from Victoria BC. A few businesses prosper, everyone else gets traffic, pollution, noise. Residents pay a big price for being a cruise port-of-call. 064
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The three cruise lines combined savings of stopping in Victoria tonight for 4 hours is USD $9,874,344. What do we get? Suffocated in massive amounts of emissions and tons of garbage sent to our island landfill. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtu.be/Klcy-BXt6U0youtu.beJuly 31, 2026 – Three Cruise Ships At Night, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 021
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth is emitting from both ends. Double yuck. How about the climate crisis, eh? Or our oceans warming at an alarming rate? Or that pollution kills 7 million people a year? Or that our towns are burning to the ground? #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli @wgreaves.bsky.social 010
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026ICYMI, this is what Norwegian Joy looked like on her last visit and there was absolutely, positively, no joy in it. This is horror tourism. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtu.be/pFh1QSJ1qWIyoutu.beAugust 13, 2026 – Norwegian Joy, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 010
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Did you say scrubber residue? It looks like they leave that in our “top toxic hotspot” harbour too. Watch to the end. 💔 #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli www.focusonvictoria.ca/reporting/93/ youtu.be/3XxwNUBAj_Yyoutu.beAugust 9, 2026 – Queen Elizabeth, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 010
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Here’s cruise ship Voyager of the Seas today. What a disaster for Victoria. I can’t believe we allow this in our city. This is horror tourism. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtu.be/SfmqudF39iYyoutu.beAugust 20, 2026 – Voyager of the Seas, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 162
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Did you hear back from GVHA @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social re the statement, "wash water discharge is not occurring directly in Victoria Harbour"? This is Queen Elizabeth. Watch to the end. #yyj #yyjpoli youtu.be/3XxwNUBAj_Yyoutu.beAugust 9, 2026 – Queen Elizabeth, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 130
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026On my walk this morning to feed the pigeons. Same ship. Different day. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills 112
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I don’t know how cruisers ignore the impact of their “holiday.” Here’s Anthem of the Seas a few weeks ago. They can surely see and smell the emissions up in the glass-walled observation capsule documented in this video. Yikes. youtu.be/5PnwYipKww8?...youtu.beJuly 19, 2026 – Anthem of the Seas, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 111
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Victoria welcomes these smoke shows 330 times a year. Not one, not two, but three cruise ships, again, tonight and every Friday night. It’s Groundhog Day! Filed under: wtf are we doing to ourselves and our planet? #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtu.be/d5iDZpBLD9Eyoutu.beWHO says air pollution kills 7 million a year | AFPYouTube video by AFP News Agency 010
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I haven't heard back from @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social or @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social re the misinformation in their Committee of the Whole Report dated January 29, 2026 and their statement, "wash water discharge is not occurring directly in Victoria Harbour" This is important. #yyj #yyjpoliyoutube.comAugust 2, 2026, 2026 – Azamara Pursuit, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 141
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Thank you! Don’t mind if I do. I love the stay-over visitors. The four hour stop to drop off garbage passengers cost us a lot of money. 020
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Can confirm. It’s massive amounts of international U.S. garbage. Dont forget about “Zero Waste Victoria.” It’s a plan to reduce waste disposal by 50 per cent by 2040, approved by Council on December 10, 2020. LOL. Who are they trying to kid? Jokes on us! Have fun tonight! #yyj #yyjpoli 200
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Our towns are burning and we continue to bury our heads in the sand. I will never understand our terrible choices. Fossil fuels are killing us and our planet. Politicians don’t care enough to do hard things. It’s heartbreaking. 💔 #climatecrisis #wealthgap #pollutionkills youtu.be/SG12VbcloMYyoutu.beRAW: Evacuee drives through fire zone in FaulderYouTube video by Castanet News 053
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Oh, it’s Friday. I thought it was Thursday. Actually, it doesn’t matter what day it is, these emissions are what we, in Victoria, live with day & night for months. You would think we should know better with the climate crisis and the fact that pollution kills 7 million people a year, but we don’t. 💔 140
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026If you’re heading to Victoria’s port area to watch the Snowbirds show, consider protecting your lungs by wearing a mask — Norwegian Joy emissions are horrific day and night. Daytime: youtu.be/IgdaUiIJG3k Nighttime youtu.be/S9ePaJobFPAyoutu.beJuly 7, 2026 – Norwegian Joy (Day) Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 010
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Victoria gets all the bad stuff stuff & cruise corps save close to a billion dollars combined by stopping here in 2026. We get tonnes of garbage, toxic emissions, a “top toxic hotspot” harbour, traffic, noise and our pedestrianized street with idling buses. Bad deal. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli 021
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Wildfires? Victoria welcomes these smoke shows 330 times a year. Filed under: Just because you can't see cruise ship emissions doesn't mean they’re not there and wtf are we doing to ourselves and our planet? #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis #pollutionkills youtu.be/QRYbXLZSHfk?...youtu.beJuly 30, 2026 – Celebrity Edge, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 011
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Cruise is a loser when you calculate the costs of hosting behemoth ships. Said costs fall on Victoria taxpayers, not the cruise corporations. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #wepaytheprice #climatecrisis #pollutionkills 021
Reposted by loveisphere Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The climate crisis is all around us. And being angry at politicians committing climate arson is more common than you may think. #EndClimateSilence #wildfire 1117
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 02/08/2026In case you missed cruise ship Norwegian Encore last Saturday, here’s what happened. Also, our planet is on fire. Who cares, right? @wgreaves.bsky.social #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #pollutionkills #climatecrisis youtu.be/5-ROtFdvWB8?...youtu.beJuly 25, 2026 – Norwegian Encore, Victoria BCYouTube video by Fair Sailing 020
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The Carney government has granted 330 polluting cruise ships to dock in Victoria, BC emitting thousands of hours of toxic pollution over the island city and its residents and into the “top toxic hotspot” harbour, killing ecosystems. #yyj #yyjpoli #cdnpoli #climatecrisis @wgreaves.bsky.social 020
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Emissions from 330 cruise ships cost us way more than the measly 2% tourism money gained. #climatecrisis #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #pollutionkills @wgreaves.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @kristaloughton.bsky.social @davethompsonvic.bsky.socialtheguardian.comECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy 021
Reposted by loveisphere Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Evacuation alert was just issued for Lone Butte BC. Summer is now usually the season of smoke and fire in BC. And Carney and Eby want to make heatwaves and wildfires worse by subsidizing fossil fuel extraction schemes 🤮 #bcpoli #cdnpoli 095
loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The emissions are unrelenting. They never stop. We breathe this all day and night. Elbows up, windows closed. 💔 #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #sos #pollutionkills #climatecrisis 021
Reposted by loveisphere Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Happy Cruise Free Day, Victoria! Enjoy the cleaner air, no shuttle buses, or racing taxis. And if you plan to jump in here to say cruise is essential to the local economy…yeah, no. Cruise tourists contribute so little that NON-cruise tourists account for over 98% of tourism spending in the region. 022
