TAKE ECO-ACTION NOW!! Help save Gray Whales, Protect Endangered Species, Advocate for Indigenous Communities, Protect Forests, National Parks and Critical Habitat, and Protect Farm Workers from Toxic Pesticides!!

Date:   6/10/2005 7:25:24 PM ( 19 y ago)

Dear CureZone family:
 
I am a member of several environmental advocacy organizations and receive many urgent eco-action alerts. Instead of posting them one at a time, I will be summarizing 3 to 4 eco-actions in  2 to 3 sentences each, and include links for you to find out more information and to take action.  Usually these actions involve petition-signing or sending e-mails to government officials or industry executives, and don't require a lot of time or effort. Occasionally I will include an action that involves fundraising for a specific cause; if this is the case I will identify it as such.
 
Here's to a healthier, cleaner, better protected environment!  Thanking you in advance, 
 
Love,
 
Liora Leah
 
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ECO-ACTION:  Heart of the Boreal Forest in Canada

The traditional ways of life of the Indigenous communities in Canada's Heart of the Boreal Forest are threatened by clearcut logging, roadbuilding and industrial hydropower development. HELP SAVE THE HEART OF BOREAL FOREST BY ECO-ACTION!

For more information go to:  http://www.savebiogems.org/boreal/

To sign a petition addressed to Canadian official, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer, go to:  http://www.savebiogems.org/boreal/takeaction.asp

This action is sponsored by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)/BioGems Campaign.

NRDC SPONSORS 11 OTHER BIOGEM PETITION CAMPAIGNS!  GO TO  http://www.savebiogems.org/about/nrdc.asp , FIND "VISIT ALL THE BIOGEMS AND TAKE ACTION" AT THE UPPER LEFT OF THE WEBPAGE, AND CLICK ON "PICK A BIOGEM" TO TAKE ACTION ON ALL 12 CAMPAIGNS!  IT'S FAST AND EASY!

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ECO-ACTION: Protect Endangered Species Act

A new U.S. Federal bill, the Critical Habitat Enhancement Act of 2005, would strip critical habitat protections for endangered species. ECO-Action: sign an on-line petition to protect the Endangered Species Act!

For more information, go to: http://www.defenders.org/releases/pr2005/pr051705.html

Sign this petition today - tell Congress to stop trying to gut the Endangered Species Act! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/713864189?ltl=1117756049

This petition drive is sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

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ECO-ACTION: National Trust Announces That Historic Lands of the NLCS Are "Endangered"

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has just released its 2005 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The list includes the entire National Landscape Conservation System. The National Landscape Conservation System was created five years ago to protect some of America's most extraordinary lands, rivers, and cultural sites.  We need to ACT NOW to protect this vital piece of our American heritage.

Learn more: http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Release/20050602.cfm

Take Action by signing a petition addressed to Interior Secretary Norton: http://ga1.org/campaign/nlcsanniv

This action is sponsored by the The Wilderness Society

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ECO-ACTION:  PESTICIDES SPRAYED ON FARM WORKERS

On May 12, 2005 twenty-three women farm workers were exposed to toxic pesticides--including one chemical that may cause reproductive harm--as they worked in a Kern County, California vineyard. The pesticide application firm, San Joaquin Helicopters, has a long record of infractions. In 1996, the state levied a fine of $60,000 and suspended the licenses of two San Joaquin Helicopters employees for spraying pesticides on 1,100 vineyard workers. Since 1989, the applicator has also been fined on eight occasions for pesticide infractions.

Take Action:  Go to the United Farm Workers website to sign a petition to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation calling for an investigation of San Joaquin Helicopters and anyone else found to be responsible for this acute poisoning incident:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/pesticidedrift505/step1.tcl

This action is co-sponsored by Pesticide Action Network North America and United Farm Workers

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ECO-ACTION: SAVE THE GRAY WHALE NURSERY!

Mexico's San Ignacio Lagoon is the only gray whale birthing ground left on Earth that has not been despoiled by human encroachment. Five years ago, NDRC's BioGems Campaign stopped Mexico and the Mitsubishi Corporation from building the world's largest salt factory on the banks of this irreplaceable natural treasure. But the whales' nursery never received permanent protection. Today, there are signs that San Ignacio Lagoon may soon be threatened by plans for industrialization.

NRDC and Mexican citizens are embarking on an ambitious campaign to safeguard the whales' lagoon -- by buying up the development rights to the surrounding one million acres and putting them off-limits to industry forever.

This is NOT a petition drive. NRDC is seeking funds from the public to assist in this effort. For more information, go to: http://www.savebiogems.org/baja/

This fundraising effort is sponsored by National Resource Defense Council

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