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BAY AREA REPORTBACK FROM THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM (WSF) Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7-8:30pm 522 Valencia, 3rd Floor Auditorium* (near 16th and Mission BART) San Francisco, CA $5-10 donation requested at the door to help cover costs of event and events at the WSF. • Hear from representatives of Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, and [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, August 13 2008
Thank you to all of you who took action today! Whether you were one of the 2,000 people across the country who went to supermarkets to sticker products that contain palm oil, or one of our supporters who took action online and sent 600,000 letters to companies that use palm oil…THANK YOU! You helped make [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, June 27 2008
Vote for ADM in the Corporate Hall of Shame Today! -Shame on ADM for its role in destroying tropical rainforests for soy and palm plantations; -Shame on ADM for displacing Indigenous and local communities from their traditional territories and/or small farms to expand their soy and palm plantations; -Shame on ADM for exacerbating climate change [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, June 26 2008
I really don’t understand how oil companies get away with destroying people and the planet!!! After almost 20 years waiting for justice to prevail for the environment and local people affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to reduce the company’s punitive damages to $500 million from $5 [...]
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Last week, we wrote to ADM, Bunge and Cargill, to call for an extension and expansion of the Amazon Soy Moratorium. Great news! The Soy Working Group (GTS), including U.S. agribusiness companies -ADM, Bunge and Cargill- and NGOs such as Greenpeace, just announced that the two year Amazon Soy Moratorium would be extended for another [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, May 25 2008
After spending 4 days at the “Encontro Xingu”, I had the opportunity to fly over the entire Xingu river basin beginning in Altamira, Para and ending in Canarana, Mato Grosso…soy and cattle country. Since I didn’t have time to travel the entire length of the Xingu, like the Heart of Brazil Expedition did in 2007, [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, May 25 2008
***NOTE: This is essentially a report on the historic gathering, from my perspective. I meant to post daily blogs, but internet access in Altamira was non-existent in the hotel I stayed in. Enjoy!*** Thousands of people gathered in Altamira, Para-Brazil last week for the “Encontro Xingu: Vivo Para Sempre” or “Xingu Encounter: Alive Forever” gathering. [...]
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As I mentioned in my post on Thursday, “Justicia Now! Shame on Chevron”, Chevron is getting desperate with its PR punches. Last week, Chevron launched a PR campaign denouncing Goldman Environmental Prize winners Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo from Ecuador. Even though Texaco, now Chevron, is responsible for the social and environmental disaster in the [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, April 17 2008
This week has filled me with immense pride for work of the Indigenous and campesino communities who have been waging a campaign for social and environmental justice in the Ecuadorian Amazon since 1993. On Monday, Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo were awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize along with 5 other environmental leaders from all [...]
Continue reading...By Leila, December 10 2007
International Day of A(u)ction against dams on the Madeira River! Today, the Brazilian government will offer the contract to build a $6 billion dam on the Madeira River, the Amazon´s principal tributary, to private companies, including Suez, Endesa and Odebrecht, in an auction behind closed doors. But you too can take part in this Day [...]
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By Leila, February 20 2009
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