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EarthAction 2012 Campaign Report - 2020 Action

Dear Friend,   2020 Action is a project of EarthAction, a global network of over 2,000 environment, peace, and human rights organizations in over 150 countries. We thought you'd like to see this report that summarizes the campaigns and projects that EarthAction supported and carried out in 2012. Read about our work to protect a forest in Cameroon, indigenous peoples' rights in Cambodia, elephants in Africa, and much, much, more. It's all part of our goal to create a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.    The report includes a section on 2020's achievements and are growing use of social media. Enjoy!   Click here for the EarthAction 2012 Report.   Our work cannot happen without the support of people like you.   Click here to make a meaningful contribution to 2020 Action.   The world will be grateful.    Sincerely,  Executive Director, 2020 Action

EarthAction 2012 Campaign Report

Dear Friend,   We have recently finished our report that summarizes the campaigns and projects that EarthAction supported and carried out in 2012. Read about our work to protect a forest in Cameroon, indigenous peoples' rights in Cambodia, elephants in Africa, and much, much, more. It's all part of our goal to create a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   Click here for the EarthAction 2012 Report   Our work cannot happen without the support of people like you. Click here to make a meaningful contribution to EarthAction.   The world will be grateful.    Sincerely,  Executive Director, EarthAction       Forward this email to a friend!  Donate to EarthAction   EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org

Ecological Debt Day: Give Back to the World through EarthAction

Dear Friend of EarthAction,   While politicians in Washington continue to squabble over the ‘fiscal cliff’, humankind is fast approaching the far more dangerous ‘resource cliff’.   It is a fact that we humans are currently using more resources than our planet can produce. Humanity is leading an absolutely unsustainable existence. Every year, the planet Earth has the capacity to produce a certain amount of resources, and on a certain day in the annual calendar, human kind manages to surpass this amount. Humanity enters into “deficit spending” of natural resources.   This annual, frightening day is known as Ecological Debt Day. On December 7, in 1990, the Earth had reached its “overshoot” and Ecological Debt Day was first observed. This year, the day has receded in the calendar. Each year it arrives earlier and earlier, with humans using more than the planet can bear even quicker; our consumption and practices are draining the planet away.   Today, we ask you to give to EarthAction so we can give even more back to the world. We have our collective debt to nature, and EarthAction is committed to paying it back.     Let's start paying back the debt. Donate now: http://www.earthaction.org/donate.html     Since EarthAction was founded twenty years ago, we have worked hard to see that effective and meaningful action is taken by citizens all around the planet to create a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. Today, we continue to pursue this goal. Many problems have been solved, and our campaigns continue to have a positive impact.   In 2012 we helped to save over 100,000 acres of rainforest in the heart of Cambodia, a forest with one of the highest carbon sequestration values in the region. But so much more still remains to be done. EarthAction stands out because we do not only educate and raise awareness. We give people tools to actually influence policies, right injustices, push for sustainability, save lives, and take immediate actions to prevent catastrophes.   Hope is not lost. Ecological Debt Day is a reminder that we must work harder. Give back to the world through EarthAction: http://www.earthaction.org/donate.html   Let’s pay this debt back together. Thank you.    Sincerely,  Executive Director, EarthAction       Forward this email to a friend!  Donate to EarthAction   EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org

Give Back on #GivingTuesday

Dear Friend,   Today is #GivingTuesday. Give to EarthAction make a change in the world.   “Black Friday” has gone by. “Cyber Monday” ended yesterday. People around the world have spent billions on clothing, appliances, electronics and gifts. Today, for the first time, we non-profits celebrate #GivingTuesday.   Be a part of this movement and donate to EarthAction.   With your help, EarthAction can continue creating positive change around the world. We are committed to peace, justice and environmental sustainability. Support us today for a long-lasting impact tomorrow. Right now, thousands of indigenous peoples are in danger of being displaced or completely wiped out. War and nuclear arms persist to haunt humanity.   In Cameroon, a beautiful, ancient forest, home to a large number of endangered species and humans, is threatened.   Let’s work together. Turn your concern, passion, and outrage into meaningful action.   Click here to make a meaningful contribution to EarthAction.   The world will be grateful.    Sincerely,  Executive Director, EarthAction       Forward this email to a friend!  Donate to EarthAction   EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org

Build a Better World: Sign the Amherst Declaration on Global Citizenship

Dear Friend,   The Amherst Declaration of Global Citizenship is a statement of the values and principles for the growing number of people around the world who view themselves as global citizens (in addition to being citizens of their countries). It reflects a felt need for an expression of identity on behalf of those of us who want to build an emerging values-based world community.   The Declaration was launched by The Global Citizens’ Initiative (TGCI) a non-profit international organization that brings people and organizations together to help build a sustainable world community. Earth Action is an organizational co-sponsor of the Declaration.   The drafters of the Declaration seek to have one thousand people or more from every country in in the world sign the Declaration (i.e. an estimated 200,000 people from countries around the world). It will then be presented to the heads of G 20 countries, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and other world leaders.   If you would like to sign the Declaration, please click on the link at the bottom of this letter and it will take you through a short e-signature process. If your organization wishes to become a co-sponsor, please send us an email and we will arrange to have you listed as a co-sponsoring institution.   We also urge you to post the Declaration in your community, work space, or home, and pass it on to friends and colleagues. You can also use the Declaration as a starting point for an examination of the external and internal values of your own organization.   If you need more information of have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.   Endorse the Amherst Declaration of Global Citizenship today: https://www.change.org/petitions/build-a-better-world-sign-the-amherst-declaration-on-global-citizenship   Peace,   Lois Barber, Founder and President EarthAction Facebook | Twitter   EarthAction organizes effective letter-writing campaigns on critically important environment, peace, and human rights issues. Learn more at EarthAction.org Forward this email to a friend!    EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org   Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org

Protect the Ancient Rainforests of Cameroon

Protect the Ancient Rainforests of Cameroon posted: 13 November, 2012 Cameroon Rainforest to be Destroyed  Herakles Farms, a New York-based agribusiness corporation, is preparing to destroy 75,000 hectares (over 185,000 acres) of tropical rainforest in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. Once the rainforest is gone, Herakles plans to plant a massive palm oil plantation and build a palm oil refinery in its place.   This Cameroonian rainforest is known for its rich biodiversity and ecological importance. The proposed plantation is situated between five protected areas, including world-renowned Korup National Park. It provides a key wildlife corridor between the various preserves. Cutting down the trees and replacing them with a sea of monocropped oil palm will rip the heart out of the forest. Many animal species will be pushed to the brink of extinction.   Death to Endangered Species  Herakles Farms, and its Cameroon based subsidiary SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC), falsely tout the project as environmentally sustainable. They claim it will “safeguard" the incredible biodiversity of this part of the world. This is a lie.   The region is home to some of the most threatened primate species in the world, such as the endangered chimpanzee, drill monkey, and the critically endangered Preuss’s monkey and the Preuss’s red colobus monkey. Destroying these primates' essential habitat will not safeguard their continued existence, but rather ensure their demise.   Forest elephants also make extensive use of the area to move between Korup National Park and the Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve. If the oil palm plantation proceeds as planned, the two refuges will be almost completely isolated from each other and the impact on elephants will be severe.    Bad for Climate  Herakles claims that this oil palm plantation will decrease CO2 emissions. This is another lie. Scientists report that oil palm plantations store less than one tenth of the carbon stored by an intact rainforest. Replacing a rainforest with a oil palm plantation is not conservation. It is exploitation masquerading as conversation.    Bad for Humans  The “incredible biodiversity” of the area is not limited to wildlife: approximately 45,000 indigenous people from 88 small, rural villages will also be impacted by oil palm development. Most of these villagers rely on small-scale farming and forest resources to survive. If the land is swallowed by the planned plantation, the villagers’ source of food will disappear as well. The influx of new workers into the region will add additional pressure on limited food supplies.    Many rainforests in Southeast Asia have already been destroyed by oil palm plantations. Studies of them have shown that these plantations do little to alleviate poverty. In fact, workers’ living conditions are often poor, and wages are exploitatively low. Herakles Farms has provided no reason to believe that the same degradation of life will not be true in Africa.    Indigenous Rights vs. Corporations  Local villagers facing the loss of their hereditary forests, villages, and food, understand the risks this plantation poses. Over the last several years they have organized to stop the logging and preserve their land — but the villagers are pitted against a powerful corporation intent on exploiting their land and resources.   EarthAction has joined with several international organizations to help protect this forest and the rights of these indigenous peoples. The UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a UN treaty that Cameroon has ratified, ensures that Cameroon’s local indigenous people have “free, prior, and informed consent” regarding development projects in their homelands. As a party to this treaty, the government of Cameroon must be held responsible to its legal commitment.    Take Action: #StopHerakles   Highest Priority:   1. Send a personal message by email, or post, to Bruce Wrobel, the CEO of Herakles Farms. Ask him to take all necessary measures to stop their destruction of this tropical rainforest in the southwest region of Cameroon. Email sustainability@heraklesfarms.org now.   Click here to read a sample letter and find out how you can make a bigger impact.   2. Contact President Paul Biya of Cameroon, by email or post, and ask him to listen to the voices of the Cameroonian people and immediately stop Herakles Farms’ project for this palm oil plantation.  http://www.prc.cm/index_en.php?link=messenger/write_pr   Do ​more:   1. Support our efforts by donating to help save this forest. We'll make sure your contribution goes toward protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and endangered wildlife in Cameroon.   2. Spread the word by sharing this campaign with your networks. Tweet #StopHerakles or Share on Facebook. The louder our message, the better.   2. Let us know you took part in this crucial global campaign to Stop Herakles Farms by replying to this email or emailing contact@earthaction.org. We will let you know what happens as a result of our combined actions.   More Resources   EarthAction Cameroon Campaign Home Page http://www.earthaction.org/stop-herakles-protect-the-ancient-rainforests-of-cameroon.html   September 12, 2011: Yale e360 - Huge Oil Palm Plantation Puts African Rainforest at Risk http://e360.yale.edu/feature/huge_oil_palm_plantation_puts_africa_rainforest_at_risk/2441/   September 13, 2011: Expanded Yale article: Palm oil, poverty, and conservation collide in Cameroon http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0914-hance-butler_herakles_cameroon.html   September 5 2012: Herakles Farm leaves RSPO http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0905-herakles-leaves-rspo.htmlwith U s     Forward this email to a friend!  Donate to EarthAction     EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org

Spark: August 2012

You're receiving this email because you joined the EarthAction Network. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly.   ---------------------------- Campaign Updates: Save Africa's Elephants The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between 175 Parties (governments). Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Today, it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 30,000 species of animals and plants, including elephants.   In January 2012 EarthAction asked people everywhere to send a message to their nation’s representative on the CITES ‘Animals Committee’ and ask them to move elephants from their current Appendix II classification, back to the more protected Appendix 1 classification where they were originally placed in 1979. Unfortunately, the Animals Committee didn’t consider the issue of elephants at their March 2012 meeting   This reclassification of elephants to the Appendix I list would ban all new trade in ivory and allow for strict monitoring of the sale and transport of ivory with the expected result being a dramatic decrease in black market trade. Many countries oppose this change. Under their current classification, it is estimated that every year 38,000 elephants are killed for ivory sales on the black market. We must act to make our voices ring louder than theirs and fight to protect Africa's elephants.   The CITES Conference of the Parties (COP), with representatives of all nations that have ratified the treaty, meets every three years. Their next meeting, COP 16, is set for March 2013. The deadline for a nation to submit a proposal for consideration of moving elephants from Appendix II to Appendix I is 4 October 2012.    > Protect Africa's Elephants: Take Action   > Click here to read the summary of the March 2012 meeting of CITES representatives.   > Read the EarthAction alert from February here.   > Read this article to learn more about recent proof that the ivory trade is strong, and taking the lives of a beautiful species with it.   Image Source: Flickr User @Doug88888 ---------------------------- Raising Awareness of Global Military Spending     In April, EarthAction supported the second annual Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS). GDMAS took place on April 17th and the organizers urged participants to focus political, public, and media attention on global military spending.   This year's event saw over 130 actions in 40 countries- all pointing out the human cost of military spending. One of the major events took place in Geneva, Switzerland. The International Peace Bureau organized a seminar at the UN to discuss the human costs of military spending and rising global military spending.   Keep your eyes and ears open for next year's GDAMS to continue reminding politicians, the public, and the media about the lives we could save if military funds were diverted from war and nuclear proliferation.     > Click here to read EarthAction's April action alert on GDAMS.   > Visit demilitarize.org, the official GDAMS website to get information about next year's event and a recap of GDAMS 2012.     ---------------------------- Featured Partner Organization: Prey Lang Community Network     The Prey Lang Community Network is made up of members from over half the more than 300 communities that call Cambodia's Prey Lang forest home. The members began organizing within the network in 2007 to protect their home from destructive logging.    In 1970, Cambodia was over 70% old growth forests. Today, the Prey Lang forest makes up some of the only 3% that remains. And the members of the PLCN fight for international recognition of the destruction of their land. The actions their members have taken to attract both national and international support include:   Colorful demonstrations in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap inspired by the film "Avatar"  Staged repeated protests in and around Prey Lang, including a 10-day “occupation” of the forest to call public attention to illegal logging and land concessions, and road blocks to hinder the transport of illegal timber, Collected over 30,000 sign-ons for a petition to save Prey Lang, presented to the Royal Government of Cambodia, Initiated forest patrols, including youth groups, to challenge illegal logging and clearing, Mapped various areas of the forest to track government concessions and illegal activities and to document their own forest claims, Conducted simple biodiversity surveys to document species important for community livelihoods and traditional practices, Attracted a national following, including a coalition of civil society organizations who support their cause, even though they do not live in the Prey Lang area, and Intimidated companies operating illegally by demonstrating the power of community action and community cohesion Most recently, Pok Hong, a network leader and activist, attended and gave a presentation at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII which was held in New York May 7-18.   EarthAction is taking the message from the villagers in Cambodia to the world and asking for people everywhere to contact Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urging him to protect the Prey Lang forest.    > For more information on the Prey Lang Community Network, please visit: www.preylang.com   > For more information on EarthAction's campaign to support the network and save the Prey Lang forest, please visit: http://www.earthaction.org/ourforest.html   > Click Here to read a recent and compelling interview with Pok Hong, a leader of the Prey Lang Community Network   Why are you receiving this newsletter?   You or your organization is a critical member of EarthAction's network of over 2,000 Partner Organizations, citizens, journalists, and policymakers in more than 165 countries.   > If you are not already a member, click here  to join now. Membership is free.     About EarthAction   EarthAction, created in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, is a global network of over 2,000 organizations and others that take action together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world. JOIN  ·  DONATE ------------------------ In This Dispatch:   · Save Africa's        Elephants · Recap the GDMAS · Prey Lang Community Network   ------------------------ About SPARK:   Each issue of SPARK will feature updates on EarthAction's most recent campaigns, highlight one of our Partner Organizations, and bring you other spark-worthy information.   ------------------------ The EarthAction Network News Team   Lois Barber Christine Chung Walker Dunn   ------------------------ For your reading list:   G-Citizen News  "A lookout for the global community"    The Global Citizen's Initiative (TGCI) provides information, education, and training to active citizens around the globe, empowering them to promote programs and policies that benefit the whole world.   G-Citizen News is just one way that TGCI works to spread awareness about pressing global issues. Their most recent issue contains vital information about the evolving relationship between activism and social media, and a report on the fight to end the use of child soldiers worldwide.     > Visit The Global Citizen Initiative to become a free member and receive their newsletter packed with important and useful information!     ------------------------ Wise Words:   What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.   --Mahatma Gandhi ------------------------ Suggestion Box   Click here to let us know your ideas of what to include in future issues of SPARK: EarthAction Network News.

Prey Lang Forest Victory and Call to Action

You're receiving this email because you joined the EarthAction Network. Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly. Victory — 40,000 Hectares Protected!   posted: 17 August, 2012   Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Cancels Four Concessions in the Prey Lang Forest   On August 6th the Phnom Penh Post reported the following VICTORY: “ In a rare victory for those battling to preserve the Prey Lang forest, the Cambodian government has cancelled four economic land concessions (ELCs) in the area totaling more than 40,000 hectares that threatened pristine ecosystems . . .  [the concessions] are located in the middle of evergreen and semi-evergreen forest inside 'the largest low-land [contiguous evergreen] forest in Southeast Asia' – Prey Lang. ”" On August 11, 2012, the Prey Lang Community Network posted this message:   “ We in the Prey Lang Community Network and Friends of the Forest welcome the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC) cancellation of concessions in Prey Lang’s core area last week.  However, we remain concerned with rampant illegal logging andthe continuation of other concessions that have destroyed areas of dense forest. ” This week, over 70 villagers patrolling the Prey Lang forest found more evidence of illegal logging in the form of hundreds of cubic meters of cut timber and several hectares of cleared land.   Take Action Support the call for action from local villagers and  the Prey Lang Network:   Email Prime Minister Hun Sen Now: cambodia@un.int Thank him for the protection he has given to the Prey Lang Forest. Ask him to further cancel all logging licenses and concessions in the Prey Lang area, and to fully implement laws against illegal logging and clearing of the land.   More Resources EarthAction Prey Lang Campaign Page Prey Lang Community Network Website Cultural Survival Prey Lang Campaign Page   Connect with Us     Forward this email to a friend!    Donate to EarthAction     EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org

You're Invited!

Join us this Thursday for a special event at the United Nation's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York City:   The Impact of Doctrines of Domination on Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia   What Neoliberal Development is Doing to Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia, with Regards to their Basic Rights of Self-Determination and  Rights to their Traditional Lands, Territories and Resources.     A Special Side-Event Presentation by the Prey Lang Community Network, Indigenous Active Rights Members, Organization to Promote Kuy Culture, and NGO Forum Cambodia.   Dedicated to the memory of Chut Vutty, a founder of the Prey Lang Community Network and the Director of the Natural Resource Protection Group, who was killed by Cambodian military police on 26 April 2012.  THURSDAY, MAY 10th, from 1:15pm - 2:30pm.  UNITED NATIONS NORTH LAWN BUILDING. CONFERENCE ROOM B    In the last two decades, much of Asia has embraced the neoliberal paradigms of the West. In Cambodia, this has led to the new discovery of indigenous territories—including forests, lands, and waters—as vast resources that are targeted by the state and transnational corporations for rapid extraction through logging, mining, dams and industrial agriculture; that then converts into wealth for the few, and the dislocation of the many. In this discovery, Indigenous perspectives are regularly disregarded as backwards, unsustainable, and irrelevant. A greater irony is hard to imagine. The speed at which these “resources” are being sold off is a matter of grave international concern. This event will focus on how these processes are playing out in the upland regions in Cambodia such as Prey Lang, and will offer Indigenous critiques and constructive recommendations for a different kind of future.  Co-organized by EarthAction, Amnesty International, Cultural Survival, and the Southeast Asian Development Program.

Save Cambodia's Amazon

Campaign to Save Cambodia's Amazon   posted: 25 April, 2012   The Prey Lang forest is to Cambodia what the Amazon is to Brazil   But Prey Lang could be gone soon thanks to illegal logging and government granted land concessions to agro-industries and mining companies. Old-growth forests are being clear-cut and replaced with rubber tree and cassava plantations (the latter to provide ‘eco-friendly’ ethanol), or mined for iron and other ores.   We have recently learned from inside sources that the government has granted four new land concessions in the core of the Prey Lang area. If true, and these concessions are allowed to go ahead, we fear it is ‘game over’ for the forest and its communities. Your action now can help save Prey Lang.   The Prey Lang Community Network, mostly local villagers, is fighting to save Prey Lang. For years, members of the Network have petitioned the Cambodian government to cooperate and work together to protect and sustainably manage the forest. Now, despite government intimidation, threats of violence, and the presence of the police and the military, hundreds of local villagers are patrolling the forests—day and night—to stop the illegal logging. On March 26, 2012, the Phnom Penh Post reported that 500 villagers from the Prey Lang area were patrolling the forest on 250 motorbikes. The Post reported the villagers “have vowed to continue patrols in coming days and to block a road used by rubber company CRCK if authorities don’t take action.”   In the language of Cambodia’s Kuy people, Prey Lang means “Our Forest.” 200,000 people depend on the Prey Lang forest for their livelihoods, their culture, and their lives. Now, Prey Lang is in trouble—and it needs our help.   We are “Our Forest”   The Kuy people live in harmony with Prey Lang, but they believe the forest is for everyone. Their forest is our forest, too.   Police armed with AK47s have broken up Prey Lang Network meetings, and members are being threatened with physical harm and criminal charges.   The last hope for saving Prey Lang is if people and organizations from around the world send messages to the Cambodian Prime Minister letting him know the world is watching and urging him to protect Prey Lang.     How to Take Action Download our Tool Kit: Visit www.earthaction.org/ourforest.html#toolkit/ to download ready-to-use posters, fact sheets, and a Media Alert to launch your own outreach campaign. Spread the Word: Share the campaign on Facebook or Twitter. The more people that contact Prime Minister Hun Sen, the better. Go to EarthAction's Facebook Page or tweet @EarthAction. Send a message to the Cambodian Prime  Minister Hun Sen and urge him to: SUSPEND all logging and mining concessions in the greater Prey Lang area. CONFER Prey Lang with protected status and enforce its protection. COMMIT to sustainably managing the forest in cooperation with the Prey Lang Community Network and replant and rehabilitate all cear cut areas.   Where to send your message:      EMAIL cambodia@un.int      FAX +1 212 755 4576      POSTAL MAIL      Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen      care of: H.E. Mr. Kosal Sea       Cambodian Ambassador       UN Cambodian Mission      327 East 58th Street      New York, NY 10022 USA      CC YOUR EMAIL  to contact@earthaction.org or mail us a      copy of your letter to PO Box 63, Amherst, MA 01004   We Want to Hear From YOU:  Click here to let us know how you're taking part in the Prey Lang Campaign or to add your name to our Prey Lang sign-on letter. To Join EarthAction or update your existing information, click here.   Donate to EarthAction: Help stop the attacks on the Prey Lang Forest - Donate Today   More Resources: EarthAction Prey Lang Campaign Page Prey Lang Community Network Website Cultural Survival Prey Lang Campaign Page   Connect with Us     Forward this email to a friend!  Donate to EarthAction     EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: contact@earthaction.org