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This article has some interesting and inspiring ideas for people organizing=
=20
Earth Day events in the Maritimes (or elsewhere).
__________________________________________
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-18g.asp
Earth Day 2003 =96 A Time for Mourning, Not Craft Fairs
By Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them, every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn
-- Pete Seeger
"Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to=
=20
live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never=
=20
really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for=
=20
you too." -- Frederick Buechner
The list of events planned around the U.S. for Earth Day 2003 is chilling.=
=20
While deadly pollution harms U.S. soldiers, the people, and environment of=
=20
Iraq and the surrounding countries, while the Baghdad zoo has been=20
ransacked and the animals either killed, let loose, or stolen, while=20
innocent Iraqi children suffer from U.S. inflicted injuries, and while tens=
=20
of thousands of people worldwide die from soil, air, and water poisoned=20
with pesticides and scores of toxic chemicals, Earth Day craft fairs,=20
discussion groups, and lectures will be held. Lost is the passion and sense=
=20
of urgency that heralded the first Earth Day 33 years ago.
The 33rd Earth Day this year will mark an unprecedented time of resource=20
consumption and environmental violence against the Earth and our health.
On Earth Day this year, while speeches, conversations and trinket sales=20
take place:
603 people worldwide will die from exposure to pesticides and countless=20
more will suffer serious health threats from chronic exposure.
5,400 to 11,000 children will die from diarrhea from polluted drinking=
water.
27,000 children will die from curable infectious diseases.
164 babies will be born that are effected by mercury poisoning because=20
their mothers ate contaminated fish, while government agencies recommend=20
that pregnant women eat several servings of fish each week.
Over 103,000 animals will be killed for fur coats.
Nearly 2 million gallons of engine oil will be poured down the drain and=20
will enter our nation=92s waterways.
Over 41 million pounds of trash will be dumped at sea worldwide. About 77=20
percent of all ship waste comes from cruise ships.
Over 3 million pounds of hydrocarbons will be released into the atmosphere=
=20
just from jet skis, lawn mowers, boat engines, and other 2-cycle motors.
At least 1,200 gallons of oil and fuel will leak from aging and=20
malfunctioning pipelines in the U.S., polluting groundwater, lakes, rivers,=
=20
oceans and soil.
313 million gallons of fuel - enough to drain 26 tractor-trailer trucks=20
every minute =96 will be used in the U.S.
18 million tons of raw materials will be taken from U.S. soil.
Miscarriages will continue to take place among women of the Shoalwater Bay=
=20
Tribe in Washington State, possibly from pesticide contamination in=20
cranberry bogs. Earth Day has become a time when the right wing corporate,=
=20
industrial, and political leaders probably rejoice in the passivity of the=
=20
population. Of course, there are exceptions and a number of groups=20
throughout the nation will be mindful of the significance of the day.
Demonstrators in Washington, DC on Earth Day 1970 (Photo courtesy South=20
Coast AQMD) But the first Earth Day in 1970 saw an estimated 20 million=20
people across the nation participating in peaceful demonstrations that=20
called attention to our environmental dilemmas. Senator Gaylord Nelson and=
=20
activist Denis Hayes organized it as a nationwide teach-in about the=20
environment. Over 10,000 grade schools, 2,000 colleges, and 1,000=20
communities participated, sending a strong message to political leaders=20
that the environment was part of everyone=92s lives and needed attention.=20
What happened to the grand expectations we had at the first Earth Day, 33=20
years ago?
Senator Nelson said the purpose of Earth Day was "to shake up the political=
=20
establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda.=94 "It was a=20
gamble," he recalls, "but it worked." There is no gamble any longer. Earth=
=20
Day is hardly controversial or threatening to anyone.
Some would argue that although many people are more aware of environmental=
=20
issues today than in 1970, little has been done to stem the tide of=20
environmental destruction in a world where economic growth outweighs=20
planetary health. If anything, the destruction is happening at a greater=20
level than ever before. It is often less visible because industry leaders=20
and politicians know how to keep things quieter with the help of well paid=
=20
public relations firms.
The first Earth Day's message was heard and in the few years that followed,=
=20
sweeping environmental legislation was enacted including the Endangered=20
Species Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control=
=20
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the creation of the=20
Environmental Protection Agency.
It was a powerful time of reawakening and it appeared, for a while, that=20
the sobering realization of our impact on the natural world might result in=
=20
positive change. Species were saved, habitats protected, and development=20
projects were stopped. In New York City, over 100,000 people attended an=20
ecology fair in Central Park.
On the first Earth Day, Congress adjourned for the day and over 500 of its=
=20
members attended teach-ins at universities or made speeches about saving=20
the environment.
On Earth Day 2003, will the President join Congress and adjourn for the day=
=20
to attend teach-ins? Unlikely. In fact, the current presidential=20
administration has succeeded in weakening most of the environmental rules=20
that emerged from the awareness raised from the first Earth Day.
There will be many events across the nation on Earth Day 2003. In Seattle,=
=20
there will be a lecture about how to make your yard a haven for birds and=20
butterflies at the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Office. There=
=20
will be an Earth and Energy Fair at the University of Washington. There=20
will be green building seminars and tours. There will be a weed pulling=20
party at Mud Bay in Olympia.
The Sierra Club will be asking Iowans to put up yard signs and sign=20
postcards, to educate about the need to protect air and water quality. In=20
Louisiana, there will be a storytelling program for children at the St.=20
Tammany Parish Library. There will be a fair and festival at Georgia=20
Southern University.
Big deal.
Since the first Earth Day 33 years ago, the global population has increased=
=20
by as much as it did in the last 100,000 years. And as the number of people=
=20
has grown, the amount of land and resources consumed has also expanded. The=
=20
gap between the rich and the poor has also widened dramatically.
Liquid pollution pours into a British waterway (Photo courtesy FreeFoto)=20
The global economy has more than doubled in the past 33 years, putting=20
pressure on most countries to increase export income, often at the expense=
=20
of their natural resources. Overfishing is decimating one ocean species=20
after another, and the catch is getting thinner and thinner. Tens of=20
thousands of toxic chemicals stream into our world and into our bodies and=
=20
there is no end in site. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health=20
Administration (OSHA) estimates that more than 32 million workers are=20
exposed to harmful substances from more than 3.5 million workplaces.=20
Forty-nine million tons of solvents are produced each year in the United=20
States and 9.8 million workers are exposed to them daily. Yet over the last=
=20
33 years, OSHA has issued only about 170 citations to employers for not=20
having proper procedures to protect against toxic substances leaving the=20
workplace.
While the lectures and conversations take place on Earth Day, in=20
Bangladesh, hungry people fight to get fish from polluted sewage treatment=
=20
plant water.
In Iraq, only 500 people out of a city of five million have electricity and=
=20
power restored. Also in Iraq, criminals carefully planned the thefts and=20
destruction of all the country=92s archeological, artistic and literary=20
treasures. The loss to the world of these artifacts, some dating from the=20
dawn of human civilization, is a catastrophe of proportions never before=20
seen in the history of the Earth. The Bush administration has hired a U.S.=
=20
company to revise the curriculum in Iraqi schools. As always, the victors=20
rewrite the history books.
A recent U.S. government study shows that the nation=92s waterways are=
filled=20
with billions of pounds of toxic substances that are combining in unknown=20
ways. The chemicals include caffeine, contraceptives, painkillers, insect=20
repellent, perfumes, and nicotine. Virtually nothing is known about the=20
health effects of ingesting this toxic mix of pharmaceutical and personal=20
product pollutants. At least 31 antibiotics and anti-bacterial compounds=20
were found in water samples from around the country.
These chemicals are being linked to deformed sex organs in wildlife, sex=20
reversals in some fish, declining fertility in humans, and cancers.
Children view a solar powered model train in Los Angeles on Earth Day 2001.=
=20
(Photo courtesy Go Solar Company) Thirty-three years after the first Earth=
=20
Day, I am feeling rather cynical. Earth Day 2003 is a Hallmark card=20
holiday, a day of a few beach clean-ups, educational booths, tree=20
plantings, speeches, conversations and parades. Many festivals and fairs=20
will be held throughout the U.S. with food, exhibits and, I am sure, many=20
opportunities to buy products to filter our poisoned air and water. There=20
will be a whole variety of experiences, most press releases for Earth Day=20
events say. Except there will be few demonstrations demanding an end to the=
=20
madness sweeping across our world and few events pledging solidarity to=20
those fighting for the cleanup of our Earth, our seas, and our skies.
It should NOT be a day to sell T-shirts as fundraisers. It should be a day=
=20
to teach simplification, to model how to end our consumption at all costs=20
lifestyle, and to highlight the importance of establishing a deep and=20
profound connection to the natural world, the cycles of life, and the=20
rhythms of nature.
On Earth Day 2003, maybe more than ever before in history, we need to=20
reflect seriously on the fact that time may really be running out for our=20
planet's life support systems - and for us.
Maybe Earth Day should be a global call to stop work, to stop driving, stop=
=20
killing, to sit quietly at home, use as few resources as possible, and=20
teach our children that the raping and plundering of the Earth in the name=
=20
of economic growth has taken us to the brink of disaster.
Maybe Earth Day should be a day of national listening, listening for, as=20
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn says, for the sound of the Earth crying. If=20
we really hear that sound, our only choice would be to act =96 now.
RESOURCES
1. Visit an Earth Day website at: http://www.earthday.net. Contact the=20
organizers and ask them to help put the spirit back into Earth Day. They=20
need to hear from you.
2. Calculate your ecological footprint and see just how much of the Earth=20
you use. You will be quite surprised. Start at:=20
http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/default.htm
3. See a fact sheet on women's health and the environment at:=20
http://www.wedo.org/monitor/health.htm
4. Find out who your Congressional representatives are and email them. Tell=
=20
them it is time to protect environmental legislation and for sweeping=20
environmental changes. If you know your Zip code, you can find them at:=20
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html
5. Earth Day 2003 might be a great time to get your family to watch the=20
=93Diet for a New America=94 video by Jon Robbins, possibly the most=
important=20
60 minutes you and your family and friends could watch. Check your local=20
library or you can get a copy from Amazon.com by clicking here.
6. Follow a broad range of environmental issues with the Earth Island=20
Institute at: http://www.earthisland.org/home_body.cfm
7. Give an Earth Day gift to your local high school, such as a powerful 30=
=20
minute video from the Video Project called =93We All Live Downstream,=94=20
available at: http://www.videoproject.org/we_all_live_downstream.html
8. Visit the World Game Institute at: http://www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/=
=20
for their amazing "What the World Wants Project" to get details on the=20
costs and assumptions to repair the world. It is a remarkable resource that=
=20
will open your eyes forever. Send a copy of their chart to every=20
philanthropist and political leader in your community.
9. Stay in touch with pesticide issues with the help of the Pesticide=20
Action Network at: http://www.panna.org/panna/
10. Keep track of worldwide anti-war protests at:=20
http://www.protest.net/iraq_action_digest_dec_3.html
11. Learn about the civilian death toll in Iraq from Iraq Body Count at:=20
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
12. For some empowering evidence of the competence and values that even=20
teens can have, check out the website for Youth for Environmental Sanity=20
at: http://www.yesworld.org/
{Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D. is a writer and teacher in Seattle, and is the=
=20
author of "Healing Our World," A Journey from the Darkness Into the Light,"=
=20
available at: http://www.xlibris.com/HealingOurWorld.html or your local=20
bookstore. His new book of photographs and thoughts on interconnectedness,=
=20
=93Of This Earth, Reflections on Connections,=94 is now available. Learn=
about=20
it at: http://ofthisearth.org. Please send your thoughts, comments, and=20
visions to him at: jackie@healingourworld.com and visit his website at:=20
http://www.healingourworld.com}
******************************************************************
Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net>
F.R.E.E.D.O.M. PEI
(Folks for Real Education on the Economically-motivated Deployment Of=20
the Military)
http://www.isn.net/~peidoula/
******************************************************************
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they=
=20
kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." -- Voltaire
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." - Noam=20
Chomsky
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a=20
revolutionary act." - George Orwell
"Everyone's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy=20
way: Stop participating in it." ~Noam Chomsky
"Those who profess to favour freedom and yet renounce controversy are=20
people who want crops without ploughing the ground." - Frederick Douglas
WEBSITES
F.R.E.E.D.O.M. PEI
(Folks for Real Education on the Economically-motivated Deployment Of=20
the Military)
http://www.isn.net/~peidoula/
U.S. National Security Strategy (US plans for Empire)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf
Project for the New American Century (US plans for Empire)
http://www.newamericancentury.org/
Electronic Iraq: News & Analysis, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Fact=20
Sheets, & Activism
http://electronicIraq.net
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)
http://www.ncf.ca/coat/
Independent and Alternative Media
http://www.indymedia.org
http://www.infoshop.org/inews
http://globalresearch.ca
http://www.zmag.org
http://www.rabble.ca
http://www.monbiot.com
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This article has some interesting and inspiring ideas for people
organizing Earth Day events in the Maritimes (or elsewhere).<br>
__________________________________________<br>
<a href=3D"http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-18g.asp"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-18g.asp</a><br><=
br>
Earth Day 2003 =96 A Time for Mourning, Not Craft Fairs <br>
By Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D. <br><br>
<i>Where have all the flowers gone?<br>
Long time passing.<br>
Where have all the flowers gone?<br>
Long time ago.<br>
Where have all the flowers gone?<br>
Young girls picked them, every one.<br>
Oh, when will they ever learn?<br>
Oh, when will they ever learn<br>
</i><b>-- Pete Seeger</b> <br><br>
"Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is
like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there
can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy
finally for you too." -- Frederick Buechner <br><br>
The list of events planned around the U.S. for Earth Day 2003 is
chilling. While deadly pollution harms U.S. soldiers, the people, and
environment of Iraq and the surrounding countries, while the Baghdad zoo
has been ransacked and the animals either killed, let loose, or stolen,
while innocent Iraqi children suffer from U.S. inflicted injuries, and
while tens of thousands of people worldwide die from soil, air, and water
poisoned with pesticides and scores of toxic chemicals, Earth Day craft
fairs, discussion groups, and lectures will be held. Lost is the passion
and sense of urgency that heralded the first Earth Day 33 years ago.
<br><br>
The 33rd Earth Day this year will mark an unprecedented time of resource
consumption and environmental violence against the Earth and our health.
<br><br>
On Earth Day this year, while speeches, conversations and trinket sales
take place: <br><br>
603 people worldwide will die from exposure to pesticides and countless
more will suffer serious health threats from chronic exposure. <br><br>
5,400 to 11,000 children will die from diarrhea from polluted drinking
water. <br><br>
27,000 children will die from curable infectious diseases. <br><br>
164 babies will be born that are effected by mercury poisoning because
their mothers ate contaminated fish, while government agencies recommend
that pregnant women eat several servings of fish each week. <br><br>
Over 103,000 animals will be killed for fur coats. <br><br>
Nearly 2 million gallons of engine oil will be poured down the drain and
will enter our nation=92s waterways. <br><br>
Over 41 million pounds of trash will be dumped at sea worldwide. About 77
percent of all ship waste comes from cruise ships. <br><br>
Over 3 million pounds of hydrocarbons will be released into the
atmosphere just from jet skis, lawn mowers, boat engines, and other
2-cycle motors. <br><br>
At least 1,200 gallons of oil and fuel will leak from aging and
malfunctioning pipelines in the U.S., polluting groundwater, lakes,
rivers, oceans and soil. <br><br>
313 million gallons of fuel - enough to drain 26 tractor-trailer trucks
every minute =96 will be used in the U.S. <br><br>
18 million tons of raw materials will be taken from U.S. soil. <br><br>
Miscarriages will continue to take place among women of the Shoalwater
Bay Tribe in Washington State, possibly from pesticide contamination in
cranberry bogs. Earth Day has become a time when the right wing
corporate, industrial, and political leaders probably rejoice in the
passivity of the population. Of course, there are exceptions and a number
of groups throughout the nation will be mindful of the significance of
the day. <br><br>
<br>
Demonstrators in Washington, DC on Earth Day 1970 (Photo courtesy South
Coast AQMD) But the first Earth Day in 1970 saw an estimated 20 million
people across the nation participating in peaceful demonstrations that
called attention to our environmental dilemmas. Senator Gaylord Nelson
and activist Denis Hayes organized it as a nationwide teach-in about the
environment. Over 10,000 grade schools, 2,000 colleges, and 1,000
communities participated, sending a strong message to political leaders
that the environment was part of everyone=92s lives and needed attention.
What happened to the grand expectations we had at the first Earth Day, 33
years ago? <br><br>
Senator Nelson said the purpose of Earth Day was "to shake up the
political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda.=94
"It was a gamble," he recalls, "but it worked." There
is no gamble any longer. Earth Day is hardly controversial or threatening
to anyone. <br><br>
Some would argue that although many people are more aware of
environmental issues today than in 1970, little has been done to stem the
tide of environmental destruction in a world where economic growth
outweighs planetary health. If anything, the destruction is happening at
a greater level than ever before. It is often less visible because
industry leaders and politicians know how to keep things quieter with the
help of well paid public relations firms. <br><br>
The first Earth Day's message was heard and in the few years that
followed, sweeping environmental legislation was enacted including the
Endangered Species Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the creation
of the Environmental Protection Agency. <br><br>
It was a powerful time of reawakening and it appeared, for a while, that
the sobering realization of our impact on the natural world might result
in positive change. Species were saved, habitats protected, and
development projects were stopped. In New York City, over 100,000 people
attended an ecology fair in Central Park. <br><br>
On the first Earth Day, Congress adjourned for the day and over 500 of
its members attended teach-ins at universities or made speeches about
saving the environment. <br><br>
On Earth Day 2003, will the President join Congress and adjourn for the
day to attend teach-ins? Unlikely. In fact, the current presidential
administration has succeeded in weakening most of the environmental rules
that emerged from the awareness raised from the first Earth Day.
<br><br>
There will be many events across the nation on Earth Day 2003. In
Seattle, there will be a lecture about how to make your yard a haven for
birds and butterflies at the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District
Office. There will be an Earth and Energy Fair at the University of
Washington. There will be green building seminars and tours. There will
be a weed pulling party at Mud Bay in Olympia. <br><br>
The Sierra Club will be asking Iowans to put up yard signs and sign
postcards, to educate about the need to protect air and water quality. In
Louisiana, there will be a storytelling program for children at the St.
Tammany Parish Library. There will be a fair and festival at Georgia
Southern University. <br><br>
Big deal. <br><br>
Since the first Earth Day 33 years ago, the global population has
increased by as much as it did in the last 100,000 years. And as the
number of people has grown, the amount of land and resources consumed has
also expanded. The gap between the rich and the poor has also widened
dramatically. <br><br>
<br>
Liquid pollution pours into a British waterway (Photo courtesy FreeFoto)
The global economy has more than doubled in the past 33 years, putting
pressure on most countries to increase export income, often at the
expense of their natural resources. Overfishing is decimating one ocean
species after another, and the catch is getting thinner and thinner. Tens
of thousands of toxic chemicals stream into our world and into our bodies
and there is no end in site. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) estimates that more than 32 million workers are
exposed to harmful substances from more than 3.5 million workplaces.
Forty-nine million tons of solvents are produced each year in the United
States and 9.8 million workers are exposed to them daily. Yet over the
last 33 years, OSHA has issued only about 170 citations to employers for
not having proper procedures to protect against toxic substances leaving
the workplace. <br><br>
While the lectures and conversations take place on Earth Day, in
Bangladesh, hungry people fight to get fish from polluted sewage
treatment plant water. <br><br>
In Iraq, only 500 people out of a city of five million have electricity
and power restored. Also in Iraq, criminals carefully planned the thefts
and destruction of all the country=92s archeological, artistic and literary
treasures. The loss to the world of these artifacts, some dating from the
dawn of human civilization, is a catastrophe of proportions never before
seen in the history of the Earth. The Bush administration has hired a
U.S. company to revise the curriculum in Iraqi schools. As always, the
victors rewrite the history books. <br><br>
A recent U.S. government study shows that the nation=92s waterways are
filled with billions of pounds of toxic substances that are combining in
unknown ways. The chemicals include caffeine, contraceptives,
painkillers, insect repellent, perfumes, and nicotine. Virtually nothing
is known about the health effects of ingesting this toxic mix of
pharmaceutical and personal product pollutants. At least 31 antibiotics
and anti-bacterial compounds were found in water samples from around the
country. <br><br>
These chemicals are being linked to deformed sex organs in wildlife, sex
reversals in some fish, declining fertility in humans, and cancers.
<br><br>
<br>
Children view a solar powered model train in Los Angeles on Earth Day
2001. (Photo courtesy Go Solar Company) Thirty-three years after the
first Earth Day, I am feeling rather cynical. Earth Day 2003 is a
Hallmark card holiday, a day of a few beach clean-ups, educational
booths, tree plantings, speeches, conversations and parades. Many
festivals and fairs will be held throughout the U.S. with food, exhibits
and, I am sure, many opportunities to buy products to filter our poisoned
air and water. There will be a whole variety of experiences, most press
releases for Earth Day events say. Except there will be few
demonstrations demanding an end to the madness sweeping across our world
and few events pledging solidarity to those fighting for the cleanup of
our Earth, our seas, and our skies. <br><br>
It should NOT be a day to sell T-shirts as fundraisers. It should be a
day to teach simplification, to model how to end our consumption at all
costs lifestyle, and to highlight the importance of establishing a deep
and profound connection to the natural world, the cycles of life, and the
rhythms of nature. <br><br>
On Earth Day 2003, maybe more than ever before in history, we need to
reflect seriously on the fact that time may really be running out for our
planet's life support systems - and for us. <br><br>
Maybe Earth Day should be a global call to stop work, to stop driving,
stop killing, to sit quietly at home, use as few resources as possible,
and teach our children that the raping and plundering of the Earth in the
name of economic growth has taken us to the brink of disaster. <br><br>
Maybe Earth Day should be a day of national listening, listening for, as
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn says, for the sound of the Earth crying. If
we really hear that sound, our only choice would be to act =96 now.
<br><br>
RESOURCES <br><br>
1. Visit an Earth Day website at:
<a href=3D"http://www.earthday.net/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.earthday.=
net</a>.
Contact the organizers and ask them to help put the spirit back into
Earth Day. They need to hear from you. <br><br>
2. Calculate your ecological footprint and see just how much of the Earth
you use. You will be quite surprised. Start at:
<a href=3D"http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/default.htm" eudora=3D"auto=
url">http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/default.htm</a>
<br><br>
3. See a fact sheet on women's health and the environment at: <a=
href=3D"http://www.wedo.org/monitor/health.htm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.wedo.org/monitor/health.htm</a> <br><br>
4. Find out who your Congressional representatives are and email them. Tell=
them it is time to protect environmental legislation and for sweeping=
environmental changes. If you know your Zip code, you can find them at: <a=
href=3D"http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html</a>=
<br><br>
5. Earth Day 2003 might be a great time to get your family to watch the=
=93Diet for a New America=94 video by Jon Robbins, possibly the most=
important 60 minutes you and your family and friends could watch. Check=
your local library or you can get a copy from Amazon.com by clicking here.=
<br><br>
6. Follow a broad range of environmental issues with the Earth Island=
Institute at: <a href=3D"http://www.earthisland.org/home_body.cfm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.earthisland.org/home_body.cfm</a> <br><br>
7. Give an Earth Day gift to your local high school, such as a powerful 30=
minute video from the Video Project called =93We All Live Downstream,=94=
available at: <a=
href=3D"http://www.videoproject.org/we_all_live_downstream.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.videoproject.org/we_all_live_downstream.html<=
/a> <br><br>
8. Visit the World Game Institute at: <a=
href=3D"http://www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/</a> for their=
amazing "What the World Wants Project" to get details on the=
costs and assumptions to repair the world. It is a remarkable resource that=
will open your eyes forever. Send a copy of their chart to every=
philanthropist and political leader in your community. <br><br>
9. Stay in touch with pesticide issues with the help of the Pesticide Action=
Network at: <a href=3D"http://www.panna.org/panna/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.panna.org/panna/</a> <br><br>
10. Keep track of worldwide anti-war protests at: <a=
href=3D"http://www.protest.net/iraq_action_digest_dec_3.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.protest.net/iraq_action_digest_dec_3.html</a>=
<br><br>
11. Learn about the civilian death toll in Iraq from Iraq Body Count at: <a=
href=3D"http://www.iraqbodycount.net/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.iraqbodycount.net/</a> <br><br>
12. For some empowering evidence of the competence and values that even=
teens can have, check out the website for Youth for Environmental Sanity=
at: <a href=3D"http://www.yesworld.org/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.yesworld.org/</a> <br><br>
{Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D. is a writer and teacher in Seattle, and is the=
author of "Healing Our World," A Journey from the Darkness Into=
the Light," available at: http://www.xlibris.com/HealingOurWorld.html=
or your local bookstore. His new book of photographs and thoughts on=
interconnectedness, =93Of This Earth, Reflections on Connections,=94 is now=
available. Learn about it at: http://ofthisearth.org. Please send your=
thoughts, comments, and visions to him at: jackie@healingourworld.com and=
visit his website at: http://www.healingourworld.com} <br><br>
******************************************************************<br>
Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net><br>
F.R.E.E.D.O.M. PEI <br>
(Folks for Real Education on the Economically-motivated Deployment Of=
the Military) <br>
<a href=3D"http://www.isn.net/~peidoula/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.isn.net/~peidoula/</a><br><br>
******************************************************************<br>
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless=
they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." --=
Voltaire<br><br>
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."=
- Noam Chomsky<br><br>
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a=
revolutionary act." - George Orwell<br><br>
"Everyone's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really=
easy way: Stop participating in it." ~Noam Chomsky <br><br>
"Those who profess to favour freedom and yet renounce controversy are=
people who want crops without ploughing the ground." - Frederick=
Douglas<br><br>
WEBSITES<br><br>
F.R.E.E.D.O.M. PEI <br>
(Folks for Real Education on the Economically-motivated Deployment Of=
the Military)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.isn.net/~peidoula/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.isn.net/~peidoula/</a><br>
U.S. National Security Strategy (US plans for Empire)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html</a><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf</a><br>
Project for the New American Century (US plans for Empire)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.newamericancentury.org/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.newamericancentury.org/</a><br>
Electronic Iraq: News & Analysis, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Fact=
Sheets, & Activism<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://electroniciraq.net/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://electronicIraq.net</a><br>
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.ncf.ca/coat/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.ncf.ca/coat/</a><br><br>
Independent and Alternative Media<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.indymedia.org/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.indymedia.org</a><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.infoshop.org/inews"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.infoshop.org/inews</a><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://globalresearch.ca/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://globalresearch.ca</a><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.zmag.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.zmag.org</a><br=
>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.rabble.ca/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.rabble.ca</a><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a=
href=3D"http://www.monbiot.com/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.monbiot.com</a> <br>
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