The Cove - A Must Watch Documentary Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-07-01 04:38:11 Topic : Environment
We urge you to watch a documentary called The Cove which is available to download from Brightwide for a mere £2.99. This is a very disturbing but brilliant account of the ill-treatment and the slaughter of dolphins in a small Japanese fishing village (Taiji). Please watch this moving documentary and then join with us in taking action to stop the killing of dolphins in Japan. If we can spread the word around the world – and especially in Japan – we can expose the secret of Taiji and force the Japanese government to stop it.
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Why Not Have A Go At Redesigning BP's Logo Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-06-01 06:06:40 Topic : Environment
In light of BP wanting to invest in tar sands – the dirtiest oil there is - Greenpeace is running a competition to redesign BP’s logo, and the winning logo will be used in Greenpeace’s international campaign against the oil company. Find out more at the Greenpeace website, get your creative juices flowing and submit your entry. Oh and the closing date is 28th June 2010.
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Protection Needed From Toxic Pesticides From Crop-Spraying Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-04-15 06:21:34 Topic : Environment
Georgina Downs who runs the UK Pesticides Campaign needs urgent support in getting the Government to introduce necessary protection for rural residents and communities exposed to toxic pesticides from crop-spraying in surrounding fields.
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Help Haiti’s Survivors Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2010-01-19 03:40:28 Topic : Environment
The survivors of the biggest earthquake in 200 years in Haiti are in desperate need of help – particularly water, medical expertise, food and shelter. Please donate what you can – the needs in Haiti are immediate but also longer term.
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Banned From Climate Talks Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2009-12-17 01:54:42 Topic : Environment
We’ve just received this message from our colleagues at Friends of the Earth, who along with other civil society groups, have been banned from the Copenhagen climate talks. Please read Mike Childs (Head of Climate at Friends of the Earth) message below on the impact they have had there so far and please help by taking action to help make sure that they can get back in to the talks.
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The Time Is NOW To Save Our Seas Posted By Anita Roddick Team on 2009-09-15 05:16:36 Topic : Environment
We urge you to watch The End Of The Line – the world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing. It’s got to be one of the most significant documentaries of our time! Imagine a world without fish – and this is the future if we don’t act now.
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A Green New Deal Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-07-24 14:55:04 Topic : Environment
The Roddick Foundation gravitates towards creativity, but always in the service of practicality. It is in that spirit that we have supported the New Economics Foundation. This week, the NEF – along with leaders from Friends of the Earth, The Guardian (UK) and the UK Green Party – has launched a report calling for a "Green New Deal," marking the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal legislation. The NEF is calling for similarly visionary leadership in the UK to solve the triple threats of the credit crisis, rising oil prices, and climate change.
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Germany 200 - England 1 Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-04-29 13:06:56 Topic : Environment
Enough's Enough has done another great advert with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to point up how very far behind the UK is on renewable energy, and what can be done to bring us up to speed. More after the jump ...
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World Water Day Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-03-22 11:09:01 Topic : Environment
Today is World Water Day! We ask that you take this time to reflect on that simple, singular element that makes life possible. Consider that 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water; that experts predict the next major international wars will be over water, not oil. What you choose to drink can make a difference. After the jump, learn how.
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Requiem: A Poem by Kurt Vonnegut Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2007-11-20 20:32:51 Topic : Environment
Kurt Vonnegut, who also died this year, was both a humourist and a realist. The last lines of his final book comprise this poem, a beautiful, apt requiem:
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