Action and resources (20/2/2007) | |
ACTION & RESOURCES *LOBBY YOUR MEP --- *LOBBY YOUR MEP Lobby your MEP to reject the pro-GM Virrankoski proposals so that at the European Parlaiment Plenary session on March 14th as many as possible vote NO to GMOs. Send by e-mail and fax a LETTER (http://icppc.pl/pl/gmo/eng_index.php?id=eng_eu_a ) to your MEPs. Or better still compose your own letter. --- *GM OPPOSITION MONTH Joint International GMOpposition Month March 24 - May 8 2007 in Spanish in French --- *WATCH GE IN HAWAII VIDEO ONLINE The new Earthjustice video "Islands at Risk: Genetic Engineering in Hawaii" can now be viewed in it's entirety online here: Copies of the DVD can be ordered here: Media review copies are available from Brian Smith [email protected] --- *VIDEOS IN FRENCH ON IMPACT OF GMOs (1) from Europe (2) from Argentina More videos in French --- *PETITION ON EU ORGANIC THREAT Petition in French protesting the threat to the organic sector of European Commission plans to allow thresholds for GM contamination. --- *ENGLISH-SPANISH ONLINE RESOURCE The Puerto Rico Project on Biosafety's blog www.bioseguridad.blogspot.com/ The only bilingual English-Spanish online resource devoted to critical perspectives on biotech. --- *US RADIO ON GM from John Turner of FARM: I came across the following interview by chance the other day, and if you haven't heard it already, it is well worth a listen to. Although it is possible to read reams about the fact the US doesn't know it is eating GM foods and the lack of safety testing, hearing it on a US radio station seems to bring the point home very clearly. --- *PRO-GM RAP PROJECT? This went out on CS Prakash's pro-GM AgBioView list and possibly involves his son Rohan who has previously sung eulogies to Norman Borlaug and sent hate mails to GM Watch! The Genetically Modified Foods Rap Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWE4wgE2KRw When you go to this, you'll see there's also lots of Monsanto pro-GM video material available on youtube. Looks like a deliberate strategy. --- *PRO-GM PROPAGANDA IN US SCHOOLS? We've been told pro-GM spin in the form of the documentary "History's harvest: where our food comes from" is being marketed to US educators to show students in middle and high schools. --- *UK ACTION ON RICE CONTAMINATION New info for UK campaigners to take action on GM rice contamination: --- *NEW DENNIS AVERY BOOK Dennis Avery has a climate change denial book out: Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years Synopsis: "Unstoppable Global Warming" explains why we're warming, why it's not very dangerous, and why we can't stop it anyway. |