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April 2001:
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About the Earth Day Network
"Earth Day Network
is the nonprofit coordinating body of worldwide
Earth Day activities. Our goal is to promote a healthy environment and
a peaceful, just, sustainable world by spreading environmental awareness
through educational materials and publications, and by organizing events,
activities, and annual campaigns. Our network includes more than 5,000
organizations in 184 countries.
The network is headed by the organizers of the original Earth Day in
1970, Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes, and is based in Seattle, Washington,
USA. A host of dedicated people -- from advisory councils to grassroots
organizers -- provide the vision, influence, and energy that have sustained
Earth Day as a prominent and effective vehicle for environmental
responsibility over the past three decades."
Featured links
Earth Day 2001:
Saturday, April 22
"Earth Day, which occurs annually on April 22, involves tens of thousands
of events, from rallies and teach-outs to concerts and earth fairs. You'll find
them everywhere, in the world's capitals and in its nooks and crannies --
together sending a message loud and clear that this turf is precious,
perishable, and belongs to all of us."
Earth Car Free
Day: April 19, 2001
"Earth Car Free Day will be the largest sustainable transport demonstration
that has ever taken place. Cars pollute our air, cause asthma and other serious
respiratory ailments, and heat up the planet. It's time to make a global statement
and tell leaders everywhere that we need a transition to better transportation
options and a clean energy future. [...]
Do Your Part
Pledge to leave your car at home for Earth Day 2001! This small action, when
added to thousands of other similar commitments from citizens around the world,
will send a very powerful message.
For information on the different ways in which you can get involved visit
www.carfreeday.com, the site of our coordinating partner, The Commons.
Other related links
Grist
Magazine
"Juicy tidbits about who's who and
what's what on the enviro scene"
Fear
and Loathing in D.C.
The Bush administration is smoking
out enviros left and right
by Ben White
"When it comes to listing body blows inflicted on the environmental
movement by the Bush administration in recent days, it's hard to know
where to start. Pick up the paper any day of the week and you'll likely
find a fresh slap in the face of U.S. EPA "Administrator" Christie Todd
Whitman. A backtrack on arsenic standards here, a promise to drill
in Alaska there. An Energy secretary quoting the industry-funded Greening
Earth Society. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and then others
in the White House sticking a fork in Kyoto because it's "dead." And who's
that in the number two slot at EPA? As we predicted in this space some weeks
ago, it's Monsanto veteran Linda J. Fisher."
"In a victory for environmentalists, British Columbia is announcing a deal
today to ban logging in parts of the Great Bear Rainforest. The agreement
comes after a five-year campaign led by Greenpeace to preserve the habitat
of the spirit bear, a rare snow-white subspecies of black bear living in the
coastal rainforest. Details of the plan were not released yesterday, but B.C.
Environment Minister Ian Waddell said it would still allow logging in certain
parts of the rainforest. Enviros had convinced companies like Home Depot
and Lowes to stop selling Great Bear wood, but the boycotts are expected
to end after today's announcement."