Help Greenpeace urge President Obama to prevent chemical disasters! Deadly chemical spills happen way too often and they put many citizens at risk. This could result in thousands of fatalities in a matter of hours.
Just 300 of these(chemical) plants put a third of Americans at risk.
Activists from Greenpeace are now hanging from the anchor chain of Chevron's Stena Carron to prevent the ship from sailing out to their drill site. All this is in effort to combat offshore drilling.
Classic example of one of my favorite quotes; No one can do EVERYTHING. But everyone can do SOMETHING.
I absolutely love the fight in Greenpeace. These people are extremely passionate about protecting the environment and are absolutely willing to put their selves in danger just to do so(obviously). I am utterly proud to be apart of the team.
One day, you'll see me strapped to a tree..one day.
Congrads Greenpeace for their amazing victory in getting Burger King to drop Sinar Mas! Sinar Mas has been doing some major destruction to the Paradise Rain forest through their palm oil exploration. The world is already running low on our beautiful rainforests! It's only right that we protect the little that we have. After all, who wants to live in a Concrete Jungle?
Bottles are being popped in the Paradise Rain forest.
Its no secret that Greenpeace is known for their civil disobedience. So when I found out that Greenpeace activist were hanging from an oil rig in the Arctic demanding Cairn Energy to "pack up and go home", I was more amused than surprised. I love it!
So apparently, the activist had to flee Danish navy commandos to get to the rig where they then suspended their selves into the air using ropes to hang from the rig. They are said to have enough supplies to stay suspended for several days.
If they are able to halt the drilling for just a short time, Cairn Energy will struggle to meet a tight deadline to complete its exploration before winter ice conditions force it to abandon the search for oil off Greenland until next year.
by gp_espy via Twitpic edited by James Greenpeace UK
They are already doing the hard part. Do YOURpart! Which is pretty simple and easy.
I just had a flutter of joy in my heart when I read about this civil disobedience in London. This is exactly what it's going to take to get things done obviously since the government refuses to transition to a clean energy economy. Everyday citizens, like YOU and I, will need to put our foot down and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! If we want change, WE obviously have to make it happen ourselves. We clearly cannot rely on our "leaders" anymore.
GREENPEACE UK shut down 30 BP gas stations across London this morning. They put up banners reading, "Closed: Moving beyond petroleum". They also pull safety switches cutting off fuel supplies and removed them so that they couldn't be turned back on at the stations.
British environmentalist are a bit more gutsy than us American environmentalist. But I would have been SO down!
Oh yeah, and I just recieved an offer to intern with GREENPEACE for the fall. *fist pump*
Nestlé, which makes Kit Kats candy bars, uses unsustainable palm oil from Indonesian paradise rainforests. The big bad coporations are destroying the ancient forest all for chocolate! Deforestation (the destruction of trees) is causing the slowly but surely orang-utans extinction and harm to the local communities around the forests. These palm oil suppliers are not only draining the rainforest but also releasing massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere AND THEN sets the cleared land on fire! THIS IS ILLEGAL!!
Concrete Jungle;An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe
I live by these words;
"We are what we think . All that we are arises with our thoughts . With our thoughts , we make the world . "
-Buddah
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
&
"I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
I'm asking him to change his ways.
If you want to make the world a better place,
Take a look at yourself and make the change."
-Michael Jackson