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Dear GreenYes Friends, Warm greetings from the GAIA Secretariat. We write once again to urge you to get involved in the GAIA-organized Global Day of Action on Waste on 1 September 2004. As of today, 80 groups and individuals from 33 countries ? from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe - have confirmed their intent to take part. Why is your participation very important? The following letter from Peter Lach-Newinsky of the Residents Against Dioxins (RAD) in the Southern Highlands, Australia gives good reason for you to participate: ?We think both the Global Day of Action on Waste and GAIA itself a very good idea for global networking and awareness-raising. It is good to see citizens all over the world communicating and learning from each other as they fight similar struggles. We need to be as global in our resistance as our adversaries are in their capital-driven attempts to trash the planet and our health for short-term shareholder gain.? We hope that you will adopt GDAW 2004 as your own project for global citizen cooperation and planet stewardship. Whatever you can do on 1 September (or any suitable date) ? from working with the media, disseminating information to staging direct action - will be your contribution to this global initiative on waste. Thank you for your participation! What are GAIA members and friends planning for GDAW 2004? Here are some examples: The Centro de Protección a la Naturaleza of Argentia will discuss over their slot in the University Radio the Health Care Without Harm?s campaign on the hazards of mercury. The Coordinamento dei Comitati della Piana, together with seven other groups from all over Italy, will work with the media to publicize GDAW and their position against waste incineration and for alternatives. Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE), whose motto is ?Take Waste Down to Zero?, will hold a national demonstration in Dublin against incineration and for Zero Waste. Non-Incineration Citizens will hold a symposium on waste issues, with speakers from citizens? groups and government agencies. Groups belonging to the Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines, together with affected communities, will take action on a controversial 11-hectare dumpsite, which is threatening to contaminate nearby fish and shrimp ponds. Ekologistak Martxan, which is active in Euskadi (Basque), is mobilizing community members to form a human chain to dramatize their opposition to the planned construction of two incinerators in Gipuzkoa province. The Centre for Environmental Justice is coordinating with likeminded groups and using GDAW as an opportunity to begin a major campaign on waste in Sri Lanka. Ecopravo-Lviv" will publish excerpts of the ?Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology? in their Environmental Advocacy Journal, which is distributed free to NGOs and citizens in Ukraine. Cancer Action New York will use the GDAW to commence a campaign for governmental action on the problem of disposal of PVC siding and pressure treated lumber. Get Involved! It is our hope that you will be able to play a part in this year?s GDAW. To join, please sign-up at: http://www.no-burn.org/actionkit/gdaform.html. Thank you once again for your support and participation. In solidarity, Manny C. Calonzo |
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