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From: So Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project <i...@stamp-cny.org>
Date: November 30, 2009 1:05:43 PM EST
To: tc-hs...@cornell.edu
Subject: VOTE for Green Guerrillas... last chance to help us be #1
Reply-To: So Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project <i...@stamp-cny.org>
Calling All Our Supporters!
Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective has entered Free Range
Studio's Youtopia contest to get help making an online movie about
the environmental impact(s) of natural gas exploration and
exploitation.
Free Range Studios created The Meatrix and The Story of Stuff. We
are hoping that by teaming up with them, we can get as many people
as possible informed and involved in an issue that affects 31
states! For more information on natural gas exploration and
exploitation... check out Green Guerrillas' Blog on changents.com.
WE ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE #1 SPOT FOR THE ENTIRE CONTEST.
THE VOTING PERIOD IS WINDING DOWN... please ACT NOW!
WHY is this so important? Since 2008, over 4,000 gas wells have
been drilled in Pennsylvania. Farmers in southwestern section of
the state blame cattle deaths and mutations on local hydraulic
fracturing. Other community complaints include tainted water,
children getting sick, skin rashes, and neurological disorders.
Natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in Dimock, PA has
released methane into the water supply, drinking water wells have
exploded, and others were found to contain so much gas that one
homeowner was told to open a window if he planned to take a bath.
In three separate spills at the Heitsman well (south of Montrose,
PA) about 8,000 gallons of a carcinogenic chemical -- used to ease
resistance in gas well production -- polluted a wetland and caused a
fish kill in Stevens Creek. The chemical, LGC-35 CBM, is
manufactured by Halliburton. It dissolves in water (making cleanup
extremely difficult), has led to skin cancer in animals and "may
cause headache, dizziness and other central nervous system effects"
to anyone who breathes or swallows it according to the Material
Safety Data Sheets for LGC-35 CBM.
For those of you who have not yet voted, here is our proposal:
Natural Gas... clean enough to drink?
Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective organizes broad-based
constituencies to re-think fossil fuel dependency and challenge
false solutions to climate justice. We reveal the role mainstream
media plays in promoting sweat shops over sustainable style,
genetically modified crops over locally-grown organic foods, and
pollution and prisons over sustainability and social change. We want
help creating an online movie that challenges natural gas as a
transition fuel and exposes the irreversible environmental damage
that drilling in the Marcellus Shale (our backyard) will have on our
air, soil, and water, threatening animal, human, and plant life for
many generations to come.
Yes... to VOTE RIGHT NOW you will need to either create a free
UserVoice account... or vote using an existing account with
FaceBook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Myspace, WordPress, Blogger, AOL,
or a variety of other providers. Step-by-step instructions for HOW
to vote here or http://changents.com/change-agents/green-guerrillas/action_requests/51637
.
For those of you who have already VOTED for us, WE STILL NEED YOUR
HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD!
There are a few things you can do to help us continue to build our
momentum and encourage more support in these last days:
(1) ADD A COMMENT!
"Green Guerrillas are a creative, powerful group of youth. I met
them at the Dream Reborn conference in 2008. They drove all the way
to Memphis from upstate NY in a van - total commitment to
transforming the world and uplifting our planet."
"This group of kids is absolutely amazing. You would not believe
their dedication to sustainability and AWESOME media-making! It is
an inspiration to follow their story and watch their videos. Plus,
they KNOW what the deal is about natural gas drilling and more
importantly, can explain the dangers in terms everyone can
understand and agree with!"
"Green Guerrillas are the most groundbreaking, visionary, holistic
group of youth, or political organization in general, period. They
connect all the issues together, they see the big picture, and the
embody what they talk about. They are the true grassroots, not some
big NGO... and they deserve your support. Spread the word!"
"Green Guerrillas, you've only just begun! you make an ole man
reaffirm his faith in youngfolks as change-agents. Right On!"
(2) TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS on Facebook, Twitter,
Myspace, You Tube, Google, Yahoo, Wordpress, and ALL OTHER Social
Networking Sites to VOTE FOR GGs!
(3) ENCOURAGE YOUR FAMILY, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR CO-WORKERS, and the
YOUTH in our community to VOTE FOR GGs!
We appreciate everyone's support!
MANY THANKS!
Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective
ps... if you did not get this message in HTML, use this URL to get
more information and support Green Guerrillas and VOTE: http://changents.com/change-agents/green-guerrillas/action_requests/51637
pps... YES, we are available to help you to figure out HOW to cast
your vote for us... contact us by email (i...@stamp-cny.org), or
phone (607-277-2122).
Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project, Incorporated
focusing on the "under-developed strengths" of at-risk communities
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S.T.A.M.P. was established in 2005 in response to the frequency with
which young people are referred to juvenile and adult court
systems. S.T.A.M.P. challenges pollution, criminalization,
exploitation, and incarceration by encouraging self-respect,
empowerment, leadership, and self-determination among young people,
adults, and families most affected by criminal justice and
environmental policies which disregard individual needs, erode
community assets, and undermine planet security.
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