Interesting list of groups. I will bet $100 that if each group were to be
contacted, that we would find they have no knowledge of this ETC effort. I
just randomly picked one... "Institute for Social Ecology" and searched
their website for "Geoengineering". This is what I
found....http://www.social-ecology.org/?s=geoengineering&submit.x=10&submit.y=9
No Result
So, I tried another...."Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. USA"
and again searched their site for GE. Here is what I found
http://www.social-ecology.org/?s=geoengineering&submit.x=10&submit.y=9 No
Result
Being and hard headed SOUTHERN fellow, I tried one more....."International
Presentation Association of the Sisters of the Presentation, USA" Here is
the search result http://www.presentationsisters.org/search-results.php
AGAIN NO RESULT!!!
Ok, I am upping the bet to $1,000. Any takers?
On , "Rau, Greg"<[email protected]> wrote:
From the letter:
"The likelihood that geoengineering will provide a safe, lasting,
democratic and peaceful solution to the climate crisis is non-existent."
[please fill us in on the safer, longer lasting, more democratic, and
peaceful solutions, and therefore why further evaluation of GE isn't
needed.]
"Asking a group of geoengineering scientists if more research should be
done on the topic is like asking a group of hungry bears if they would
like honey. Their predictable answer should be viewed with skepticism. At
the same time, independent organizations, which have devoted years of
critical research to geoengineering, are not allowed to participate, even
as observers."
[ glad someone has been able to do years of critical research on GE.
Please transparently provide results, as well as evaluations of the
better, non-GE solutions]
"...we urge the IPCC to ensure that a variety of civil society voices is
heard, understood, and taken into account, particularly from the global
South. This will provide much-needed common sense and a global
perspective, as well as a counterpoint to the more prominent and extreme
positions of some Northern scientists engaged in geoengineering
research."
[didn't realize that there is a north/south divide here. I thought global
warming and ocean acidification were equal opportunity impactors. Any
Southerners on the GE list? care to weigh in?]
Interesting signatories* of this letter, including the African
Biodiversity Network, Africa, international World Rainforest Movement,
Cook Islands Climate Action Network (CICAN), Rarotonga, Cook Islands,
Island Sustainability Alliance CIS Inc (ISACI) Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS,
Rainforest Rescue – Rettet den Regenwald, Germany, Sisters of Charity of
Nazareth Congregational Leadership, United States. Certainly we are all
for biodiveristy, rainforests, Pacific islands, charity, etc. Why run the
risk of losing them by not considering all of our options for preserving
them?
I've learned that effective political messaging requires 3 things: a
victim, a villain, and an opportunity. While HOME et al. certainly have
the first two covered, they offer no alternative opportunities for saving
the world. That's truly dangerous. Let's keep all of our options open.
-Greg
*
African Biodiversity Network, Africa, international
ATALC – Amigos de la Tierra America Latina y Caribe, Latin America,
international
Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas -CAOI, Andean,
international
ETC group, international
Friends of the Earth International
Global Forest Coalition, International
Global Justice Ecology Project, International
GRAIN, International
Land is Life, international network of indigenous communities and
organizations
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, International
International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), US / international
OILWATCH Sudamérica, international
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Africa, International
RALLT, Red por una América Latina libre de Transgénicos, Latin America,
international
Red Latinoamericana contra los Monocultivos de Árboles (RECOMA), Latin
America, international
Redmanglar Internacional, Guatemala, international
Temple of Understanding US / international
Third World Network, international
Via Campesina, International Peasant Movement, international
World Future Council Foundation, international
World Rainforest Movement / Mov. Mundial de Bosques, international
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc, Australia
Acción Ecológica, Ecuador
Acción por la Biodiversidad, Argentina
ADEID, Action pour un Développement Équitable, Intégré et Durable,
Cameroon
African Centre for Biosafety, South Africa
Alliance Sud, Switzerland
Amigos da Terra, Brazil
Amigu di Tera FoE Curaçao, Brazil
APUNA, Andhra Pradesh United Nations Association, India
Asociación ANDES, Cusco, Perú
Bio WILD Foundation, Biodiversity and Wildlife Integration for Livelihood
Development, INDIA
Biofuelwatch, UK / US
Casifop, México
Ceccam, México
Cenami, México
Censat Agua Viva, Colombia
Center for Cultural Interchange and Greenheart, USA
Centre for Civil Society Environmental Justice Project, Durban, South
Africa
Centro Ecológico IPÉ, Brazil
Centro Ecologista Renacer, Argentina
Centro Fray Julián Garcés de Derechos Humanos y Desarrollo Comunitario,
México
CESTA, Amigos de la Tierra El Salvador
COECOCEIBA-AT Costa Rica
Colectivo COA, México
Colectivo Voces Ecológicas COVEC, Panamá
Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositores a la Presa La Parota (CECOP),
México
Cook Islands Climate Action Network (CICAN), Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Cooperativa por un Ambiente Biodiverso y Sustentable, CAMBIOS, SC de
RL,México
Corner House, UK
Cuarto Menguante Aliento por la conservación AC, México
Dewan Adat Papua, New Guinea
Dogwood Alliance – Asheville, NC, USA
Ecological Society of the Philippines
Ecologistas en Acción, Spain
Ecomunidades, red ecologista autónoma de la cuenca de México
Educación AT Argentina
CEIBA AT, Guatemala
Ethiopian Society or Consumer Protection, Ethiopia
Fair Coop (Fair Trade), Italy
Family Farm Defenders, Madison, Wi, USA
FASE, Brazil
Fondation Sciences Citoyennes, France
Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua, Región Malinche,
México
Friends of the Earth US
Food First, US
Fundación Heifer-Ecuador
Fundación por el Futuro, Madrid, España
Fundación Promotora de Cooperativas – FUNPROCOOP, El Salvador
Gaia Foundation, UK
GMWatch, UK
Greenovation Center, China
Grupo SEMILLAS,Colombia
Grupo Thunhupha, Bolivia
IBON International, Philippines
Indian biodiversity forum, India
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA
Institute of Science in Society, Mae-Wan Ho, UK
Instituto de Estudios Ecologistas del Tercer Mundo, Ecuador.
International Presentation Association of the Sisters of the
Presentation, USA
Institute for Social Ecology, USA
ITC, Comité Intertribal, Brazil
Island Sustainability Alliance CIS Inc (ISACI) Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS
Movimiento Madre Tierra, Honduras
Ka Lahui Hawai'i
Kiee Lu'u SSS México
L'Union Paysanne, Canada
La Asamblea Veracruzana de Iniciativa y Defensa Ambiental (LAVIDA),
México
Mangrove Action Project, USA
Movimiento de la Juventud Kuna, Panamá
Movimiento por la Vida y la Equidad Campesina, El Salvador
Na Koa Ikaika KaLahui Hawaii
National Indigenous Peoples of Solomons Islands (NIPS), Solomon Islands
National Toxics Network Inc. Coordinator, Australia
New World Society For Friendship Cooperation And Peace, India
Ngati Hine tribe of the Bay Of Islands, New Zealand
NusaAlifuru of Maluku (Pacific, considered Indonesian)
Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales -OLCA, Chile
OFRANEH, Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña, Honduras
Ole Siosiomaga Society Incorporated (OLSSI), SAMOA
Organización de Agricultores Biológicos AC, México
Philippinenbuero eV im Asienhaus; Germany
Proceso de Comunidades Negras de Colombia
Rainforest Rescue – Rettet den Regenwald, Germany
RAPA NUI PARLIAMENT (Polinesia)
Red de Coordinación en Biodiversidad, Costa Rica
Rede Brazileira de Pesquisas em Nanotecnologia – RENANOSOMA, Brazil
REDES AT, Uruguay
SAFEAGE, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
Salva la Selva, Spain
Savia, Escuela de Pensamiento Ecologista, Guatemala
SEARICE, Philippines
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregational Leadership, United States
Sunray Harvesters, India
SWISSAID, Switzerland
Seeds Action Network, Germany
Terra de Direitos, Human Rights Organization- Brazil
Terra-1530, Moldova
Texas Drought Project, USA
The Development Fund, Norway
The Enviro Show, Western Massachusetts/USA
The Koani Foundation, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii
The Noordhoek Environmental Action Group, Noordhoek, Cape Town, South
Africa
Un Salto de Vida, AC, El Salto, Jalisco, México
US Federation for Middle East Peace (USFMEP), USA
________________________________________
From: [email protected] [[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Josh Horton [[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:08 AM
To: geoengineering
Subject: [geo] HOME/ETC Group Targets IPCC
Here is the latest salvo from the HOME campaign, this time targeting
the IPCC expert group on geoengineering meeting in Peru:
http://www.handsoffmotherearth.org/2011/06/lettertoipcc/
Josh Horton
[email protected]
http://geoengineeringpolitics.blogspot.com/
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