-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of EDN International Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Earth Day is just a week away! Please send us your plans!
EDN International Network Update Dear Friends, On Earth Day 2005, millions of people from all over the world will join symbolically in a massive call to create healthier environments for children. Healthy environments for children are a right not a luxury, and yet children all over the world are dying from polluted environments and lack of basic resources such as clean water and clean air. Join us on 22 April and make your voice heard! REGISTER YOUR PLANS FOR EARTH DAY! Register your plans online at <http://www.earthday.net/_groups/Login.aspx>. For ideas about Earth Day organizing, please visit <http://www.earthday.net/resources/2005materials/default.aspx>. Open to everyone and owned by no one, Earth Day is a chance for people to drop their differences and act together to create a better future for all of us. EARTH DAY AROUND THE WORLD! Here are just some of the things being planned for this Earth Day: KOREA: 10,000 people will take to the streets in a street festival in Seoul. Major streets in the city will be shut down to cars, as people celebrate the environment, and call for more sustainable transportation in their city. AUSTRALIA: In Sydney, Australia, Earth Day 2005 will be a big day at Mermaid Pool. The community is now in its third year of restoring the beautiful Mermaid Pool which is about 3 miles inland from Manly Beach, one of Australia's most high profile surfing beaches. 'The Return of the Mermaids' restoration project has already removed 5 tons of dumped material as well as thousands of noxious weeds. Earth Day 2005 will be marked by volunteer participation from hundreds of community members, to continue the rehabilitation process by unchoking the creek line from exotic water weeds and cleaning up plastic bottles, shopping trolleys, and other discarded junk. CHILE: There will be a huge "Mother Earth" concert for all of the Southern coastal rural communities in Chile. Several activities involving children will lead up to the concert, including tree plantings and writing and drawing contests. The concert will be dedicated to all of the kids and young people of the region, as a symbol of the hope they represent for conserving the environment in the future. SOUTH AFRICA: Organizers in South Africa are involved in a campaign to stop the further expansion of industrial, mono-culture timber plantations. In Johannesburg, a memorandum will be sent urging government officials to abort the planned expansion of a regional pulp mill that annually produces more than 500,000 tons of pulp. IRELAND: 1,000 organic and conventional farmers, hotels, restaurants, pubs, retailers, schools and homes across Ireland are planning to display GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)-free zone signs and simultaneously declare their lands and premises GMO-free at 2pm on Friday 22 April, Earth Day 2005. CANADA: In Quebec and Montreal, Canada there will be a Computer and Cell Phone Collection Day. This campaign/festival will bring together environmental organizations, civic groups, and technical experts, to educate the public about toxic e-waste in Computers and Cell Phones, provide a place for people to bring their old equipment, and MAKE RECYCLING FUN! *** Every Earth Day action is important, no matter whether it you act alone or whether you involve your whole community. Write to us and tell us about your Earth Day plans. We hope to hear from you soon! Thank you for being part of Earth Day Network. Together, who says we can't change the world? Our best wishes, The International Team Earth Day Network We encourage you take full advantage of our various Web site features, from the Whats in Your Water guide to our event data base where you can register your Earth Day events for the entire network of over 12,000 organizations to see. Please feel free to email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have questions, comments or suggestions. If you wish to unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include the following command in the body of your e-mail message: unsubscribe edn-intl-en youremailaddress (For example, unsubscribe edn-intl-en [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/yppolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Indonesian Backpacker Communities visit our website at www.indobackpacker.com "No Spamming or forwarding unrelated messages, you will be banned immediately" untuk bergabung kirim email kosong ke : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indobackpacker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
