Dear Gay and Friends--The Tompkins County Legislature passed a pesticide use reduction law in 2015; see attached. This only applies to County operations, but its general adaptation is recommended to the public at large. Tom
On 7/6/2017 1:36 PM, Gay Nicholson wrote: > This reminds me of something I wanted to ask list subscribers: > > Does anyone know if the City, County, or any Town governments have > adopted policies to ban the use of glyphosate or 2,4-D on local parks > and taxpayer-owned properties? > > > > -------------------------------------- > Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. > President > Sustainable Tompkins > 309 N. Aurora St. > Ithaca, NY 14850 > www.sustainabletompkins.org <http://www.sustainabletompkins.org> > 607-533-7312 (home office) > 607-220-8991 (cell) > 607-272-1720 (ST office) > > g...@sustainabletompkins.org <mailto:g...@sustainabletompkins.org> > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Tony Del Plato > <tonydelpl...@gmail.com <mailto:tonydelpl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Organic Consumers Association* > <ronniecumm...@organicconsumers.org > <mailto:ronniecumm...@organicconsumers.org>> > Date: Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:41 PM > Subject: July 7: A Big Day for Monsanto Activists > To: tonydelpl...@gmail.com <mailto:tonydelpl...@gmail.com> > > > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=O%2FJX7Zk1rctrigfYDgQqvJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1XJTQfcPgBEJrzmTybX2tpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2Fqj24z3mPkGyb0%2FnGFcKJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > > Subscribe & Read Past Issues > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VTgSvupiM8mnCdzSa2dLfJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > | OCA Homepage > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Lo5I3pbgQYMugcm8M3kTHBi0t%2FiNvC5U> > | Donate > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ka4R9Zh5mYy9HGwQJTZgaJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > | > View on Web > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2B5lAw4SY8%2Fqg48qBgHAx5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7a3MNAVMDKs0e2TzVEyVLJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4H9hkfK9AjK%2FOBqD%2Fg1pIJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=Celebrate%21&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/celebrate> > TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK > > > Celebrate! > > WIN scrabble tiles > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2cNNLLuen2QoB49N57mUGJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > On July 7 (2017), California will add > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8PA0UzdFId1RZBjIfK86Y5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, to > the state’s list of chemicals and substances known to cause cancer. > > Before we dive into the weeds in terms of what the listing does > and doesn’t mean, and may or may not lead to, let’s take a moment > to recognize that this is a landmark decision in the ongoing > battle against Monsanto’s flagship weedkiller. > > Every activist who has engaged in this fight deserves to take a > moment to bask in this victory. > > *It’s not everything we need, or everything we want—but > California’s decision, upheld > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=n3BGqjf3OlDA3Q9WQm5hTZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > by the courts, represents a major step forward in a decades-long > fight to expose the truth about Roundup and protect the public > from its cancer-causing effects.* > > The full impact of the decision remains to be seen. How much > glyphosate will need to be present before a product is required to > carry a warning? How many foods will exceed the glyphosate residue > limits set by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard > Assessment (OEHHA)? > > *Will Monsanto find a way to keep those warnings off all labels? > Including foods and weedkillers?* > > Time will tell. And activists will need to remain vigilant. > > *But today, it’s celebration time.* > > *Read OCA’s blog post: 'California to Warn Consumers About > Monsanto’s Glyphosate—But How Much and How Soon?' > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u%2BdmOF2Krxgb22Ez7hHMrpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > * > > > > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d6t4vgjsZKasBnx5ZBfTGJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3VPMFvVNi%2FKHwoD9l8nU%2FpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=Round+It+Up%21&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/round-it> > ACTION ALERT > > > Round It Up! > > Cowboy silhouette with a lasso rounding up Roundup > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fJlQm8FMwAZMTZxiGRaGWpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > What better way to celebrate California's addition of glyphosate > to its Prop 65 listing > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=V4areVFLcl6begySgflhgJYOy%2FNzUvCY>of > chemicals "known to cause cancer" than to get rid of Roundup in > your own community. > > Moms Across America chose to designate July 7 as National Return > Roundup Day. The idea was triggered in part by Linda Mulligan, a > New Hampshire high school teacher who teaches > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=84hq1BBqY7kWwBJrejEHaJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > a "Random Act of Kindness" class. Students are required to come up > with a random act of kindness for each day of the week. On one of > those days, the students went into barns and garages, gathered up > containers of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, and took them back to > their local hardware stores. > > *National Return Roundup Day is a great idea—but why limit it to > one day? And why stop there? There are countless ways to > #ResistGlyphosate, beginning in your own community. Here's how to > get started:* > > 1. *Join > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t60fErFLG5szt5UUMpd0RZYOy%2FNzUvCY>a > local #Resist & #Regenerate Meetup,* or start a new one, > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8CgORE0FMARc3mV6h2J3vpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > to connect with neighbors interested in starting a local > #ResistGlyphosate action team. > 2. *Roundup the Roundup!* Start with Roundup containers in your > own garage. Return them to your local retailer. While you're > at it, round up any unused and/or open containers of other > lawncare poisons, including neonicotinoids and 2,4-D. > 3. *Boycott > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PmWuu%2BDy4GO5UZPpmtHUoJYOy%2FNzUvCY>all > Scotts Miracle-Gro products*, even the organic ones. Scotts is > the exclusive distributor of Roundup to retail stores in North > America, most of Europe and parts of Latin America. > 4. *Download this leaflet > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DdWhM5%2FL%2BvyZvOvW73TF2JYOy%2FNzUvCY> > *and take it to your local retailers. Ask them to stop selling > Roundup. Who sells Roundup to consumers? Amazon, Costco, Home > Deop, Lowe's, Walmart, Ace True Value, some grocery chains, > and local independent hardware stores. > 5. *Ask your Park and School Boards* to stop using Roundup and > other chemicals. > > *Need suggestions? Inspiration? Resources? Try these:* > > * Watch this webinar > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cts%2FxCWgt2uNeqzWF6xMvpYOy%2FNzUvCY>, > from the Institute for Responsible Technology, on how to > organize in your community to resist pesticides. > * Check out the Beyond Pesticides map of communities > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RGMsDHa0Kz%2BFhmTC4jwR7Bi0t%2FiNvC5U> > that have banned pesticides for model legislation and helpful > tips. > * Download Beyond Pesticides' resource guide > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=okjdARPAqq6sB4Chz9EuSZYOy%2FNzUvCY>for > organizers. > > > *Getting warning labels on Roundup sold in California is a great > step in the right direction. What's even better? Getting Roundup > out of retail stores, and out of our communities, including parks > and playgrounds. * > > We can do it, if we organize. Just ask Kathleen Hallal, California > activist, mom, and founder of Non Toxic Irvine. Hallal and other > concerned citizens convinced Irvine, Calif. city council to adopt > an "organics-first policy" to control weeds and pests. *Read > Hallal's inspiring story > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5iQPERAY7iUK%2BMjqx8aG3pYOy%2FNzUvCY>—then > write your own!* > > *TAKE ACTION: Tell Amazon, Costco, Home Depot and Walmart: Stop > Selling Monsanto’s Roundup! > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=N732mATY5knIJvP6i6fBsZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > * > > *TAKE ACTION: Tell Scotts Miracle Gro You're Boycotting all > Miracle Gro products until Scotts stops distributing Roundup!* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K1jfFdnoOhSrqr9Vzm8nLxi0t%2FiNvC5U> > > *Watch the ‘Return Roundup Day!’ video* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eEEHsooPNv%2BJiCNTSop%2F45YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > *Download the ‘Get Roundup Out of Retail’ leaflet > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WhffxypFzIW%2BwLDdK0fo8JYOy%2FNzUvCY>* > > > > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lmMkzHg6%2BOG49m506ofzKZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=R3Z%2F%2FRVaagxrWOxN56%2BBZ5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=Do+Not+Pass+Go&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/do-not-pass-go> > IN OTHER NEWS > > > Do Not Pass Go > > Two eggs in jail > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lEdEFAbaIZQLArIbGuCmE5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > "Given the defendants' careless oversight and repeated violations > of safety standards, there is an increased likelihood that these > offenses, or offenses like these, could happen again. The > punishment will also serve to effectively deter against the > marketing of unsafe foods and widespread harm to public health by > similarly situated corporate officials and other executives in the > industry." - U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett, upon sentencing > Jack and Peter DeCoster, owners of Quality Egg, for causing a > lethal salmonella outbreak > > A couple of rotten eggs finally got their due. Well, sort of. > > *Martha Rosenberg reports on how after 33 years of labor, > environmental, immigration, animal rights and food safety > violations, two rotten eggs—Jack and Peter DeCoster—were finally > ordered to jail for their role in a 2010 outbreak of salmonella > poisoning.* The reckoning was a long time coming, considering that > as far back as 1982, at least one person had died from > salmonella-infected eggs sold by the DeCoster-owned Quality Egg > company. And in 1987, nine people died after eating DeCoster eggs, > and 500 were sickened. > > *The DeCosters were each sentenced to three months in jail.* > Predictably, industry groups like National Association of > Manufacturers and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of > America (whose products are central to factory farming) called the > sentences “unfair”—even though *the DeCosters**admitted that > Quality Egg workers knowingly shipped eggs with false processing > and expiration dates to fool state regulators and retail customers > about their age and bribed a U.S. Department of Agriculture > inspector at least twice to approve sales of poor-quality eggs.* > > This whole sordid mess reminds us of why we are committed to > bringing down > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c7vSH04q9FRmNII3hQa5hZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > factory farms, promoting alternatives (like regenerative poultry > systems > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2p6lBf65rYWCgVNUEMCLRJYOy%2FNzUvCY>) > and keeping the purveyors of “organic” and “pasture-raised” eggs > honest (see our lawsuit > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8lL42FgzjG0V1cxGfGrGp5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > against Handsome Brook Farms). > > *Read ‘Rotten Eggs Jack and Peter DeCoster Headed to > Jail—Finally’* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EAHy7yA%2FSOjiodN%2F0VZAwJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > > > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qSrfNXcFPhlIMqWCbZchlJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VwmHfdiqxfrtB4v5qXpRUhi0t%2FiNvC5U> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=Stayin%27+Alive&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/stayin-alive> > SUPPORT THE OCA & OCF > > > Stayin' Alive > > Silhouette doing disco > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Zn7eD46Tzhm2F8JkeEXuTZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > Between 2012-2016, Monsanto and Big Food spent several hundred > million dollars to keep labels off foods that contain GMOs. > Industry’s biggest victory was the preemption of Vermont’s GMO > labeling law with a bogus federal law that will result in exactly > what they wanted: no labels. > > Financially, the grassroots labeling and anti-GMO movement > couldn’t compete. > > *But we are still very much alive.* > > So alive, in fact, that Monsanto is facing hundreds of lawsuits > for failing to warn people that its Roundup herbicide causes > non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and several lawsuits demanding label > changes on Roundup sold to consumers. > > So alive, that an international tribunal publicly condemned > Monsanto’s actions, paving the way for legal action on a global scale. > > So alive, that California says the state will require Monsanto to > place warning labels on anything, including herbicides and food, > that contain glyphosate. > > *As the saying goes, we may not get everything we work for—but > we’ll work for everything we get.* > > Monsanto’s commodity crops prop up a filthy, inhumane factory farm > industry. > > Monsanto’s poisons pollute and kill, the environment and the > people who come in contact with them. > > *Increasingly, as those poisons invade our food, degrade our soils > and seep into our drinking water supplies, we are /all/ > exposed—which just makes us all the more determined to rid the > world of Roundup and Roundup-Ready crops.* > > Your generous support helps keep the fight alive. Thank you. > > *Donate to the Organic Consumers Association > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KYzbLUQEn34yOTyQbGBHRZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > /(tax-deductible, helps support our work on behalf of organic > standards, fair trade and public education)/* > > *Donate to Organic Consumers Fund > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MolnZcY%2Bylobq8yO4E%2Fl4ZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > /(non-tax-deductible, but necessary for our legislative efforts)/* > > *Support OCA's Regeneration International Project > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=w%2FMQxfiwXtd%2FXNt0HaoBXJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > /(tax-deductible, helps support our work on behalf of organic, > regenerative agriculture and climate change)/* > > > > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Z9N5PZbSw04OqO8joE6rCpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ftq6JIODRI97SLOfbEivm5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=It%27s+Unanimous&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/its-unanimous> > VIDEO OF THE WEEK > > > It's Unanimous > > RI's Oliver Gardner, reports from the Desertif'actions > International Summit on Land and Climate in Strasbourg, France. > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9V8upBr7IczYQ0VlddgISJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > Regeneration. What does it mean? > > Chemical-free. No monocultures. Empowering women and indigenous > farmers. No chemicals. Plant trees to nourish the soil. Use > organic manure. And . . . no chemicals! > > *Last month, Regeneration International’s roving reporter, Oliver > Gardner, reported from the Desertif'actions > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0ur4hI3dDgFtC6JTEsqPIxi0t%2FiNvC5U> > International Summit on Land and Climate in Strasbourg, France. > Oliver asked farmers from around the world what the term > “regeneration” means to them.* > > The most oft-repeated phrase? “No chemicals.” > > *Oliver also recently attended the 5th Plenary of the U.N. Food & > Agriculture Association’s Global Soil Partnership in Rome, Italy, > where he interviewed scientists and farmers about the latest soil > health initiatives.* > > *Watch Oliver’s interview with farmers > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZKHi2aHkAxtFjNl6yvKIxJYOy%2FNzUvCY>* > > *Watch more of Oliver’s Desertif'actions interviews > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rWMbuN7Aj7tn2jPAleqnJ5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > * > > *Watch more RI interviews > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qf%2B0maRzXuzO9a%2FJdCP9wpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > * > > *Follow RI on Facebook* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B895u7ZO1n0ZulYm4%2FYQe5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > *Follow RI on Twitter* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ldaPtj%2BMPjD%2FDsfXDt6UrJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > *Subscribe to RI’s YouTube Channel* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=riVdJzNcZ93RNUILGsTuA5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > *Subscribe to RI’s monthly newsletter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BDE4z4n4JhLVKpWTV4YUmZYOy%2FNzUvCY> > * > > *Support OCA's Regeneration International Project > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4E0srVeAfPoIIwsQPFkebpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > (tax-deductible, helps support our work on behalf of organic, > regenerative agriculture and climate change)* > > > > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hMK0EPqItTzKBvfJWN8om5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=L1GwusJ8NIaVs2ezPK0Re5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=Final+Nail?&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/final-nail> > NEW STUDY > > > Final Nail? > > A hammer pounding in a nail > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sFyz6frFUDllUeSs6RRXvpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > What happened when the two biggest makers of bee-killing > pesticides commissioned a $3.5-million study on the impact of > neonicotinoid pesticides on bees? > > *The scientists concluded that neonics do indeed harm bee > populations. The companies (Bayer CropScience and Syngenta) that > funded the largest ever field trial of its kind turned around and > called the conclusions “unfair.”* > > Bee researcher David Goulson told Sustainable Pulse that despite > industry’s reaction to the results, he had to give them a “10 out > of 10 for effort:” > > “The study is well designed, well replicated, well > funded—ironically by industry who won’t be best pleased. But the > results tally with what has gone before. It’s reached a point > where it’s just not plausible to keep denying these things harm > bees in realistic studies. I’d say it’s the final nail in the coffin.” > > The study specifically found that exposure to neonicotinoids > reduces honeybees’ ability to survive their winter hibernation, > say researchers. > > *France is moving forward with a countrywide ban > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JVR0a9DXSkD%2FVFD6XAR%2FepYOy%2FNzUvCY> > on neonics, effective 2018. While here in the good old United > Corporations of America, the pesticide lobby still rules.* > > *Read the Sustainable Pulse’s report on the study* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jCh4WBzqeuG46tMsoyqfS5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > *Download the study published in Science magazine* > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vbQu27zi78Oqid%2F9CwSGY5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > > > > > Share on Facebook > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qSrfNXcFPhmHGnyIDVT9gpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Share on Twitter > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8OTCv94LfpPbGhBHYzNUiJYOy%2FNzUvCY> > Email the OCA > > <mailto:?subject=Travel+Time%21&body=https://www.organicconsumers.org/newsletter/organic-bytes-554-july-7-big-day-monsanto-activists/travel-time> > ECO TOUR > > > Travel Time! > > Two women holding vegetables at the Via Organica Farm > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3VPMFvVNi%2FJHqrvrKCMIEpYOy%2FNzUvCY> > > Join fellow adventurers, nature-enthusiasts, gardeners and organic > activists for an 8-day eco-tour in the central highlands of > Mexico. Stay at Vía Orgánica’s educational farm, where you’ll > learn about the latest in organic regenerative farming and > ranching. (Vía Orgánica is a project > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nDMfTSBt6kFdB%2B6az7X6q5YOy%2FNzUvCY> > of OCA). > > *The Vía Orgánica eco tours also include tours to San Miguel de > Allende and other World Heritage sites, trail rides and nature > walks, horseback riding, and organic farming and cooking > workshops*. It’s the perfect combination of international travel, > adventure and learning. > > Our next two eco tours are planned around these two cultural events: > > *Day of the Dead Tour (October 30- November 5, 2017): $1,250 / > person. *Experience the cultural phenomenon of Día de los Muertos > —Day of the Dead— one of Mexico’s most important cultural events, > a traditional celebration in which the living remember and honor > their departed relatives with festivals and lively celebrations. > > *Monarch Butterfly Tour (February 15-22, 2018): $1,500 / person. > *Witness the astounding natural phenomenon of the annual migration > of the Monarch Butterfly, one of the great spectacles of Mexico’s > central highlands! We’ll go on a 3-day trip to the state of > Michoacán to visit a Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, located within > Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. > > *Download a registration form: *PDF > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZioXeksMa7rWM0INYstCaZYOy%2FNzUvCY>*/ > *Word > > <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=54Pm2SJ4MS9Rr6m%2F1nYr95YOy%2FNzUvCY> > > *Questions? 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