Protect The Amazon - Brazil (August 20th) & International Solidarity (August 22nd)
This past weekend so many cities/countries from around the world came together in solidarity to be as one with the Indigenous people, animals, plants of the Amazon!
The Amazon is in dire straits! The Forest Code has been altered after 46 years of protecting the Amazon. Its Criminal to know that the Forest Code was altered to allow a large dam called the Belo Monte to be built and cause so much destruction. It will be the 3rd largest dam in the world and Belo Monte means Beautiful Mountain.
Well this Beautiful Mountain is going to Flood the Beautiful Amazon - 60% of the Amazon is planned to be flooded by this dam. In order to feed this dam they have to construct 68 other dams that will cut off the Xingu River at the point its called "The Big Bend". Within the Big Bend on the Xingu River lives approximately 50,000 indigenous people and over 100,000 different animals and plant species. The river is transportation, food, and home to these people, animals, and a very unique biodiversity that we still do not fully understand.
People have already been killed for this Belo Monte construction plan and this is why we must stand with the Brazilian Indigenous people before the lungs of the earth is drowned by its own rivers of life.
Make your say now!
Consulado-Geral do Brasil em Toronto
77 Bloor Street West, Suite 1109, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1M2
Phone: 416.922.2503 Fax: 416.922.1832 e-mail: info@consbrastoronto.org
ACTIVISTS ARE PEOPLE WHO DEFEND THEIR RIGHT AND OTHER RIGHTS OF ANIMALS AND NATURE! NATIVE BRAZILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED DEFENDING THE RAIN FOREST! WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER WITH THEM FOR THEIR RIGHTS! FOR THE ANIMALS RIGHTS TO THEIR HOME! AND FOR MOTHER EARTH'S RIGHTS! PLEASE READ BELOW AND FOLLOW LINKS TO CREATE YOUR OWN EVENT OR FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU! WE MUST STAND STRONG TOGETHER!
You can help protect the Amazon!
Brazilians are increasingly organizing protests throughout the country. Saturday August 20 will be massive day of action in at least 22 Brazilian cities. Antonia Melo, a key leader of the movement to stop the Belo Monte Dam, has asked people to organize protests around the world on Monday August 22 in front of their local Brazilian Embassy or Consulate.
CONTACT: Bob Timmons - ArtistfortheOcean@gmail.com
Toronto Protest
Monday, August 22 · 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Embassy of Brazil in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
77. Bloor Street West
In Toronto we will be painting our hands RED and placing red war paint on our face to be in solidarity with the Indigenous People!
FREE T-SHirts for Toronto Protest!
Hello My Friends!
Currently we have FREE TEES!
Very nice RED ones that state "I Believe In The Rights of Mother Earth"!
The first 25 people that email me at ArtistfortheOcean@gmail.com will have one set aside for them on August 22nd at 77 Bloor Street West, Toronto at 3pm to 4:30pm.
We have 7 Guaranteed out of the 25 so we sadly still have 18 FREE SHIRTS!!
The Amazon is the lungs of the Earth next to the Ocean! The Amazon is the home to 10's of thousands of animals! About 20,000 Indigenous People will be forced out of their home! A river will no longer run with fish and will never feed the Amazon river ever again! A portion of the Amazon will be flooded by the Belo Monte Dam!
We need to stand with the Indigenous people! With the Animals! With Mother Earth herself! Come join US!! AUGUST 22nd with the rest of the world!!
Please Read the information below - videos and petitions to sign
Over the last two months, Brazilians have witnessed an alarming assault on the Amazon and the people who live there.
The government approved construction of the disastrous Belo Monte Dam, allowing heavy machinery to break ground on the banks of the Xingu River.
The Brazilian Congress is on the verge of approving a major rollback of the Brazilian Forestry Code, already causing a huge spike in deforestation.
Leading forest guardians have been victims of murder and intimidation.
This is one of the defining environmental struggles of our times; the assault on the Amazon must stop! We, the international community, need to stand in solidarity with the growing numbers of Brazilians calling for environmental sanity and respect for human rights in the Amazon. Together, we can make a difference.
The Movement to Defend the Brazilian Amazon is a coalition of various sectors of society, including Brazilian and international NGOs, social movements, human rights activists, environmentalists, students, and many other supporters.
The Belo Monte Dam project is already wreaking havoc in the region, causing large-scale displacement of urban and rural populations, while placing overwhelming strain on social services and sparking a rapid rise in criminality. Work camps are being built, forests are being decimated, and the Xingu River is under imminent threat. The construction of the Belo Monte Dam is an announcement of disaster, but it could be just the beginning. Belo Monte is the first of a major onslaught of planned dams in the Amazon, which will have devastating impacts for the environment, indigenous peoples and other local communities.
The proposed slashing of the Forest Code's ecological protections represents a clash between profit-driven economic interests and those favoring socially and environmentally sustainable development. Opponents of the Code clearly have the upper hand: deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have surged in recent months, in anticipation of the relaxed regulations and amnesty for past illegal logging.
The Belo Monte Dam and the new Forest Code debates coincide with an outrageous rise in murders of the nonviolent activists who have stood in the way of logging and other destructive activities. Threats to indigenous leaders and activists have also risen as the situation in the Amazon becomes increasingly chaotic.
I wanted to share what I found to be a great resource! All the current events from around the world that are supporting September 1st "Celebrate Japan Dolphins Day". Ric O'Barry will be in Japan with other supporters. They will be meeting in Osaka and taking a Bus over to Taiji. This will be a peaceful prayer time for the dolphins that have died and are about to die. Since Taiji has increased their police patrol of 100 officers to be manned 24 hours per day this year will be interesting. Ric states that if the police turn them away from the cove they will leave peacefully.
September 1, 2011 is the start of the Taiji Dolphin Hunt. During the 2010-2011 drive hunt, the Taiji Fisheries Union killed 850 dolphins. An additional 171 were sold into captivity. Let's rally together at Japanese Embassies and Consulates around the globe to share a message of solidarity: JAPAN, LET THE DOLPHINS LIVE & BE FREE!!! ... LIST OF PLANNED EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD: AUSTRALIA: Kozmik Joneshttps://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232618253427823 Sao Paulo, BRAZIL: So Sabrina https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145992098808559 Montreal, CANADA: Joel Bouchard https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188780737848838 Toronto, CANADA: Michael Pennell https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242678459095090 Vancouver, CANADA: Leigh Krentz https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224805460892464 COSTA RICA: Johanna Lemaire https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164997430237890 London, ENGLAND: Adam Filby https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218892691462067 Berlin, GERMANY: Danielle Peixoto https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223598111017188 Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Michaela Stoff https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=247765288569335 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL: Yael Hanna Chitrik https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236400709714889 Milan, ITALY: Rossana Artioli, Tiziana Righetto, Daniela Gatti Cats https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170531543012360 Rome, ITALY: Guido Pietroluongo https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253443811349079 The Hague, NETHERLANDS: Hester Bartels
(Dolphinmotion - info@dolphinmotion.nl) https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216789285029754 SWEDEN: Leif Deutscher https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249417148404564 NEW ZEALAND: Kerry O'Brien https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=229041307129445 United States Events:
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA: Erin Thomas https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225111780863123 Denver, COLORADO: Theresa Hilton https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203218246396666 Washington, DC: Kevin Starbard https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164258293643806 Miami, FLORIDA: Megan Ely https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177441708984594 Atlanta, GEORGIA: Martha Brock & Kay Doyle Carter https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234920596538176 Boston, MASSACHUSETTS: Marianne Lawless Kocher https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225125997527906 Detroit, MICHIGAN: Amanda Faughnan https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237246462960028 Portland, OREGON: Kirsten Massebeau https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198527213530033 Houston, TEXAS: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187991651257851Seattle, WASHINGTON: Kim Talley Koelbel
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146198178796015 Nashville, TENNESSEE: Julie Henry https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142856942465724 PLEASE ONLY RSVP IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE THERE IN-PERSON ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2011.
If you do NOT see an event listed at the Japanese Embassy near you and if you are available to help lead an event, please post on our event wall.
LOCAL EVENT LEADERS:
PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES REGARDING ANY RULES OR PERMITS REQUIRED FOR RALLIES OR PROTESTS. These should be peaceful assemblies.
Here is a list of Japanese Embassies and Consulates worldwide: http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html This event is the culmination of our "Countdown to the Cove". Please be sure to sign-up to participate in the Countdown at: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117567791667078 For more information, please also check-out this website - http://passion-globe.com/#/taiji-2011/4553328985Additional Note: Ric O'Barry & Save Japan Dolphins has declared September 1 as "Celebrate Japan Dolphins Day". We are coordinating our events with them. Their blog provides a number of message points and ideas that you may want to consider as you plan your local event. Please check-out their information at: http://savejapandolphins.org/blog/post/celebrate-japan-dolphins-day http://www.causes.com/causes/623069-celebrate-japan-dolphins-day?recruiter_id=50828039
