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.
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.co
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!!
Bob Timmons
Artist for the Ocean
ArtistfortheOcean@gmail.com
http://www.bobtimmons.org/
http://www.facebook.com/aArtistfortheOcean
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!!
Bob Timmons
Artist for the Ocean
ArtistfortheOcean@gmail.com
http://www.bobtimmons.org/
http://www.facebook.com/aArtistfortheOcean
PETITIONS TO SIGN:
http://amazonwatch.org/tak
Other events:
San Francisco - USA
https://www.facebook.com/e
New York - USA
https://www.facebook.com/e
Berlin - Germany
https://www.facebook.com/e
Toronto - Canada
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233308610041249
Central Square in every city, Pracinha Central de toda City
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=258099850884593Computers, phones, our surroundings...
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150226361716793This action continues till the Belo Monte Dam is off the table.
Embassy of Brazil in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Office : Consulate
Street Address : 77. Bloor Street West, Suite 1109
Postal Address :
ZIP Code : M5S 1 M2
City : Toronto
State : Ontario
Country : Canada
Phone : (+1-416) 9223018
Fax : (+1-416) 9221832
Email : mail@consbrastoronto.org
Website : www.consbrastoronto.org
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.
take action!
Create your own protest here:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2486/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7490&utm_source=Amazon+Watch+Newsletter+and+Updates&utm_campaign=0f58883001-BMD_20110804&utm_medium=email
Background Info
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.
Fact Sheet of the Belo Monte:
http://amazonwatch.org/assets/files/2011-august-belo-monte-dam-fact-sheet.pdf
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.
take action!
Create your own protest here:
http://salsa.democracyinac
Background Info
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.
Fact Sheet of the Belo Monte:
http://amazonwatch.org/ass
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