[All] FW: Earth Day 2010: Launching the Green Economy Network

[Susan Koswan]

FYI, from Pauline Richards,

Susan K

 




Dear Polaris Institute TarSandsWatch.org subscriber,

 

Introducing the Green Economy Network

 


A letter from Tony Clarke:

 

Today, April 22, is Earth Day. All over the world, people are celebrating
Earth Day in a myriad of ways, drawing attention to the ecological threats
that plague the planet and what can be done to prevent this disaster. In
Cochabamba Bolivia, for example, following the failure of the climate summit
in Copenhagen last December, over 20,000 people from around the world have
come together to chart a new course for climate justice and Mother Earth in
a three-day assembly organized by the Bolivian government.

Here, in Canada, the Polaris Institute is proud to mark Earth Day 2010 by
co-sponsoring the launch of a new initiative called the Green Economy
Network [GEN]. The GEN is an alliance of most of the country's leading
labour unions, environmental associations and social justice organizations,
uniting around a common cause of building a green economy in Canada. It is
based on the premise that the economic model in this country has to be
fundamentally transformed if Canada is going to measure up to the ecological
challenges of our times, including the threats of climate change and global
warming.

For more information on this newly formed Green Economy Network, check out
the vision statement and initial program activities on the GEN website at
www.greeneconomynet.ca, along with the list of the 20 member organizations
[French version at www.reseaueconomieverte.ca]. As the backgrounder section
of the website notes, the Polaris Institute played a key role as a catalyst
in bringing these unions, enviros, and social justice organizations together
to form this Green Economy Network. We  will continue to make this work a
priority!

Tony Clarke
Director
Polaris Institute

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The Na'vi have come to earth to help fight the "Sky People" (in our case -
"Big Oil") and stop the spread of the dirtiest oil on earth - tar sands oil!

Help the Na'vi spread the word! Watch the AvaTarSands movies at
www.avatarsands.org and urge president Obama to stop the spread of tar sands
oil!

Thanks,

The Polaris Institute tarsandswatch.org campaign team

Joe, Elly, Richard, Tony and Daniel

 

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