<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Lulu & Eleanor,<div><br></div><div>The potential harm from accelerating GMO is too great to keep using words and tears only. Specific actions in the fields, in the streets, in the GMO criminal's offices, in the legislatures, in the courts, ... IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THE SAKE OF LIFE ON EARTH. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe we could associate with Greenpeace Canada's anti-GMO efforts, <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/ge/">http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/ge/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps the more aggressive spirit of Earth First's approach (<a href="http://www.earthfirst.org/about.htm">http://www.earthfirst.org/about.htm</a>) should be considered!!</div><div><br></div><div>The Sea Shepherd Society uses the UN's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><p style="display: inline !important; ">World Charter for Nature (1982) </p></b></span>as a guide for direct action (<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/who-we-are/mandate.html">http://www.seashepherd.org/who-we-are/mandate.html</a>). Maybe we should be so influenced ourselves.</div><div><br></div><div>While being an umbrella environmental can be useful to our community, perhaps we need to do much more such as being an initiator of local Greenpeace Canada &/or EarthFirst chapters?</div><div><br></div><div>And please, no whimpy responses especially from those only superficially committed to the Environment.</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>On 22-Jan-11, at 4:46 PM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 1/22/11, Eleanor Grant <i><<a href="mailto:eleanor7000@gmail.com">eleanor7000@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div id="yiv223195819"><br>Please forward, from Canadian Biotechnology Action Network.<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cban.ca/Events">http://www.cban.ca/Events</a> <br><br><br>Note that at the top of this window, there is a menu "Take Action / Events".<br> <br>The events page is open. By clicking on "Take Action" you can sign the petition to MPs to support Bill C-474 on GM seeds, if you have not already done so. The Bill will be debated in the Commons on Feb. 8.<br> <br>Eleanor Grant<br><br> </div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br>http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>