Interested in Living a More Sustainable Life? Consider becoming a member of The Growing Green Co-op! Member benefits include participation in a state-wide delivery of sustainable goods - biofuels, local produce, organic bulk foods, raw food to go boxes, toxic free house cleaning products, organic linens, eco-friendly body care lines and other "green" products/services will be delivered to co-op members state-wide starting this July that will grow our local economy.
Compulsory vaccination or medication cannot be allowed in a free country where it violates parental rights and allows the school or state to supersede the authority of the parent or, in the case of adults, violates the personal rights of the person being threatened with compulsory medication.
The Fox in the Greenhouse! A grassroots coalition of environmental, religious, and activist groups has launched a campaign to expose the Fox network's skewed and inaccurate coverage of global warming. The campaign, led by the Sierra Club, Brave New Films, and MoveOn.org Civic Action, includes a YouTube video called Fox Attacks: The Environment that exposes Fox's pattern of misinformation, and an online petition. click here for more info
See for yourself what they've been saying on Fox -- it would be funny if it weren't so infuriating. What can you do about it? Plenty, as it turns out. One of Fox's major advertisers, Home Depot, is a company that says it cares about the environment. That's why we're petitioning them to pull their ads.
Voice Your Choice in the Corporate Hall of Shame 2007! Which of these corporations are the most abusive, manipulative and harmful? You decide.
Vote for the three nominees that deserve to be inducted this year-or use your votes to write in another corporate candidate. You can even post comments about why these corporations should be inducted. We'll announce the three new inductees in June, so check back then, but vote now and spread the word to other voters.Read the story behind the nominees...
Coca-Cola, for draining local water supplies in drought prone areas in India, allowing harassment of workers fighting for labor rights in Colombia, undermining public confidence in local water utilities, and falsely promoting itself as a socially responsible corporation. ------------------------------------------------------ ExxonMobil, for refusing to pay $4.5 billion in damages from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and spending millions to delay action on global warming, including funding "junk science" to confuse the issue. ------------------------------------------------------ Ford, for awful fuel efficiency and pollution ratings, blocking government efforts to improve auto emissions, thwarting efforts by workers to unionize, and paying its CEO $28 million (for only four months of work) as they plan to cut 30,000 jobs. ------------------------------------------------------ Halliburton, the nation's leading war profiteer, for grossly under-delivering-and shortchanging our troops-on more than $20 billion in lucrative government contracts and for planning to move its headquarters to Dubai, enabling them to shirk paying their full share of U.S. taxes. ------------------------------------------------------ Kimberly-Clark, for using the same tree fiber suppliers - after years of denial - for its tissues that have contributed to the destruction of the world's remaining ancient forests in North America. -----------------------------------------------------
Merck, for keeping Vioxx on the shelves for four years after learning that the pain medication was causing heart attacks, heavy-handed political tactics, and fighting government efforts in Thailand to allow generic versions of AIDS medications. ----------------------------------------------------- Nestl , for numerous abuses - including use of child labor on cocoa farms, skirting responsibility for its role in the obesity epidemic, and draining community water supplies for its bottled water products such as Poland Springs! ------------------------------------------------------ Wal-Mart, for failing to support its workers, who live close to the poverty line and often are not covered by the corporation's health plan, for displacing local businesses and for massive claims of sexual discrimination.
Place your VOTE and find out more at: www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/campaign/hallofshame2007
