4/18: Forest Defense Meeting & 4/23: J. Crew Protest
Take Action to Defend Forests!
Forest Defense Meeting
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 7-9 PM
Gymnasium @ Judson Memorial Church, 243 Thompson Street between West 3rd Street and Washington Square South, Manhattan, NYC
Learn why forests matter, the threats they face, & how to save them.
And help plan upcoming actions! See below for details.
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:
Protest at J. Crews's Corporate Office to Evict Them from Canadian Boreal Forests
Monday, April 23, 2007, Noon
770 Broadway @ 9th Street, Manhattan, NYC
Protest J. Crew as part of the national days of protest (April 21 & 23) against the use of paper from endangered forests for catalogs !
Meeting Details:
This will be both an informational event AND an action planning meeting-- an ideal introduction for people who want to DO SOMETHING to protect the environment. Much of the meeting will be devoted to planning for our April 23 protest at J. Crew's corporate office as part of the national day of action against forest destruction for catalogs. We recommend that people read the people read the toolkit prepared for this day of action at http://tinyurl.com/23rsmq in advance of the meeting. However, if you don't have time to read it, don't hesitate to come anyway-- we'll cover the basics to make sure everyone is filled in!
Presenters will include:
Canada's Endangered Boreal Forests and the Catalogs Campaign (Adam Weissman, Wetlands Activism Collective)
Southeast Asian Rainforest Destruction for Nyatoh Outdoor Furniture (Tim Keating, Rainforest Relief)
Peru Free Trade Agreement --Rainforests at Risk (Jim Mays, Trade and Human Rights Liason, The Sierra Club)
Shifting the Comic Book Industry to Recycled Paper (Wendy Scher, Wetlands Activism Collective)
Forest Defense Meeting
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 7-9 PM
Gymnasium @ Judson Memorial Church, 243 Thompson Street between West 3rd Street and Washington Square South, Manhattan, NYC
Learn why forests matter, the threats they face, & how to save them.
And help plan upcoming actions! See below for details.
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:
Protest at J. Crews's Corporate Office to Evict Them from Canadian Boreal Forests
Monday, April 23, 2007, Noon
770 Broadway @ 9th Street, Manhattan, NYC
Protest J. Crew as part of the national days of protest (April 21 & 23) against the use of paper from endangered forests for catalogs !
Meeting Details:
This will be both an informational event AND an action planning meeting-- an ideal introduction for people who want to DO SOMETHING to protect the environment. Much of the meeting will be devoted to planning for our April 23 protest at J. Crew's corporate office as part of the national day of action against forest destruction for catalogs. We recommend that people read the people read the toolkit prepared for this day of action at http://tinyurl.com/23rsmq in advance of the meeting. However, if you don't have time to read it, don't hesitate to come anyway-- we'll cover the basics to make sure everyone is filled in!
Presenters will include:
Canada's Endangered Boreal Forests and the Catalogs Campaign (Adam Weissman, Wetlands Activism Collective)
Southeast Asian Rainforest Destruction for Nyatoh Outdoor Furniture (Tim Keating, Rainforest Relief)
Peru Free Trade Agreement --Rainforests at Risk (Jim Mays, Trade and Human Rights Liason, The Sierra Club)
Shifting the Comic Book Industry to Recycled Paper (Wendy Scher, Wetlands Activism Collective)