Activism

 
The mission of the American Land’s Alliance is to protect and restore America’s forest ecosystems by providing national leadership, coordination, and capacity building for the forest conservation movement. go here

Oceana is the largest international organization focusing 100 percent on ocean conservation. If was formed after a 1999 study discovered that less than ½ of one percent of all resources spent by environmental nonprofit groups in the United States went to ocean advocacy. Campaigns are designed to achieve measurable change through fact-based campaigns with fixed deadlines and articulated goals. go here
 

Fluoride:  More than 2,000 medical and environmental health professionals have recently signed an online petition to end to water fluoridation worldwide. The Fluoride Action Network has the science exposing the horrible hazards of fluoride, including the toxic effects to your thyroid. go here

 
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us to create a more sustainable world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and may change the way you look your stuff forever. go here
 
Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of 480 organizations in more than 50 countries, working to transform the health care sector so it is no longer a source of harm to people and the environment. go here
 
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a national coalition of nonprofit health and environmental organizations. The collective goal is to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health concerns in personal health products and replace them with safer alternatives. go here
 
 

Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Victims experience a loss of freedom and exploitation at the hands of their traffickers who buy and sell them in pursuit of profit. As a result, human trafficking is commonly known as modern-day slavery. The Polaris Project Action Center is the place where you can do something about it. Act now. go here

Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,744 groups across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.

It’s about reuse — and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free. go here
 
Magazines seem to have a variety of fates, but most go into the trash. Rather than tossing those barely read mags,

here are a few suggestions for ways to re-use them:

• Ask teachers if they need them for school projects
• Send a stack to Service men and women

• Shred and use as filler for mailing packages
• Donate them to a homeless shelter, women’s shelter, senior center or orphanage
• Cut out favorite images for a Vision Board

 
Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, a not-for-profit, is a world-leading source of data, expertise and tools for designing buildings with the environment in mind. From its Canadian offices, and through its US affiliate, Athena Institute International undertakes and directs various activities that factor environmental considerations into the design process of buildings, from the conceptual stage onward. go here
 

 
The Keep A Breast Foundation has launched a series benefits exhibiting one-of-a-kind plaster forms of the female torso, customized by artists and auctioned to raise awareness about breast cancer in young women by supporting thermography for early screening. Combining sculpture, philanthropy, and symbolic artistry, they are making an impact.
 
The organization, a 501(c)(3) has held fundraising events across the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. Support this group with a tax-deductible contributions.  go here
 

“V for Vendetta” – I am not much of a “movie person” but I have watched this movie at least 10 times, and every time, I “see” the message more clearly. If there was ever a fictional movie that demonstrates the non-fiction of what is happening right now, this is it. This trailer doesn’t do it justice; get the movie. Get it ab Blockbuster, Netflicks, etc. Watch at at least twice and let it sink in, especially the sections about the “release of viruses….on our children.”
 
Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, peace officers, and veterans who have sworn an oath to “support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic” … and they meant it. They are unwilling to obey unlawful orders given by politicians. watch  For Oath Keepers info go here
 
The 2006 Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREPA)
authorizes the Sec of HHS to declare complete immunity from law suits (except in the event of willful misconduct) for claims of injury or death caused by a drug or vaccine used during a declaired public health emergency.