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Check out the new Endangered Species Day video... |
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“Change is painful but the failure to change is the kiss of
death.”
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Eva Hernandez of Dogwood Alliance speaks with CloudCult's frontman and
head of the non-profit label group, Earthology about how to balance
business with activism.
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GRN is a great organization working to protect the Gulf. Read about the campaign to Save our Cypress forests...
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From Our Friends at Gulf Restoration Network |
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GRN is a great organization working to protect the Gulf. Read about the campaign to Save our Cypress forests...
SUCCESSFUL CYPRESS ACTION AT THE LOWE'S CORPORATE HEAQDQUARTERS
A
quick update from Charlotte, NC for everyone. Yesterday, about 20
activists and I demonstrated outside the Lowe's Corporate Headquarters
with banners and fliers calling on Lowe's to live up to their corporate
environmental policies by no longer selling unsustainable cypress
mulch. We wanted to make sure Lowe's employees knew about the
destruction their company
is causing and feel the pressure to stop! And we decided to have a
little fun with it too by bringing along all the fixins for a crawfish
boil (crawfish and crawfishermen love the cypress swamps). It was a
great success. Check out more photos on flickr.
 There
were newspaper folks, cops, Lowe's security, and lots of Lowe's
employees (unfortunately no one took us up on our offer for free
crawfish). The HQ is a giant compound complete with guard
booth and all, so we were situated at the end of the driveway (on
public property) so that everyone leaving work from Lowe's could see
us. We handed out hundreds of fliers and you couldn't miss our banners.
The message was clear- Lowe's is violating its own corporate rulebook by continuing to sell unsustainable cypress mulch.
A
small group of us attempted to peacefully enter the compound in order
to deliver thousands of petition postcards to Lowe's. Despite representing
thousands of people, from radical students to suburban gardeners, we
were turned away at the gate. I'm determined to deliver them before I
go home though! You can
help get the message directly to Lowe's by picking up your phone and
making a call right now. The phone number and talking points are
available at http://action.healthygulf.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=490.
Many
thanks to Josh and his huge crew from Guilford University for making
the drive. Thanks to John and the UNC-Charlotte Earth Club for
everything (including housing me for the last couple days).And much
appreciation to Shannon for all the great photos! 
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Newsflash
Ad in USA Today Gives The Green Skinny On Office Supply Companies...
These days when every major corporation claims to be environmentally responsible, with office supply companies we can tell you who’s really green and who is just greenwashing.
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