Posts tagged: #community activism

May 10: State of Saw Kill Watershed Meeting in Red Hook Brooklyn

Join the Saw Kill Watershed Community to learn more about the health of the Saw Kill and its watershed at the State of the Saw Kill Forum. Participants will learn more about the work the SKWC and local researchers have … Read More

Tell Your Representative: Syngenta’s Chemicals Poison Farmworkers; Help Keep the Hudson River Clean; Submit Your Comments to Say NO to OFFShore Drilling; Tell Zinke Not to Rollback the EPA

Syngenta Herbicide Major Cause of Poisoning in West Africa and Again in Hawaii The most widely used herbicide, also known as Gramoxone (active substance paraquat), produced by Syngenta, causes more poisonings than any other pesticide. New York Times reported that after the chemical … Read More

iEat Green Shares Interview with Lorrie Clevenger

Hi All, Today I had a wonderful conversation with Lorrie Clevenger, who is a long time food activist, co-owner and farmer at Rise and Root Farm in Chester, NY. Lorrie is currently the Development Coordinator for WhyHunger, a non-for profit … Read More

April 20: Rally Against Land Grabbing @TIAA Headquarters in NYC

Join us Thursday from 11:30 to 1PM to rally during our national week of action delivering our petition to the local TIAA headquarters in NYC to demand they stop funding deforestation and grabbing land! Meet at Saint Agnus Church 143 … Read More

Keep Soil in Organics; Protect Natural Ecosystems; Fight the Keystone XL; Demand Investigation of Monsanto

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Keep the Soil in Organics Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Congressman Peter Welch, have called for a moratorium on new hydroponic organic certification.  A letter signed by 45 organizations representing over two million members also called for a … Read More