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> ANNOUNCING -- BIODEVASTATION 2000: > The 4th International Grassroots Gathering on Genetic Engineering: > Resistance and Solutions to the Corporate Monopoly on Power, Food and Life > > *********************************************************************** > Boston, March 24-30, 2000 > Teach-in / Rally and Parade / Nonviolent Direct Actions > > *********************************************************************** > **** Join activists, scientists, farmers, and people from around > **** the world for a week of education, strategy and empowerment. > **** > **** Help build a visible and unified movement against > **** genetic engineering and protest BIO 2000, the largest-ever > **** convention of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. > **** > *********************************************************************** > > MARCH 24-25 - Teach-in / Counter-conference: Explore the effects of genetic > engineering on our health, the environment, farms and society, help create > community-centered solutions, learn and develop organizing and action skills > and more. > > Panel and workshop topics will include: > > * Damaging health effects of genetically engineered foods > * Adverse environmental impacts of genetic engineering > * Demystifying human genetics and medical biotechnology > * Seeds, family farms and the future of organic food > * Biotechnology and corporate globalism > * Biopiracy and patents on life > * Dumping of engineered foods in the "third world" and inner city communities > * Corporate and government agendas for biotechnology > * Resisting corporate control over our food and health > * Corporate campaigns, popular education and direct action strategies > > Featured speakers include Vandana Shiva (RFSTE, India), José Bové > (Confédération Paysanne, France, tentative), Ruth Hubbard (Harvard > University, tentative), Hope Shand (RAFI), Steve Wilson and Jane Akre > (formerly of Fox TV), Jonathan King (MIT), Brian Tokar (Institute for Social > Ecology), Beth Burrows (Edmonds Institute), Charles Margulis (Greenpeace > USA), Martin Shaw (GenetiX Snowball, UK), Jim Thomas (Greenpeace UK), C.R. > Lawn (Fedco Seeds), Martha Crouch (former plant molecular biologist), Stuart > Newman (Council for Responsible Genetics), Orin Langelle (ACERCA) and > numerous artists and performers, including members of the Bread and Puppet > Theater, and the band Seize the Day from London. > > This is the fourth in a series of international grassroots gatherings, which > began in St. Louis in July 1998, and continued with events in New Delhi > (March 1999) and Seattle (May 1999). The conference is organized by > Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, People's Earth Network > and the Institute for Social Ecology, and co-sponsored by the Council for > Responsible Genetics, Greenpeace USA, Native Forest Network, Edmonds > Institute, ACERCA (Action for Community and Ecology in the Rainforests of > Central America) and many others. > > MARCH 26 - Public Rally, Parade and Street Theater: A festival of > resistance against genetic engineering and the BIO convention. > > MARCH 27-30 - Continuing Actions*: A wide variety of nonviolent actions and > festivities will be occurring throughout the week to resist the > Biotechnology Industry Organization convention. > > For more information, please contact: > > Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering > (802) 454-9957, nerage@sover.net > > People's Earth Network > (617) 524-7841, biod2000@jamaicaplain.com > > > * For more information on coordinated direct actions throughout the week, > contact: bio4actions@yahoo.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- DOES SUST-MAR KNOW? Not unless you tell us ... To submit a message about the environment/sustainability in the Maritimes, just send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Messages are prioritised and queued, so please be patient if your message doesn't appear right away.
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