March 13, 2003
Sacramento - Seeking
alternative voting methods to streamline the electoral process
while saving communities dwindling tax dollars lost under
the new state budget, the Green Party of California endorses
and actively supports AB 1039, the Local Electoral Freedom
bill... Whole
Article
November 2, 2002
Read a Science
News Article scientifically analyzing
various methods of voting. It finds that the one we currently
use in the United States is the weakest system.
"Restoration" can mean returning
an area to the condition that existed before humans intervened
to develop the land, or it can be something as straightforward
as planting a public space with native trees and shrubs. Unfortunately,
our highly developed urban landscape allows few opportunities
to do more than create islands of reclaimed natural habitat.
The good news is that the number of projects is expanding,
the public and our State and local officials are becoming
increasingly aware of the environmental benefits of returning
developed areas to their natural state, and there is a financial
commitment by the people of California to contribute to the
cost of restoring the land. Whole
Article
To volunteer, contact one of these
organizations:
1) Jane Kelly Friends of Strawberry
Creek jandtkelly@igc.org (510) 528-3949
2) Susan Schwartz Friends of Five Creeks - F5creeks@aol.com
(510) 848 9358
3) Friends of Sausal Creek - coordinator@sausalcreek.org (510)
501-FOSC (3672)
4) Friends of Baxter Creek - baxterfriends@hotmail.com
5) Friends of San Pablo Creek contact the Aquatic Outreach
Institute at (510) 231-9566
March 6 is the
first day of the National Coffee Association's Annual Meeting,
at an exclusive resort near Ft Lauderdale, Florida. While
the big Coffee companies meet and plan how to squeeze farmers
to the last drop, Fair Trade coffee activists across the country
will gather at local supermarkets to educate consumers and
get them to contact Folgers to ask for Fair Trade coffee.
Want to help educate
local consumers and help build a groundswell of pressure on
the coffee industry to sell Fair Trade Coffee? Participate
in the National Day of Action for Fair Trade on March 6, 2003!
Contact Valerie or Kate at Global Exchange for materials today
at valerie@globalexchange.org,
415-558-6938
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