The easyVegan Weekend Activist, No. 6
June 5th, 2009 5:46 pm by Kelly G.Action Alerts: Animal & Environmental Advocacy
American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS): Congress Must Act to Protect Former Pets from Research
Audubon: Help Save Our Migratory Birds! [The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act]
Born Free USA: Keep Wildlife in the Wild Week — 1st of 5
Born Free USA: Keep Wildlife in the Wild Week — 2nd of 5
Born Free USA: Keep Wildlife in the Wild Week – 3rd of 5
Born Free USA: Keep Wildlife in the Wild Week – 4th of 5
Born Free USA: Keep Wildlife in the Wild Week – 5th of 5
Campaign for America’s Wilderness: Ask Pres. Obama to Reinstate the Roadless Rule
Center for Biological Diversity: Act Now to Protect Oceans From Acidification
DawnWatch: Time Magazine on city’s weekly veg day — June 8 edition
Earthjustice: Tell the White House: Protect Roadless Areas of National Forests [If you don't want to associate yourself with "hunters and anglers," you'll need to edit the sample letter provided.]
Eastern Shore Sanctuary Blog: Regulating Cows [You can view The Daily Show clip referenced in this alert here. By way of warning, it's extremely grating.]
Environmental Defense: Cap Global Warming Pollution Now
Environmental Defense: Support EPA’s Global Warming Endangerment Finding
Farm Sanctuary: Sign the Petition: That’s NOT Natural!
Farm Sanctuary: Don’t All Egg-Laying Hens Deserve to Stretch Their Wings? [California AB 1437]
Greenpeace: Tell top shoe brands to protect the Amazon and the climate [Please edit the sample letter provided to include mention of vegan alternatives to leather and other animal-derived products.]
HSUS: Stop the trophy hunting of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest ahead of the 2010 Olympics
Kinship Circle: 5/29/09: Bullfight Bust Uncovers Cruelty In Los Angeles
League of Conservation Voters (LCV): The EPA Needs to Hear from You
Move On: Tell Congress: Strengthen the clean energy jobs bill
PETA: Slaughterhouses: Where Racehorses Go to Retire
PETA: URGENT: Tell Federal Women’s Prison in Minnesota to Stop Using Glue Traps!
PETA: Ask Washington Group to Bench Cruel ‘Donkey Baseball’ Game
The PEW Environmental Group: Tell the Department of Energy: Improve lighting efficiency standards
Save Our Environment: Tell Your Representative: Act on the Global Warming Bill Today! [Please edit the sample letter provided to include the encouragement of a vegetarian/vegan diet as part of the plan to combat climate change.]
The Sierra Club: Repower America with Renewable Energy
The Sierra Club: Protect Streams and Communities from Hazardous Mining Waste
The Sierra Club: Stop Polluters from Hiding Global Warming Pollution
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Urge Your Representative to Support the American Clean Energy and Security Act [Please include a note about including policies that encourage a vegan/vegetarian diet in any pending legislation!]
United Farm Workers (UFW): Tell EPA to Protect Us from the Toxic Pesticide Endosulfan
The Wilderness Society: Don’t let them kill the climate and energy bill
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA): Protect the whaling ban, protect whales!
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA): Act now to protect sheep from mass cruelty
Action Alerts: Human Rights
Amnesty International: Reopen the Troy Davis Case
AVAAZ .org: Obama: “Stop the Settlements”
Committee for Defense of Human Rights: Free the San Francisco Eight! [Via the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).]
CREDO Action: Two things you can do about the murder of Dr. George Tiller
Feminist Majority Foundation: Send a message for the staff and family of Dr. Tiller
Feministe: In honor of Dr. Tiller (Consider donating to a pro-choice organization.)
Free Press: Put a People-Powered Internet First
Human Rights Campaign (HRC): Thank the NH leaders that supported equality!
Hyde – 30 Years is Enough: PETITION TO REPEAL THE HYDE AMENDMENT
NARAL: Add Your Name and Remember Dr. Tiller
National Organization of Women (NOW): Sign the Pledge for Reproductive Freedom
Planned Parenthood: An Open Letter in Response to the Murder of Dr. Tiller
Planned Parenthood: Health care reform starts with Planned Parenthood
Public Citizen: Tell Congress No More Unfair Trade-Pact Handouts for Bailed Out Banks
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN): Sign Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach’s petition
Campaign Updates
The Wilderness Society: Waxman-Markey Energy and Climate Package Clears Key Hurdle
Carnivals
Carnival of the Green #182 @ Green Building Elements
Contests
The PETA Files: ‘Win It’ Wednesday: Bug Shower Radio [Deadline: June 17, 2009]
PETA’s Veg Living Blog: Win a Gift Basket of Vegan Marshmallows! [Deadline: June 30]
PETA2: Free Stuff Friday: PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook [Deadline: June 12, 2009]
Newsletters
ASPCA: eNews, June 5, 2009 – See Video–Dog Fighting Raid
Best Friends: eNews, June 5, 2009 – Living Life to the Fullest
No Kill Advocacy Center: The No Kill Advocate Issue #3 for 2009
Save the Manatee Club: Paddle Tales, June 2009
The Sierra Club: Club Insider, June 2, 2009 – President Obama Can’t Do It — But You Can
Vegan Outreach: E-Newsletter, June 3, 2009
Petitions: Animal & Environmental Advocacy
Save the Flat-tailed Horned Lizard from Urban Development
Support Conservation and Collaboration in the Tongass
Prosecute Animal Abusers [Country Knolls Golf Course / Fred Porter]
Google, Ban Fur! Stop Advertising Puppy Fur!
Stop the horrendous unnecessary animal testing at Proctor and Gamble!!
Stop Logging Indonesian Rainforest and Endangered Orangutan Habitat
Petitions: Human Rights
Send a Note of Condolence to Dr. Tiller’s Clinic
Boycott of Entercom Radio Stations
‘Round the Interwebs
Animal Person: Slate on Pepper: Stolen for Research (You can read the Slate series here.)
The Boston Globe: Terrorism: the new communism
Feministe: Patients Remember Dr. Tiller
Green is the New Red: 3 Reasons Why Murdering an Abortion Doctor Isn’t Being Called “Terrorism”
HSUS: Having Trouble Affording Your Pet?
Honolulu Advertiser: Podmates aided dying whale in its last days [His. His last days!]
Ryan McReynolds: Anti-Abortion and Animal Rights Terrorists
Kate Harding @ Salon: Protecting abortion providers
Kate Harding @ Salon: Where will women go now?
Glenn Greenwald @ Salon: Obama’s support for the new Graham-Lieberman secrecy law
Melissa McEwan @ Shakesville: I Write Letters
Sociological Images: Consumer Reports Eco-Labeling Website
Striking at the Roots: Chicken Rescuers Share Their Stories
Upcoming Events
American Rivers: National River Cleanup, June 2009
Born Free USA: Keep Wildlife in the Wild Week, Monday, June 1 through Sunday, June 7, 2009
National Pigeon Day – Saturday, June 13, 2009 in New York City
Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale – Saturday, June 20 through Sunday, June 28, 2009
Let It Live – Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28 in Portland, Oregon
Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Chain Off 2009, Saturday, June 27 through Sunday, July 12, 2009
Taking Action for Animals – Friday, July 24 through Monday, July 27, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia
Ocean Conservancy: International Coastal Cleanup, Saturday, September 19, 2009
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“The easyVegan Weekend Activist” is a weekly roundup of animal and environmental advocacy action alerts, campaign updates, carnivals, contests, newsletters, petitions, upcoming events and miscellaneous resources, posted every weekend at easyvegan.info. Follow the links provided in order to learn more and take action!
For the time being, the weekly newsletter-esque format will replace the near-daily link roundups I previously posted under the title “easyVegan Link Sanctuary.” Hopefully, this condensed, once-weekly “newsletter” will free up some time so that I can perform more meaningful blogging. If you have any questions or comments about the new format, please drop me a line in the comments section!
While my primary focus is non-human animals and the environment in which they live, I will cover human rights issues as well, especially as they relate to animal and environmental welfare. (For example, while reproductive rights is typically seen as a feminist or women’s issue, the growing global human population does have environmental consequences. In this vein, access to family planning resources has a tangible impact on the environment – an environment we share with non-human animals.)
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