The easyVegan Weekend Activist, No. 11
July 10th, 2009 5:23 pm by Kelly G.Action Alerts: Animal & Environmental Advocacy
Alaska Wilderness League: Urge science in Arctic fishing decision
AVAAZ: Join the call for a strong climate treaty!
Center for Biological Diversity: Help Protect the Grand Canyon From New Uranium Mining
Center for Biological Diversity: Speak Up for a Strong Endangered Species Act Today
Earthjustice: President Obama, Protect America’s Roadless National Forests
Farm Sanctuary: Ask Your Representative to Sign On to End Cruel Combat Training
Farm Sanctuary: Tell the USDA You Want to Know How Animals Are Raised
Farm Sanctuary: Don’t All Egg-Laying Hens Deserve to Stretch Their Wings? [California]
Forest Ethics: Don’t let paper companies get a tax break for destroying forests!
Greenpeace: Petition to President Obama: Be a leader on Global Warming!
Humane Society International (HSI): Visit the Great Bear Rainforest to watch, not kill, bears
Kinship Circle: 7/5/09: UPDATE – Stu Dies July 23. Stop Them. Act Before 7/13/09. (You can also read the alert, with my commentary, here. If you haven’t already, please act today. If you emailed the Board members but have yet to receive a reply, please send a follow-up email.)
Kinship Circle: 7/4/09: Seven Dogs Perish, Trapped Inside Hot Van
Kinship Circle: 7/2/09: Outlaw Dog-Cat Killing Squads In China
National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Help America’s Paper Mills Switch to Cleaner Energy Choices
Ocean Conservancy: The Arctic Can’t Wait — Say NO to Commercial Fishing by July 27th!
Oceana: Help Bring Arctic Protections Across the Finish Line!
PETA: Urge Elgin Officials to Protect Deer From Being Impaled on Fence
PETA: Urge Maryland High-Rise Community to Halt Alleged Use of Cruel Glue Traps!
The Sierra Club: Protect Borderlands from the Border Wall [Click through to the action alert.]
The Sierra Club: Demand a Strong Clean Energy and Climate Bill!
The Sierra Club: Tell the EPA to cut global warming pollution with clean biofuels
The Sierra Club Canada: Budget Needed for Bears in 2010.
VegCooking: Encourage Restaurants to Add More Vegan Options to Their Menus
The Wilderness Society: Restore Conservation Funding for Our National Parks and other Public Lands
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA): Behind the smiles: end the misery of captive dolphins [Open to residents of an EU country, EU applicant country or Switzerland only]
Action Alerts: Human Rights
Council for a Livable World: Support President Obama’s efforts to negotiate a successor to START
Feministe: Cirila Baltazar Cruz and The Plight Of The Unworthy
J Street: Stopping settlements is NOT “ethnic cleansing”
Moms Rising: Fuel up for paid sick days!
No More Guantanamos: Get Involved [A new website]
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Tell President Obama to Make Drastic Nuclear Cuts
Public Campaign Action Fund: Tell Your Representative to Stand Up to Big Money
Public Citizen: Insider Trading: How Congress Can Make Big Bucks at Our Expense
True Majority: A Nuclear Free World
True Majority: Sign to stop the F22
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): President Must Match Actions to Words on Nuclear Weapons
Campaign Updates
Carnivals
Carnival of the Green #187 @ Plant a Tree USA
Contests
Mission: Vegan: July Giveaway [Deadline: July 11]
The PETA Files: ‘Win It’ Wednesday: Devoted Creations Gift Basket [Deadline: July 22]
PETA2: Free Stuff Friday: Skinny Bastard! [Deadline July 17] – I should probably note that I find the whole ‘Skinny Bitch’ franchise problematic (the fat shaming more so than the (seeming) reclamation of the term ‘bitch’), however, I entered the contest nonetheless. I’ve been meaning to read and review Skinny Bitch (particularly since my lil’ sis is a fan), and Skinny Bastard would offer the opportunity for further critique.
Freebies
Move On: Get Your Free Clean Energy Sticker!
Newsletters
American Rivers: The Current, July 2009
Best Friends: eNews, July 9, 2008 – Puppy Cam!
In Defense of Animals (IDA): eNews, July 9, 2009
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA): ParkLines, July 2009
The Sierra Club: Club Currents, July 7, 2009: Volume VII, #26 – Follow the Action Live!
The Sierra Club Canada: SierrAction, July 2009
Vegan Outreach: Enewsletter, July 8, 2009 – How Vegan?
Wildcare: eNewsletter, July 2009
Petitions: Animal & Environmental Advocacy
Prevent a Catastrophic Oil and Gas Accident Off the Coast of New Orleans!
Help California Save Its State Parks
Over 400 Dogs Spared a Life of Unimaginable Suffering
Red Robin needs a vegan burger patty
Remove David Santuomo as a Columbus Firefighter
Sweetie, the dog I found @ the dumpster [Austin, Texas]
APPEAL TO THE EUROPEAN UNION TO PLACE A FULL BAN ON THE FISHING OF BLUEFIN TUNA
Stop the Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji, Japan
Petitions: Human Rights
Demand Paid Sick Days for American Workers
Justice for Guantánamo Detainees
‘Round the Interwebs
Animal Person: A New Use For Those BBQ Tongs
Animal Person: On “Wild Justice”
Animal Rights @ Change .org: Obama’s Nominee for FWS: No Friend to Endangered Species
Animal Rights @ Change .org: U.S. Forest Service, Louisiana Declare “Emergency” to Pander to Hunters
Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA): A Reunion Beyond Belief
ecorazzi: Casey Kasem Made Shaggy From Scooby-Doo Go Vegetarian!
ecorazzi: HSUS Can Now Grant Bachelor’s Degrees In Animal Studies
Invisible Voices: the tiny signs of potential progress
Stewart David @ Mountain XPress: Greenwashed; How local is “locally raised” food? (h/t, Making Hay)
Glenn Greenwald @ Salon: The Obama justice system
Jennie @ That Vegan Girl: Rodeos are no fun for animals
Alicia @ Vegans of Color: ADA Updates It’s Position Paper on Vegetarian/Vegan Diets
Upcoming Events
Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale – Saturday, June 20 through Sunday, June 28, 2009
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
Farm Sanctuary: Walk for Farm Animals – September through October 2009
Puppy Mill Awareness Day – Saturday, September 19, 2009
Ocean Conservancy: International Coastal Cleanup – Saturday, September 19, 2009
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About
“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.)
This link roundup is meant as a jumping-off point for you, the reader, to take further action and learn more about the issues presented here. I link, you decide!
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