From: "Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>
To: <Ban-GEF@lists.greenbuilder.com>
Subject: B-GE: Biodevastation 2000 - Boston March 24-30 - latest
announcement
Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2000, 10:09 PM
Hello, folks,
I apologize if this is a duplicate of a notice you have already
received. Below is the latest edition of the announcement of Biodevastation
2000, the conference, rally, and direct actions opposed to the genetic
engineering of food and other questionable practices of the biotech
industry. You can find more information and registration materials at the
biodev Web site at http://www.biodev.org.
This notice is being posted on ban-gef, biotech_activists, bio-ipr,
dioxin-l, and environment-l. Please forward to friends and other lists.
If you live in the Boston area and are willing to help organizing for
the conference or rally, we need volunteers for public outreach,
fundraising, logistics, media outreach, housing, food, etc., please send
mail to biod2000@jamaicaplain.com, or call 617-524-7841.
Thanks for your time,
Jon Campbell
for the Biodevastation 2000 Coordinating Committee
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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
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Conference March 24-26, 2000, Northeastern University, Boston
Rally and Parade March 26, 1:00 PM, Copley Square, Boston
Nonviolent Direct Actions March 26-30, Boston (see below)
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**** 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.
****
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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 skills.
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 26-30 - 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 and registration, please refer to the biodev website at
http://www.biodev.org or call or write:
Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
(802) 454-9957, nerage@sover.net
Boston Biodevastation Contact
1-877-9-RESIST, biod2000@jamaicaplain.com
* For more information on coordinated direct actions throughout the week,
contact: bio4actions@yahoo.com
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