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Send a message of peace to be read at the Sadako Peace Day Ceremony on Aug. 6 in remembrance of 12-year old Sadako who aimed to fold 1,000 cranes to spread peace after being exposed to radiation from the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Read moreFrom: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [Japan] [Activism] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Conflict Resolution] [Nuclear Arms] [Peace]
"Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange
Related: [United States] [South Korea] [Peru] [Panama] [Colombia] [Agriculture] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [Trade] [Environmental Activism] [Geopolitics]
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Anti-pesticide activists are asking for support in their efforts to secure a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ban on lindane, a toxic, bioaccumulative pesticide still allowed in shampoos and lotions used on children.
Read moreFrom: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
Related: [United States] [Children] [Agriculture] [Health] [Activism]
Concerned Americans are adding their voices to a new campaign urging presidential candidates to not only address climate change, but to provide specifics -- including how they plan to help developing nations cope with human-caused climate change.
Read moreFrom: Friends of the Earth International, Oxfam America, Jubilee USA Network, Bay Area International Development Organizations
Related: [United States] [Climate Change] [Politics] [Activism]
Image: Climate change is going to affect the price and availability of food for many people worldwide. © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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From: Oxfam America
Related: [Food] [Poverty]
Help OneWorld partners in the U.S. provide short-term emergency assistance, such as water, food, blankets and personal hygiene kits, and long-term aid to help with reconstruction efforts.
Read moreRelated: [Thailand] [Sri Lanka] [Malaysia] [Indonesia] [India] [Bangladesh] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation]
Turn the Tide is a campaign to educate and mobilize concerned citizens to take action to encourage elected officials to establish policies that will reduce and eliminate the nuclear threat.
Read moreFrom: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [Nuclear Issues]
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