Action Alerts
06/20/2008
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] |
04/10/2008
"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] Image: © American Friends Service Committee
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03/10/2008
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] |
02/22/2008
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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01/08/2008
As 2008 marks the 60-year anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a group of seasoned humanitarian activists known as The Elders are hoping to collect one billion signatures from across the world, expanding the past precedent that only governments should sign the Universal Declaration.
Read moreFrom: The Elders Related: [Human Rights] [Activism] |
10/05/2007
As October 31 creeps and crawls closer, environmental and humanitarian groups offer a multitude of tips and games that the whole family can enjoy while promoting environmental sustainability and respectable living standards for all.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Children] [Trade] [Environmental Activism] [Culture] Image: © Global Exchange
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08/23/2007
Taking a new and exciting approach to activism, DC-based women for peace are inviting others to stay in their organization’s house and partake in their daily advocacy activities on Capitol Hill.
Read moreFrom: CODEPINK: Women for Peace Related: [United States] [Volunteering] [Activism] [Governance] [Peace] |



