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POPSDow Chemical - the human side
On the day that Sunil died, Dow Chemical’s CEO Andrew Liveris visited the UN to deliver a much-publicised speech. Fireboats hired by Dow’s public relations agency jetted huge sprays aloft over the Hudson River as Liveris told the assembled diplomats “Lack of clean water is the single largest cause of disease in the world and more than 4,500 children die each day because of it … We are determined to win a victory over the problem of access to clean water for every person on earth … we need to bring to the fight the kinds of things companies like Dow do best.” Stirring words. But when asked if he would clean up Bhopal, where the drinking wells of 20,000 people have been poisoned by chemicals abandoned by Dow’s subsidiary Union Carbide, causing an epidemic of cancers and hundreds of children to be born malformed and with brain damage, Liveris replied, “We don’t feel this is our responsibility”. Liveris couldn’t be more wrong. Under the “polluter pays” principle enshrined in both Ind
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POPSHunger striking for justice These aren't fit and healthy youngsters, some of the strikers are 70 - fighting for their grandchildren - for clean water after 24 years - for the right to heath care - the right to live on uncontaminated soil and drink clean water - the right to have their nightmare ended. What else can they do?
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POPSTell world leaders to ACT on the food crisis PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION "The head of the UN, Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, will receive our petition at the summit at 9:30AM on Wednesday morning. This is a huge opportunity for our voice to reach our leaders directly, but we need half a million voices heard. Sign the petition below, and watch the video appeal at right from the Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone, one of the world's worst hit nations. "
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POPSWithout your help they have no hope. 75% of all bone marrow donations do NOT require a general anaesthetic. So says 26 year old Adrian Sudbury in his Baldy's Blog. His leukaemia has just returned. If you are aged between 18 and 49 you can help. There's a video on the site showing how easy it is. If you can give blood you can sign up and help save lives.
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POPSNot charity, but justice. The UK has taken the lead in the past, but further and faster debt cancellation is urgently needed. We are calling on the Government to cancel all unpayable and unjust debts owed to it. This must include debts that arose from government-backed commercial loans, known as export credit debts. Other rich countries, companies, and institutions like the World Bank, must also pick up the pace and drop ALL the debt. Please contact your government and tell them to DROP THE DEBT! Thanks
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POPSThe basics about debt The world's poorest countries pay over $100 million every day to the rich world. The UK has cancelled many debts, and been active in calling for further cancellation for the poorest – but it still holds billions in debts from other poor countries.
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POPSDEBT: $88Billion cancelled, $400Billion still to go ... If you're free today - Activities from 12.30 Supporting organisations include: Christian Aid, Islamic Relief, CAFOD, Methodist Relief and Development Fund, Oxfam, World Vision, ActionAid, Practical Action, Tearfund, TUC, UNISON, National Union of Teachers. I can't believe it was 10 years ago. So many promises were made by the G8 leaders and yet there is still so far to go... People in abject poverty while the rich world grabs back thousands of dollars from debts often paid to keep corrupt leaders on the side of the west. What a wonderful world!
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POPSPants to Poverty "I've not been too embarrassed - they're cool pants and it's all for a good cause."
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POPSHow to join the UK Organ Donor Register Make sure your nearest and dearest know your wishes, seems to be an important point - oh and persuade your friends and family to think about the issue - sooner rather than later!
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POPSHow Advertising Manipulates Our “Caveman” Brains (& How to Resist) Fortunately, there are ways to go about PROOFING YOUR BRAIN. 1. Change your mindset to “postmore” by challenging culture’s ingrained assumption that “more” of everything is automatically better. 2. Grow your gratitude. Our poor, starved, frozen ancestors would cry tears of joy if they suddenly landed in our culture of abundance. Fostering our appreciation of this bounty can also block the consumerist “cool” pressure to deride so many of our fine, workable possessions as “so last year”. 3. Be enough. We’re constantly told that we aren’t rich enough, glam enough, cool enough, networked enough, etc. This has a powerful insidious effect on our primitive, socially competitive brain circuits. It’s like a toxic substance that turns rational brains into needy toddlers wanting “more, more, more!
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POPSPURPLE carrots???? I can't believe carrots really used to be purple! And here we are worrying about tiny little modifications like adding calcium!
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POPS48 hours to save the world! Japan, the US & Canada are trying to scupper the UN Climate Change talks in Bali. If you can please sign the Avaaz petition at http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/5.php/?cl=42309867&signup=1 "We call urgently for the US, Canada and Japan to stop blocking serious 2020 targets for emissions reductions, and for the rest of the world to refuse to accept anything less." Thanks
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POPSIt's not fair It just goes to show that maybe if we did do something if would make a difference
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POPSHelp put an end to AIDS Please email the UK government and remind them of their promises. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/actions/world_aids_day.html?ito=2814&itc=0
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POPSStand up against RUBBISH gifts! Do you REALLY want another hideous jumper or Cd you'll never listen to. Choose an Oxfam Unwrapped Gift and change a life! Prices range from £5 for " a little bit of a classroom" to £1700 for a whole classroom, with water, pigs, geese, plants, AIDS prevention, counseling, education and numerous other exciting gifts in between. Say NO to unwanted gifts and help lift people out of poverty
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POPSDo You Know Who I Am? Ah but wait, there's more. With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore "(Expletive) you." Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand in line for that, too." The man retreated as the people in the terminal applauded loudly. Although the flight was canceled and people were late, they were no longer angry at United.
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POPSUK family statistics Families have got smaller - only 1.8 children now, but more 20-24 yr olds still live at home. And more women do the household chores - somethings don't change!
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