Has Everyone Signed The Avaas Petition ?

[jacko32]

"While newspapers and television talk about the lives of celebrities, the chief of the Kayapo tribe received the worst news of his life: Dilma, "The new president of Brazil, has given approval to build a huge hydroelectric plant (the third largest in the world). It is the death sentence for all the people near the river because the dam will flood 400,000 hectares of forest. More than 40,000 Indigenous Indians will have to find another place to live. The natural habitat destruction, deforestation and the disappearance of many species is a fact."
What moves me in my very bowels , making me ashamed of being part of Western culture, is the reaction of the chief of the Kayapo community when he learned of the decision—his gesture of dignity and helplessness before the advance of capitalist progress, modern predatory civilization that does not respect the differences . . .

But we know that a picture is worth a thousand words, showing the reality of the true price of our bourgeois "quality of life".

This is not just a picture of one man crying; It symbolizes the grief of an entire people.

Sign the AVAAZ Petition to stop the dam here: http/www.avaaz.org/en/amazon_under_threat/

Here is the link to "Earth. We are one." Official Facebook page: https/www.facebook.com/pages/Earth-We-are-one/149658285050501

It's time to wake up.


http/www.avaaz.org/en/amazon_under_threat/?cguwQcb

 

[Noahs ark6]

Just signed

 

[Aqua Tom]

Nope

 

[TropicalJuwel]

Signed up.

 

[ShinySideUp]

Only one thing will stop man's encroachment into the wildernesses of this planet and that is the final destruction of man himself. We can sign all the petitions we want, hold all the protests we can think of but in the end only those with money, power and a crass disregard for everyone and everything will continue to hold sway over all things environmental. The little man has no hope of stopping these people, what they want they will take, what they don't want they will disregard -- be it a sweet wrapper or a rain forest.

'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.'

Like it or not, unless you are the richest or most powerful and can REALLY do something to change things, the damage will continue to be done until there is nothing left to destroy.

I know, it's defeatist, but it's the truth.