[ran-tc-announce] AWESOME Evening News Piece with GREAT Interview from Erik Nielsen!!!!
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Ashley Schaeffer
May 6, 2010, 2:41:31 AM5/6/10
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Check out our very own Erik Nielsen on live evening news!
This evening news report that just went up on Fox 9 is really really great - it ties together a lot of the work we've been jamming on in the past year plus with rad coverage. Watch the first one (there are two on this website).
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/minnesota/palm-oil-protest-cargill-hq-wayzata-may-5-2010.
GO TEAM! You all rock!
Ashley
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Ashley Schaeffer
Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner
707 391-8208 cell
415 659-0530 work
skype: ashley.schaeffer
www.TheProblemWithPalmOil.org
"This extraordinary time when we are globally aware of each other and the multiple dangers that threaten civilization has never happened, not in a thousand years, not in ten thousand years. Each of us is as complex and beautiful as all the stars in the universe. We have done great things and we have gone way off course in terms of honoring creation. Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity’s willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and reconsider." -- Paul Hawken
"Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, or economic changes. In this sense power is not only desirable but necessary in order to implement the demands of love and justice. One of the greatest problems of history is that the concepts of love and power are usually contrasted as polar opposites. Love is identified with a resignation of power and power with a denial of love. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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Subject: Activist Occupy Cargill HQ this morning
They are in jail now...
Activists Occupy Cargill HQ, Shutting Down Business for Cutting Down Rainforest
Nation’s Largest Private Agribusiness Company Under Fire for Rainforest Destruction
Wayzata, Minn. – In the wake of a damning report linking Cargill to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests, activists with Rainforest Action Network occupied the executive offices of the nation’s largest private agribusiness company today. Playing a loud recording of chainsaws cutting down rainforests and holding signs reading “This is the sound of your supply chain,” and “Mr. Page: Rainforest Destruction Stops with You,” five activists locked themselves to the staircase of the Lake Office, blocking the entrance to the company’s executive offices for over two hours. All five activists were arrested.
The protest was accompanied by a dozen demonstrators at the front of Cargill’s Wayzata headquarters, greeting employees as they entered with a sign reading: “Rainforest Destruction Starts with Cargill.”
“Cargill is cutting down irreplaceable rainforests, driving critically endangered animals like the orangutan to the brink of extinction,” said Ashley Schaeffer of Rainforest Action Network, who was one of the arrested activists. “And then, they’re lying about it to their customers and to the American public. We found out what Cargill is doing and we want it stopped, now.”
[cid:D63F543F-AA86-446C-9458-2EB4D2F873D6][cid:7E0EAC5D-7EE5-48E8-B745-727543C2067A][cid:D3C26636-782D-4D66-A068-8291B2086A28]
Cargill, the nation’s largest importer of palm oil, was directly linked to rainforest destruction yesterday in a report released by Rainforest Action Network entitled Cargill’s Problems with Palm Oil: A Burning Threat in Borneo. The report documents systematic failures by Cargill to implement RSPO Principles and Criteria and respect Indonesian law throughout its palm oil supply chain. The report also documents rainforest destruction on two plantations that Cargill owns, but has hidden from the Indonesian government and the RSPO. Over 10,500 hectares of rainforest, and area the size of Walt Disney World has been destroyed since 2005, causing significant conflict with traditional and Indigenous communities.
“CEO Greg Page can stop Cargill from destroying rainforests any time that he chooses, but he wouldn’t even talk to us about it” said Desarae Walker, a local activist who was arrested after xx hours in the Cargill offices. “Orangutans are dying. Cargill needs to stop lying about what they’re doing in Borneo.”
Palm oil is one of the most commonly found ingredients in thousands of consumer products, from soap and lipstick, to breakfast cereal and soymilk. Its use is widespread and increasing around the world, but particularly in the United States, where its consumption has tripled in the last five years. As the nation’s largest importer of palm oil, Cargill supplies the commonly used ingredient to some of the nation’s largest food companies, including General Mills, Nestle, Mars and Kraft, making it likely that almost all Americans have bought Cargill’s palm oil sometime within the last week.
Unfortunately, palm oil has been tightly linked to the destruction of some of the world’s remaining rainforests. Expanding consumption has triggered expanded production, replacing once lush rainforests with palm oil plantations and endangering unique species including orangutans and sun bears.
The full report can be downloaded at: http: www.ran.org/cargillreport<http://www.ran.org/cargillreport>
Free photographs of the activists and protest can be downloaded here: http://rainforestactionnetwork.smugmug.com/Palm-Oil/Minneapolis-Action/12065961_XaYL7
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Rainforest Action Network campaigns to break America’s oil and coal addictions, protect endangered forests and Indigenous rights, and stop destructive investments around the world through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action. For more information, please visit: www.ran.org<http://www.ran.org/>
--
“The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Madeline Gardner
skype: madeline.gardner
(612) 807-0981
This evening news report that just went up on Fox 9 is really really great - it ties together a lot of the work we've been jamming on in the past year plus with rad coverage. Watch the first one (there are two on this website).
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/minnesota/palm-oil-protest-cargill-hq-wayzata-may-5-2010.
GO TEAM! You all rock!
Ashley
--
Ashley Schaeffer
Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner
707 391-8208 cell
415 659-0530 work
skype: ashley.schaeffer
www.TheProblemWithPalmOil.org
"This extraordinary time when we are globally aware of each other and the multiple dangers that threaten civilization has never happened, not in a thousand years, not in ten thousand years. Each of us is as complex and beautiful as all the stars in the universe. We have done great things and we have gone way off course in terms of honoring creation. Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity’s willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and reconsider." -- Paul Hawken
"Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, or economic changes. In this sense power is not only desirable but necessary in order to implement the demands of love and justice. One of the greatest problems of history is that the concepts of love and power are usually contrasted as polar opposites. Love is identified with a resignation of power and power with a denial of love. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
________________________________________
From: ran-twin-cit...@googlegroups.com [ran-twin-cit...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Madeline Gardner [madd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:04 PM
To: ran-twin-cit...@googlegroups.com; ran-twin-cit...@googlegroups.com; karen gardner; Gardner, Annah J.; Jessica; elliot hughes; rob; ty; Maryrose Dolezal; brian hokanson; monke...@gmail.com; Betsy Raasch Gilman
Subject: Activist Occupy Cargill HQ this morning
They are in jail now...
Activists Occupy Cargill HQ, Shutting Down Business for Cutting Down Rainforest
Nation’s Largest Private Agribusiness Company Under Fire for Rainforest Destruction
Wayzata, Minn. – In the wake of a damning report linking Cargill to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests, activists with Rainforest Action Network occupied the executive offices of the nation’s largest private agribusiness company today. Playing a loud recording of chainsaws cutting down rainforests and holding signs reading “This is the sound of your supply chain,” and “Mr. Page: Rainforest Destruction Stops with You,” five activists locked themselves to the staircase of the Lake Office, blocking the entrance to the company’s executive offices for over two hours. All five activists were arrested.
The protest was accompanied by a dozen demonstrators at the front of Cargill’s Wayzata headquarters, greeting employees as they entered with a sign reading: “Rainforest Destruction Starts with Cargill.”
“Cargill is cutting down irreplaceable rainforests, driving critically endangered animals like the orangutan to the brink of extinction,” said Ashley Schaeffer of Rainforest Action Network, who was one of the arrested activists. “And then, they’re lying about it to their customers and to the American public. We found out what Cargill is doing and we want it stopped, now.”
[cid:D63F543F-AA86-446C-9458-2EB4D2F873D6][cid:7E0EAC5D-7EE5-48E8-B745-727543C2067A][cid:D3C26636-782D-4D66-A068-8291B2086A28]
Cargill, the nation’s largest importer of palm oil, was directly linked to rainforest destruction yesterday in a report released by Rainforest Action Network entitled Cargill’s Problems with Palm Oil: A Burning Threat in Borneo. The report documents systematic failures by Cargill to implement RSPO Principles and Criteria and respect Indonesian law throughout its palm oil supply chain. The report also documents rainforest destruction on two plantations that Cargill owns, but has hidden from the Indonesian government and the RSPO. Over 10,500 hectares of rainforest, and area the size of Walt Disney World has been destroyed since 2005, causing significant conflict with traditional and Indigenous communities.
“CEO Greg Page can stop Cargill from destroying rainforests any time that he chooses, but he wouldn’t even talk to us about it” said Desarae Walker, a local activist who was arrested after xx hours in the Cargill offices. “Orangutans are dying. Cargill needs to stop lying about what they’re doing in Borneo.”
Palm oil is one of the most commonly found ingredients in thousands of consumer products, from soap and lipstick, to breakfast cereal and soymilk. Its use is widespread and increasing around the world, but particularly in the United States, where its consumption has tripled in the last five years. As the nation’s largest importer of palm oil, Cargill supplies the commonly used ingredient to some of the nation’s largest food companies, including General Mills, Nestle, Mars and Kraft, making it likely that almost all Americans have bought Cargill’s palm oil sometime within the last week.
Unfortunately, palm oil has been tightly linked to the destruction of some of the world’s remaining rainforests. Expanding consumption has triggered expanded production, replacing once lush rainforests with palm oil plantations and endangering unique species including orangutans and sun bears.
The full report can be downloaded at: http: www.ran.org/cargillreport<http://www.ran.org/cargillreport>
Free photographs of the activists and protest can be downloaded here: http://rainforestactionnetwork.smugmug.com/Palm-Oil/Minneapolis-Action/12065961_XaYL7
###
Rainforest Action Network campaigns to break America’s oil and coal addictions, protect endangered forests and Indigenous rights, and stop destructive investments around the world through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action. For more information, please visit: www.ran.org<http://www.ran.org/>
--
“The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Madeline Gardner
skype: madeline.gardner
(612) 807-0981
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