Greenpeace Jaguars
Salta, Northwest Argentina
Right now, the sound of bulldozers is thundering in my ears, and I need your help. I can't say too much yet -- the companies destroying the forest in this far off corner of South America will stop me if they can. All I can tell you now is that we're about to launch something new called "the Greenpeace Jaguars" and I'll be counting on your help to have an impact all over the world. All you'll need is a phone and 3 minutes of your time. Nothing more.
I'll be posting updates to http://www.greenpeace.org, and will send you an email when the action starts.
To give you some idea of what I'm up against, an area of forest the size of Germany is in danger. It is disappearing at an unbelievable speed - 20 football pitches an hour. I see it happening day in, day out. Where once there was a forest with people, trees, parrots, monkeys and jaguars, now there's just a bare field -- cut down so multinational corporations can grow more soya for animal feed. I'm not going to let it be destroyed without resisting. And I know I'm not alone!
The campesinos and the Wichies - the indigenous people of this area - are counting on Greenpeace to ensure their cry for help is heard all over the world. Your three minutes of time could collectively stop this madness.
Watch out for my email over the next few days. Until then, thank you for reading this message. I hope I can count on your support.
Emiliano Ezcurra
Forest Campaign Coordinator
Greenpeace Argentina
PS: Please tell your friends and family that the "the Greenpeace Jaguars" will kick off in just a few days. We'll be doing something direct, powerful, and of course peaceful, in the middle of the forest itself.
But in every corner of the globe we hope to have millions of on-line "jaguars". This will be the voice of those of us who aren't prepared to sit with our arms folded, watching our planet being destroyed. Watch out for my email, or go to http://www.greenpeace.org.
Right now, the sound of bulldozers is thundering in my ears, and I need your help. I can't say too much yet -- the companies destroying the forest in this far off corner of South America will stop me if they can. All I can tell you now is that we're about to launch something new called "the Greenpeace Jaguars" and I'll be counting on your help to have an impact all over the world. All you'll need is a phone and 3 minutes of your time. Nothing more.
I'll be posting updates to http://www.greenpeace.org, and will send you an email when the action starts.
To give you some idea of what I'm up against, an area of forest the size of Germany is in danger. It is disappearing at an unbelievable speed - 20 football pitches an hour. I see it happening day in, day out. Where once there was a forest with people, trees, parrots, monkeys and jaguars, now there's just a bare field -- cut down so multinational corporations can grow more soya for animal feed. I'm not going to let it be destroyed without resisting. And I know I'm not alone!
The campesinos and the Wichies - the indigenous people of this area - are counting on Greenpeace to ensure their cry for help is heard all over the world. Your three minutes of time could collectively stop this madness.
Watch out for my email over the next few days. Until then, thank you for reading this message. I hope I can count on your support.
Emiliano Ezcurra
Forest Campaign Coordinator
Greenpeace Argentina
PS: Please tell your friends and family that the "the Greenpeace Jaguars" will kick off in just a few days. We'll be doing something direct, powerful, and of course peaceful, in the middle of the forest itself.
But in every corner of the globe we hope to have millions of on-line "jaguars". This will be the voice of those of us who aren't prepared to sit with our arms folded, watching our planet being destroyed. Watch out for my email, or go to http://www.greenpeace.org.
Starmail - 23. Jul, 08:56
