Protestin San Diego

Beyond Biodevestation, San Diego, 2001

Hello all you wonderful people!

If anyone is able to attend this demonstration, it will be well worth the effort. For all you environmental activists out there, here's something to stand up and be counted for! I am organizing buses to go to San Diego from San francisco, or if you want to orgainze a bus in your community, I will be glad to help!! Just call the number below, or you can call me at 415-826-4299. Lets make a difference!

Peace and Love, Danielle LaVigna

A Call To Action

Buses are being organized from communities throughout California to attend what promises to be the largest public teach-in and public protest against the genetic engineering of our food, bodies and environment by the same chemical companies that brought us DDT, PCBs and Agent Orange. See below for details.

If you would like to attend the teach-in and join a bus or carpool in your community, please call 415-981-6205 x 383 or check out www.biodev.org.

 END CORPORATE CONTROL! 
 END PATENTS ON LIFE! 
 END GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD!

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 22-27, 2001

Come join thousands of activists, scientists, and farmers from around the world for a week of education, strategy and empowerment. Be part of the growing global movement to stop genetic engineering and protest BIO 2001, the largest-ever convention of the Biotechnology Industry Organization

From June 24^th to 27^th in San Diego, CA, leaders of multinational biotech, pharmaceutical corporations, bureaucrats, marketers and industry scientists will meet at the Biotechnology Industry Conference (BIO) to discuss how to expand the biotech industry.

TEACH-IN - JUNE 22-23, 2001

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

Beyond Biodevastation: The 5^th Grassroots Gathering To Celebrate Biodiversity And Question Genetic Engineering!

Explore the effects of genetic engineering on our health, the environment, farms and society as a whole. Consider the future being planned for us.

Panel and workshop topics include:

• patenting of seeds and other life forms/biopiracy
• globalization and biotechnology
• monopolization and commodification of food, agriculture, and biodiversity
• activism and consumer power
• impacts of genetic engineering on farmers
• human genetic engineering
• biotechnology and the environment
• assaults on food security

....and best of all,... The Alternatives

Confirmed featured speakers and emcees include:

• Jim Hightower, author, radio commentator and former Texas Secretary of Agriculture

• Dr. Vandana Shiva- scientist and anti-GMO activist from India

• Percy Schmeiser, a farmer from Canada who was sued by Monsanto for having his field contaminated with their seed

• Steve Wilson and Jane Akre, Fox TV reporters fired for doing a story about Monsanto's GE milk hormone

• Dr. Doreen Stabinsky, Greenpeace genetic engineering science advisor

• Marcy Darnovsky, a human genetic engineering specialist and many other scientists and activists from around the world

-DAYS OF ACTION- -JUNE 24-27-

There will be marches, street theater and protests while the convention is taking place.

Come celebrate the global campaign for a just and sustainable food system and take back our communities and our biodiversity.

You can also check http://www.biodev.org for regular updates!!!

In the Bay Area call (415) 981-6205 x383.

Cosponsors include: Greenpeace, The Edmonds Institute, Institute for Social Ecology, Organic Consumers Association, The Ecology Center, GE-Free LA, GE Free Marin, Street Liberation Art Project, Pesticide Action Network and many, many others.