http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei Friends of the Earth groups and partners need your help - it only takes a minute or two to send an e-mail in support of one of the actions below. If you want to keep informed of our actions please join the cyberactivist network mailing list (you will typically get 1 or 2 e-mails each month). daily 1 2007-11-15T10:02:23Z http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/stop-deforestation-in-the-name-of-mining Friends of the Earth Costa Rica /COECO-Ceiba urgently need your help. No publisher PhilLee 2008-12-15T15:53:17Z Page http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/stop-the-indonesian-mud-flow On 28 May 2006 hydrogen sulfide gas leaked from a gas exploration rig in Sidoarjo, Java, Indonesia. Shortly after the leak hot mud and boiling water erupted from the ground close to the site at a rate of thousands of liters a minute. Within hours the mud was inundating nearby villages. No publisher PhilLee 2008-10-28T09:17:12Z Form Folder http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/indigenous-community-under-fire-in-colombia Police in Colombia have violently suppressed protests from indigenous groups by firing bullets and throwing tear gas. No publisher PhilLee 2008-12-18T12:00:42Z Page http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/help-haitis-hurricane-survivors Up to a million people have been made homeless in Haiti and whole towns have been destroyed after an onslaught of tropical storms. Friends of the Earth Haiti (Haiti Lifeline) are assisting with the relief effort. Please help them by contributing to our Haiti solidarity fund. No publisher PhilLee 2008-09-18T18:36:13Z Page http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/musa-gamedze Hundreds of campaigners recently called on the Prime Minister of Swaziland to uphold the rights of local communities evicted from their land and intimidated in the name of conservation. We now await the government's response. No publisher PhilLee 2009-01-08T15:56:49Z Page http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/support-guatemalan-communities-resisting-mining Indigenous communities all over Guatemala are fighting to protect their territories from harmful industries that pollute the environment and threaten their livelihoods. For example, the Kaqchiquel community close to the country's capital is protesting military acts related to a controversial foreign cement factory. Please support communities as they take peaceful action to stop polluting industries and help us denounce the repression that they are facing. No publisher SisiNutt 2008-08-19T15:47:26Z Page http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/guillermo-castano Well-known Colombian environmentalist, Guillermo Castaño Arcilla, has again received death threats from a paramilitary group and urgently needs your help. No publisher UrskaMerc 2008-08-08T10:53:40Z Page http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/guatemalan-communities Please take a minute to demand an end to the increasing violence against indigenous leaders and communities in Guatemala. Just a few weeks ago we contacted you for your help in upholding the rights of these people who are resisting harmful mining and other extractive industries and protecting their territories from environmental threats. No publisher SisiNutt 2008-08-26T08:46:20Z Form Folder http://members.foei.org:8080/foeiMultisiteFolder/foei/en/get-involved/take-action/climate-refugees Friends of the Earth Australia is putting pressure on its new government to deliver on policies relating to the displacement of climate refugees in the Pacific. Pacific Island nations are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events, collapsing ecosystems and the contamination of their fresh water and crops with salt water. These detrimental impacts of climate change are already evident but are predicted to worsen. No publisher DebraBroughton env-rights 2008-06-17T13:55:26Z Form Folder