See http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/ for more details.
Showing posts with label Rainforests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rainforests. Show all posts
Monday, 17 March 2014
Greenpeace Stall - Rainforests
The makers of Head & Shoulders shampoo, Procter & Gamble, buy palm oil from the companies causing the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests. Phil and Julie will be running a Greenpeace global day of action on March 29th outside Boots on Fargate to highlight the impact of palm oil. If you have any spare time to help then just turn up to Fargate near Boots.
See http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/ for more details.
See http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/ for more details.
Monday, 15 July 1991
Tropical Rainforest Campaign Summer 1991
Sheffield's Good Wood News Guide is here!
The Tropical Rainforest Group has recently completed a short basic guide highlighting what to look for and what to avoid when shopping for timber products. The guide also contains a list of some firms in the Sheffield area that supply products made from non-endangered woods.It is hoped that once the guide is in circulation, more suppliers will come forward for inclusion.
We would also like to obtain sponsorship to produce a more comprehensive and eye catching guide in the near future. However, if you would like a copy of the Sheffield Good Wood Guide now, please send requests with an s.a.e. to the FoE office.
Council says No to the use of Topical Hardwoods
Sheffield City Council has recently joined the ranks of some 80 councils nationally with a policy of not purchasing tropical hardwoods for items or work funded by the City Council" This very welcome new policy was passed at the 7th. May meeting of the City Council's Environment Panel.
Sheffield FoE has been lobbying for some years for the City Council to adopt such a policy. New pressure was applied through the recently formed Environment Forum, and this move was the first City Council policy change to be effected via this route. For further information about the Sheffield FoE Tropical Rainforest Group, please contact Angela Dignan, Tel. 556495.
Monday, 21 August 1989
Tropical Rainforest Campaign Autumn 1989
Tropical Rainforest Campaign Autumn 1989
An ongoing campaigning area for the group is the lobbying of the council to try to get them to impose a ban on the specification of tropical hardwood timber for construction work and furniture. Recently a resolution has been passed by the Heeley ward of the District Labour Party, calling for action on this front.
This has gone out to all officers of the council and we are following this up with letters urging the implementation of the resolution A growing number of councils are stating that they will not allow the use of hardwood and it is unfortunate that our own council appears to be dragging its heels on this issue.
Another angle of our campaign is the lobbying of local retailers of of tropical hardwood products. In this connection, a letter was recently sent to the Sainsbury's Homebase store. In their reply, they fully acknowledged the importance of maintaining the world's tropical rainforests and stated that they are
actively encouraging their timber suppliers to obtain reafforestation guarantees for their products.
However, FOE are still concerned that only 0.2% of tropical hardwoods are harvested on a sustainable basis, and are disappointed that Sainsbury's letter stops short of what we would like to see, which is a commitment to only stock timber that is demonstrably produced in this way.
At the beginning of July, five members of the local group attended the National TRF campaign workshop which was held in Birmingham. Among the many recent developments concerning the rainforests it is encouraging to note that the stopping of the Power Sector loan to Brazil by the World Bank has opened up a debate as to how this large sum of money should be spent if not on destructive dam projects. FOE have suggested that it be used to tackle the problem of global warming, by promoting energy efficiency and conservation; developing renewable resources, and transferring technological resources and
expertise to the developing world so that they may be able to avoid the pollution effects which have accompanied our own progress towards industrialisation.
On the theme of industrialisation and ensuing environmental disaster, the Brazil Network are holding their national conference in Sheffield on 10 September, focusing on Amazonia. The meeting will be addressed by a number of Brazilian speakers and will include workshops on projects such as Grande Carajas, the rubber tappers movement, debt, tribal people and sustainable development. Pre-booking for the conference is essential as demand is expected to be high. Further information and application forms are obtainable from SCAU, 75 West Street.
As an event associated with the conference FOE are hosting a slide show and talk by Anna Culwick who has worked as a naturalist/photographer in the Tampopata Reserve in the Amazonian forests of Peru. Anna's talk will take place on Friday 29 September at 7.30 pm in the council room at the Montgomery Hall, Surrey Street.
lt will be illustrated with oven 200 original slides and also sound recondings of the regions fascinating wildlife. The evening is open to all so come along and bring your friends. We look forwand to meeting you. If you would like to help in the campaign to save these unique and precious areas of the world, come along to one of our meetings and find out how you can become involved. These will be held at 8 pm in C.V.S. House on the following Wednesdays: 25 Oct. 15 Nov. 13 Dec.
Angela Dignan.
An ongoing campaigning area for the group is the lobbying of the council to try to get them to impose a ban on the specification of tropical hardwood timber for construction work and furniture. Recently a resolution has been passed by the Heeley ward of the District Labour Party, calling for action on this front.
This has gone out to all officers of the council and we are following this up with letters urging the implementation of the resolution A growing number of councils are stating that they will not allow the use of hardwood and it is unfortunate that our own council appears to be dragging its heels on this issue.
Another angle of our campaign is the lobbying of local retailers of of tropical hardwood products. In this connection, a letter was recently sent to the Sainsbury's Homebase store. In their reply, they fully acknowledged the importance of maintaining the world's tropical rainforests and stated that they are
actively encouraging their timber suppliers to obtain reafforestation guarantees for their products.
However, FOE are still concerned that only 0.2% of tropical hardwoods are harvested on a sustainable basis, and are disappointed that Sainsbury's letter stops short of what we would like to see, which is a commitment to only stock timber that is demonstrably produced in this way.
At the beginning of July, five members of the local group attended the National TRF campaign workshop which was held in Birmingham. Among the many recent developments concerning the rainforests it is encouraging to note that the stopping of the Power Sector loan to Brazil by the World Bank has opened up a debate as to how this large sum of money should be spent if not on destructive dam projects. FOE have suggested that it be used to tackle the problem of global warming, by promoting energy efficiency and conservation; developing renewable resources, and transferring technological resources and
expertise to the developing world so that they may be able to avoid the pollution effects which have accompanied our own progress towards industrialisation.
On the theme of industrialisation and ensuing environmental disaster, the Brazil Network are holding their national conference in Sheffield on 10 September, focusing on Amazonia. The meeting will be addressed by a number of Brazilian speakers and will include workshops on projects such as Grande Carajas, the rubber tappers movement, debt, tribal people and sustainable development. Pre-booking for the conference is essential as demand is expected to be high. Further information and application forms are obtainable from SCAU, 75 West Street.
As an event associated with the conference FOE are hosting a slide show and talk by Anna Culwick who has worked as a naturalist/photographer in the Tampopata Reserve in the Amazonian forests of Peru. Anna's talk will take place on Friday 29 September at 7.30 pm in the council room at the Montgomery Hall, Surrey Street.
lt will be illustrated with oven 200 original slides and also sound recondings of the regions fascinating wildlife. The evening is open to all so come along and bring your friends. We look forwand to meeting you. If you would like to help in the campaign to save these unique and precious areas of the world, come along to one of our meetings and find out how you can become involved. These will be held at 8 pm in C.V.S. House on the following Wednesdays: 25 Oct. 15 Nov. 13 Dec.
Angela Dignan.
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