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Free Milkweed Seeds Plant Them Everywhere
Environment  (tags: Milkweed, monarch butterflies, free seeds, plant everywhere, save monarch butterflies, co-evolutionary relationship )

Dandelion
- 276 days ago - livemonarch.com
The larvae (caterpillars) of monarch butterflies eat ONLY milkweed. The milkweed allows the caterpillar to grow and keep all of the vitamins needed to transform into a beautiful butterfly. Due to loss of untouched habitat the milkweed is in decline.
TAKE ACTION: HELP SAVE THE MAJESTIC MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Environment  (tags: endangered, conservation, protection, wildlife )

Beverly
- 13 days ago - theveteranssite.greatergood.com
Don't let this North American crown jewel slip away. Urge the EPA to come up with a monarch butterfly rescue plan.
Who's Getting Rich Off the Prison-Industrial Complex?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Privatization of prisons, Corrections Corporation of America, GEO Group, Henri Wedell, George Zoley, Jeremy Mindich, Matt Sirovich, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcemen, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan )

Dandelion
- 13 hours ago - vice.com
You likely already know how overcrowded and abusive the US prison system is, and you probably are also aware that the US has more people in prison than even China or Russia. Who profits in this booming business of keeping human beings in cages?
Bill Oddie Protests Against HSBC Illegal Logging in Spoof - Video
Offbeat  (tags: Bill Oddie, HSBC, illegal logging, bankers, documentary spoof, money laundering, destructive finance, Malaysia )

Dandelion
- 21 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
Bill Oddie, the naturalist, protests against HSBC's illegal logging by entering the den of a creature closely related to humans: the banker. HSBC bankrolls some of the world's most destructive logging companies also risking international laundering rules.
The War on Terra   video
Environment  (tags: War on Terra, Robert Foster, civilisation, Australia, Canada )

Dandelion
- 13 hours ago - youtube.com
It's 2013 and the world did not end by meteorite or by Mayan calendar. But fear not: we might just be able to get the job done ourselves. Join Robert Foster as he sets out to discover where Civilisation(TM) is making the fastest progress towards annihilation
Convince Soda Pop Bigwigs to Stop Using Tar Sands
Environment  (tags: energy, ecosystems, wildlife, tar sands )

Teresa
- 3 hours ago - org.salsalabs.com
Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper-Snapple all use fuel from tar sands refineries in their delivery fleets. Take action now to tell these three soda pop CEOs that you want them to steer away from tar sands immediately.
Tell the FDA: Diet Milk Is Not Milk!
Society & Culture  (tags: corruption, FDA, artifical sweeteners )

Teresa
- 9 hours ago - secure3.convio.net
The dairy industry wants to put aspartame and other artificial sweeteners in your milk. They're asking the FDA to change the definition of milk and 17 other dairy products not to have to label their artificially-sweetened products as "reduced calorie."
Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries: Stop Telling Teens They Aren't Beautiful; Make Clothes for Teens of All Sizes!
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, society, women, fashion, discrimination )

Teresa
- 1 day ago - change.org
Please join me in this fight by adding your name to this petition and asking Abercrombie and Fitch to embrace the beauty in all sizes by offering XL and XXL sizes for women and men!
Tell Home Depot and Lowe's to Stop Selling Bee-Killing Pesticides
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, endangered, habitat, pollution, bees )

Teresa
- 4 days ago - action.foe.org
A growing body of scientific evidence is pointing to neonicotinoids (neonics) as the key factor in this crisis and the European Union has just imposed a two year ban on these toxic pesticides. Tell Home Depot, Lowe's and others to stop selling neonics.
Nebraska- Ban Steel Jaw Trap ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com
A steel jaw trap set for a bobcat accidentally trapped a female mountain lion in Nebraska. The injuries were so severe, the lion had to be euthanized. The mountain lion was eliminated from the state in 1890 and there is only a small breeding population
 
 
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