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Tag: advocacy

  • Dry Cleaning Clothes May Be Harmful To Your Health

    Dry Cleaning Clothes May Be Harmful To Your Health

          Why you shouldn’t dry clean your “Dry Clean Only” clothes   Spilled BBQ sauce on your favourite shirt this weekend? Dry cleaning may be your go-to, but did you know PERC, a toxic chemical that’s been phased out in several jurisdictions around the world, is the most commonly used solvent in Canada?…

  • Animal Organizations Plead For Dolphins Exclusion In New Mississippi Aquarium

    Animal Organizations Plead For Dolphins Exclusion In New Mississippi Aquarium

    Gulfport, Miss. – Last week,  19 international animal protection organizations  joined forces for World Oceans Day  to plead for dolphins to be excluded from the new Mississippi Aquarium, slated to open in 2019. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Born Free Foundation, and Sonar are among the organizations that signed In Defense of Animals’ letter…

  • NARAL Hand Drawn Playing Cards Celebrate Trailblazing American Women

    NARAL Hand Drawn Playing Cards Celebrate Trailblazing American Women

    In honor of Women’s History Month and coinciding with worldwide activities marking International Women’s Day, NARAL is relaunching The Gender Cards—a deck of illustrated playing cards that celebrate trailblazing American women. Each card is hand-drawn and unique, and recalls the incredible women—past and present—who have helped define the American spirit. These cards feature some of the…

  • A Second Look At Ontario Bill83 AKA SLAPP

    A Second Look At Ontario Bill83 AKA SLAPP

    Canadian free speech, journalistic powers or lack there of are back in the news. Here is a related story  about Ontario’s Bill 83 from last year that deserves a second read. Bill83. The threat of abusive lawsuits claiming damages like slander and defamation is deterring  a significant number of Ontarians from speaking out against big business on…

  • Help End Peru’s Savage Dolphin Hunt By Adding Your Signature

    Help End Peru’s Savage Dolphin Hunt By Adding Your Signature

    Dear Silo, Up to 15,000 dolphins are being killed every year in Peru’s waters — for bait to catch endangered sharks. A new report has forced the government to respond but they’re not taking enough action yet and meanwhile the dolphins and the sharks are being killed. We can stop the massacre by threatening Peru’s international reputation as…