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Take Action on Earth Day on Behalf of Communities in Ecuador!
2010-04-22
For more information: han@amazonwatch.org
This Earth Day we ask you to stand with Amazon Watch in support of the communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon who are waging inspiring campaigns to demand restoration of their lands that have been devastated by industrial development and resource extraction.
With these communities in mind today, will you join us in sending oil giant Chevron an Earth Day message?
Chevron has just joined Facebook, and their "page" on the social networking website is a great place to communicate directly with the company. Help us welcome them to Facebook with a reminder to clean up the company's toxic legacy in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.
Here's how:
Join ("Like") their page: here
Post a comment on their wall posts (those stay on the main 'Chevron' wall)
Write your own comment on their wall (by default the wall shows only Chevron but people can click to see 'Chevron + Others', or 'Only Others')
Write what you like, but we suggest you keep it in the hopeful spirit of Earth Day.
A few sample messages:
This Earth Day, put your 'human energy' behind a clean-up of your pollution in Ecuador.
Hey Chevron, how about celebrating Earth Day by cleaning up your toxic mess in the Amazon?
Chevron, clean up your mess in the Amazon. The people of Ecuador deserve a clean environment too!
And of course, we hope you will come back now and then to Chevron's Facebook page and leave the company a fresh reminder of your message. Chevron may take to hiding our posts or scrubbing their page. We're making sure they hear from us regularly, and Facebook is the newest way. And it's public.
Not on Facebook? Talk directly to the company (@Chevron) on Twitter. For example: Hey @chevron, this #EarthDay, put your 'human energy' behind a clean-up of your pollution in #Ecuador.
Or just give them a ring: Call Chevron's corporate headquarters at +1 925.842.1000 and leave them a simple Earth Day message. Just like the sample messages above, keep it short, sweet, and to the point.
Thank you for your speaking up for our planet and its defenders, on Earth Day, and every day!
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