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Why you are part of this

Polly

Dear friend,

Everyone I meet I add to this email list, and over 4 years my mailings now reach so many thousands of people right across the globe. You are part of the wider community who are taking Ecocide law forward. Now my story is about to be made into a film - a film like no other and a story like no other. What the ending shall be is up to us.

My invite to you is to be part of this story; to become a Voice for the Earth. It's an act of courage to stand up and speak out, to give name to the harm we see. More than that, it's about taking action. There are so many Ecocides in the world that can be brought to an end. Yet, we remain powerless without the support of law.

My quest is to call in the support of the law - Ecocide law - so that all Voices who are speaking out for the Earth have a tool that can be used to bring justice to people and planet. You shall hear from some of the Voices who are speaking out for the Earth at our Free World Livestream Event on Sat 6th Sept.

Next year, Ecocide law can be tabled. Can we make this happen? I for one shall be taking a year out to do all I can so that Ecocide law shall be put in place. One year to really put on the map a new destination for us all. This is our crossroad. We are at a choice point: stay put or step up. Will you join me?

I hope to see you at our Ecocide Law Day of Action on Sat 6th Sept.

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Holding the Fate of the Earth in our Hands

2015 is a key year for Ecocide law. The Rome Statute (codifying document for International Crimes Against Peace) can be reviewed in 2015, have amendments and additions tabled. Any country that is a signatory can put forward the proposal to amend the Rome Statute.

We know the history; the International Crime of Ecocide was removed from the earlier draft at the 11th hour. This time round, instead of it being removed (you can read the history here), we can make sure history is not repeated.

Join me with many others on Saturday the 6th of September at Lansdown Hall in Stroud, either in person or watch online, to bring local and global action together and find out what can be done. It's all being filmed - and we shall be EcoLive Webstreaming the event to you.

Eco Livestream: bit.ly/EcoLive

The Earth In Our Hands

CAN YOU COME?

The day starts at 10am. Find out more, read the programme here and check out directions as to how to get to Stroud here - be sure to check out our map (scroll down to the bottom of the page).

HOW TO WATCH & INPUT ONLINE

Go to bit.ly/EcoLive

You can watch and participate online via our Free EcoLive Webstream on the day. 

David Dene: Voice for El Rio De Aguas Sorbas

Almeria

David Dene is a Voice for El Rio De Aguas Sorbas in Almeria, one of Spain's oldest fossil water aquifers, which is under threat of Ecocide.

In an area of South Eastern Spain, famous for "Spaghetti Westerns", the ancient Sorbas-Tabernas fossil water aquifer has been exploited to such a degree that it is in danger of collapse, putting at risk the livelihoods of small farmers and the fresh water supply of the whole area.

David Dene, of Ecocide El Rio De Aguas Spain and who lives in the Eco Village of El Rio De Aguas, will be one of the voices speaking at our Day of Action and he tells us that this impending death of their ecosystem is a direct result of unsustainable exploitation, exacerbated by massive irrigation which will kill the olive trees. See also: ecocideelriodeaguas.blogspot.co.uk.

The area has received just over 1 inch of rain in the last 9 months. Drinking water is being supplied by trucks to all local villages as local wells are either dry or unsafe to use as drinking water supplies.

David says: "The ecosystem of El Rio De Aguas in the Paraje Natural Karst en Yessos of Sorbas which is under the most stringent protection and unique in Europe is faced with Ecocide.  This Eco-system exists as an Oasis, is host to wealth of flora and fauna and is fed from the aquifer."

"Professor Calaforra of the Department of Geology and Biology of Almeria University informs us that if this exploitation continues the spring could well start to flow backwards and he gives us at most 3 years, after which the ecosystem will die owing to absence of water. If this tipping point is reached, the water will never return and the ecosystem will be lost forever."

Come hear David as one of our Voices speaking on the 6th of September.

What you can do to help

Ecocide Law Event

Please help us seed out our Ecocide Law Day of Action, 10am - 6pm, Saturday 6th of September.

Come join us on 6.9.14 for #Ecocidelaw 1 Day Event: http://bit.ly/EcoLive & http://eradicatingecocide.com/events

Thankyou!