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kevinkrejci Six Things to Do To Eradicate the Eradication

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Added by kevinkrejci on March 8, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

kevinkrejci Hungry Pest Terror Campaign

Has anybody heard much about the Hungry Pests Coalition? I've seen this commercial on TV, and you can find more of them on YouTube, and more details on their Website: http://www.hungrypests.com/about.html I appreciate their efforts to reduce imports and exports of invasive pests, but think there are better ways that don't require pesticides, such as supporting local farming, and reducing massive shipments of food across the globe. Most food t… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on December 20, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

kevinkrejci ACTIONS You Can Take to Stop the Moth Pesticide Program

Here are some great suggestions in an email I received from the Mothers of Marin Against the Spray (MOMAS). They are focused on Marin, but doing great work to educate and help eradicate this moth eradication program. 1. Call or Write Tom Vilsack, U.S. Sec. of Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has the power to reclassify the moth from an actionable pest to a non-actionable pest. The… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on December 6, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

kevinkrejci Protect the Most Vulnerable!

Here is a message from Stop the Spray SF: The Clean Air for Children, Seniors and Working Families Act (AB 622), would provide protection zones of 3.3 miles for aerial pesticide applications near our most sensitive populations, including schools, hospitals and senior centers. Please contact our elected officials and let them know you want them to be a champion of this piece of legislation: Assemblywoman Fiona Ma 916-319-2012 Assemblymember Tom Ammiano 916-319-2013 Senator Mark Leno 916-651-4… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on March 28, 2009 at 1:10am — No Comments

kevinkrejci Pesticide Party on April 2nd

Paul Schramski of Pesticide Watch is promoting their event coming up on April 2nd, 2009. More details below. *Please Forward Widely* Dear Friends and Colleagues, I'm writing to invite you to an exciting event on April 2nd at the Space Gallery in San Francisco. It's all about bringing together Bay Area area residents that are committed to reducing the use of toxic pesticides and creating a healthy local food supply. In these turbulent economic times, it's important to focus our community on po… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on March 28, 2009 at 12:50am — No Comments

kevinkrejci LBAM Updates from Stop the Spray SF Newsletter

Seven items in this newsletter. Quick summaries below, with details at the end. Our thanks to Nan Wishner for preparing this info. Thanks for your ongoing support, The STS-SF Team ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LBAM UPDATES 1) Albany City Council will consider resolution MONDAY, OCT. 6, 8PM, urging overturning of the state's law prohibiting local governments from regulating pesticides. See below for info about attending the meeting to speak in support… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on October 4, 2008 at 3:09pm — No Comments

kevinkrejci Public Hearing on LBAM Eradication Program - Sept. 30, 9:30 AM in San Carlos

An important public hearing is coming up Tuesday. Don´t forget to question the answers at this one. Be like our kids and keep asking why until you get some meaningful answers... Details below: Jackie Speier - 12th District - part of SF, South SF, San Mateo area, Redwood City, Pacifica and more Anatomy of a Decision: A Roundtable Discussion about the LBAM for the public to ask questions. WHO: Jackie Speier, United States Congresswoman, requests open, public discussion of the L… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on September 27, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

kevinkrejci Kawamura Visit to San Francisco

CDFA chief A.G. Kawamura is coming to see us in San Francisco! In case you haven't heard about it yet, below is a letter from Stop the Spray Marin with all the details. I regret I can't make it but hope you can get down there and have a heart-to-heart discussion with him. ---- Come participate in a Street Meet-Up to stop the ongoing pesticide-based program for Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). It is happening at the Slow Food Nation Conference in San Francisco this Friday! Meet on Friday, August… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on August 25, 2008 at 11:34pm — No Comments

kevinkrejci Letter-Writing Event on Tuesday, June 24th

JOIN US IN THIS FREE, INTER-ACTIVE INFORMATION & LETTER-WRITING EVENT on Tues., June 24. 7:00-9:30 PM., in Corte Madera. We will share up-to-date information, Q&A, and write letters to our elected officials and government agencies. Also, there will be information on how to write legal affidavits/declarations--that can be sent to elected officials, governmental agencies and/or judicial bodies- voicing our disagreement and lack of consent, to the USDA-CDFA pesticide operation. Please brin… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on June 22, 2008 at 1:31pm — No Comments

kevinkrejci Showers Over "Urban Areas" Halted

Here is a letter copied below from Nan Wishner that I recommend reading to all. We might be spared the crop dusters flying over our homes and skyscrapers, but several other methods of poisoning us haven't been ruled out. Visualize ubiquitous permaculture and organic farming! Keep the dream alive and don't rest on our laurels yet. - Kevin From: Stop the Spray East Bay Info Date: June 19, 2008 9:45:04 PM PDT To: "EastBayInfo Moth (E-mail)… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on June 21, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

kevinkrejci Progress Might Be Happening, But We Can't Rest on our Laurels

Lot's of good news floating around that indicates the CDFA has dropped plans to resort to crop dusters over urban areas to battle the harmless Little Baby Apple Moth (my new name for "LBAM"). Thanks to all the hard work and positive thoughts of many people! It's just a press release though, as far as I can tell, and I haven't even found the actual press release yet, but it shows our words, actions, and thoughts are moving us in the right direction. There are still many unanswered questions on t… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on June 20, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

kevinkrejci Asking for Public Comment And Bright Ideas

I highly recommend the latest post (in addition to all of them) on the Vegan Reader, titled "Asking for Public Comment And Bright Ideas" calling on us all to think collectively about the LBAM issue and come up with some new ideas and approaches to dealing with it. It inspired me to start a new discussion forum here that… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on June 1, 2008 at 7:31pm — No Comments

kevinkrejci Together We Can Stop This! 4 THINGS YOU CAN DO

Here are some urgent suggestions from Play Not Spray that I highly recommend we all do ASAP. 1. Contact San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and urge that he prepare litigation against the State of California on the LBAM issue. Office of the City Attorney, City Hall, Room 234, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 554-4700 (415) 554-4745 - fax 2. Contact Mayor Gavin Newsom. Plead with him to urge Rep. Pelosi to make reclassification of the light brown a… Continue

Added by kevinkrejci on May 27, 2008 at 12:15am — 2 Comments

Lisa A Golden Gate Bridge Walk Saturday 5/31

Join us for the Golden Gate Bridge Walk to Stop the Spray on Saturday 5/31 Gather 9-10 Walk 10:00 Rally 12:00 - 1:00 West End of Crissy Field Continue

Added by Lisa A on May 19, 2008 at 10:49am — 1 Comment

Lisa A Volunteer Meeting Monday Night 5/19 6:00 pm

Join us for a volunteer meeting tonight at __ Hyde Street, San Francisco. Continue

Added by Lisa A on May 19, 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments

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