FlatPlanetProject

animals matter

yulianaxox — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:08:59 +0000

http://www.wspa.ca/makeanimalsmatter/

sign the Animals Matter campaign to help achieve global recognition about Animals Matter, that they can feel pain and can suffer and that we have a responsibility to put an end to cruelty around the world. This campaign seeks 10 million signatures to let the governments of the world know we are serious about achieving a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations.

EUROPA

joshuasonofnun — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:10:33 +0000

This is a website called EUROPA and is all about international agreements and reducing animal testing.

nfarias — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:49 +0000

Some environmental strategies for Canada addressed in this report.

REEEP Agreement for Canada

nfarias — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:17 +0000

REEEP webpage (international agreement on sustainable and efficient energy use)

This website contains a speech by Canada’s environmental minister on the aims of the agreement in Ontario (most common place of energy in Canada)

Billionaire Brit Richard Branson Visits Canada

mrocarroll — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:48:05 +0000

British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is currently visiting Canada. He was in Toronto today to promote the reduction of greenhouse gases. He will also be traveling into Canada’s arctic to get a first hand look at how global warming is affecting the region and the Inuit who live there. Here is an article in which Branson criticizes Canada for not meeting Kyoto targets and here is an article promoting Branson’s Flick Off campaign.

There has been much activity this week from the Canadian government on environmental issues. The federal government has announced a plan to ban inefficient energy consuming light bulbs. Here is an article about it. You can also read an editorial written by the federal minister for the environment, John Baird, here.

WSPA – World Society for the Protection of Animals

yulianaxox — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:25:09 +0000

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ~Mahatma Gandhi

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is the world’s largest network for animal welfare. It brings together over 700 Member Societies in over than 146 countries and a whole community of individuals around the world who care about animal welfare. —> http://www.wspa-international.org/about.asp

Their ambition is to create a world in which animals are regarded as sentient, and whose needs are understood, regulated and protected by enforced legislation.

PETA: People for Ethical Treatment of Animals

yulianaxox — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:12:48 +0000

PETA believes that animals have rights and deserve to have their best interests taken into consideration, regardless of whether they are useful to humans. Like you, they are capable of suffering and have an interest in leading their own lives; therefore, they are not ours to use—for food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation, or any other reason.

this is the website: http://www.peta.org/

Earth Day

mrocarroll — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:40:12 +0000

It was appropriate that our project is taking place during the time when Earth Day is celebrated. Here is a link to a site with some articles on recycling, “green” cars, how to be a green shopper and some other topics of interest to our project.

abucke3 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:18:35 +0000

Here is a website where an organisation is looking at possible solutions to animal testing. They talk about ideas like using humans, stem cell reaserch and other ideas… It looks pretty profesional so I thought it could be a good idea.

International Agreements on Animal Testing

joshuasonofnun — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:14:58 +0000

Here is a pdf which is on European agreements towards animal testing. It is a bit hard to understand as it is like a script of a meeting, however it talks about what European countries are trying to do. I am not sure how valid it all is but it seems pretty good to me.