permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

John Schinnerer wrote:

> Aloha,
>
> More in the vein of religious groups recognizing their true 
> responsibilities according to da Man...
>
> Imua,
> John S.

Amen.

Good one John.

the dirtfarmer


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        [gefreehi] Fw: [Geactivists] World Council of Churches & GE
> Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:42:37 -1000
> From:   GMO-FREE MAUI <gmofreemaui@hawaii.rr.com>
> To:     gefreehi <gefreehi@yahoogroups.com>
>
> Greetings, Friends in this effort,
>
> I have found the World Council of Churches' 28 page 'discussion document
> ' Caring for Life: Genetics, Agriculture, and Human Life' most helpful,
> both for its depth and conclusions, and for giving credibility to my
> arguments with some people who represent a considerable part of our
> population, including some politicians.  And it has encouraged me that
> our concerns are being shared in powerful circles--at least this one.
>
> Below are this paper's conclusions which are calls to action and include
> such statements as:
> "To build partnerships with civil society, people’s movements, small
> scale farmer groups and Indigenous Peoples in opposing the science,
> philosophy and practice of genetic engineering in agriculture..."
>
>
> * The way forward.*

<..>

> The full document can be seen at:
>
> www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/geneticengineering.pdf
>
> Or, I can forward it to you electronically as an attachment.
>
> A short discussion of biotechnology on the World Council of Churches web
> site is at:
>
> http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/ecearth-biotech.html
>
>
> Susan Hope Bower
> Special Projects Coordinator
> Institute for Responsible Technology
> www.seedsofdeception.org
> Co-Director
> Steward Creation!
> www.stewardcreation.org
> P.O. Box 1510
> Hayfork, CA  96041
> Ph.  530 628-5004
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