CALL FOR URGENT HELP

Originally Posted by Amethyst

Merry meet to all my brothers and sisters.

I CALL TO ALL UK MEMBERS FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

Mother Earth needs our protection from humanity and your assistance is needed now.

The Earth is also home to the living beings of the trees and plants who provide for us.

THE UK GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SELL OUR FORESTS.

That includes national treasures like the The Forest of Dean, Sherwood Forest and The New Forest.

We cannot allow this to happen.

They could be auctioned and fenced off, run down, logged or turned into golf courses and holiday villages.

We need to stop these plans.

A huge petition will force the government to rethink its plans.

If we can prove how strongly the public are against this, they will have to back down.

Please sign the petition in the link below now. (You need to enter a UK postcode to sign).

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/s...rests#petition


Some blurb:

Our campaign to Save Our Forests hit the headlines this weekend!

First our petition and an opinion poll - paid for by hundreds of 38 Degrees members - were reported on Countryfile, the Today programme and BBC 5 Live breakfast. Then a group including the Archbishop of Canterbury backed our campaign - making the front page of the Sunday Telegraph!

Our pressure is starting to work. If enough of us sign the petition, we can make the government think again.

Please can you help spread the word, and ask your friends to sign the petition too? If enough of us get involved we can to stop these plans - before it's too late and our forests are already being sold, fenced off, run down, cut down or built over.

Please help get the petition past 200,000 signatures this week - forward this e-mail and ask your friends to sign.

They can sign in under a minute by clicking this link:

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests

If you use Facebook, please also spread the word by sharing the petition on your profile:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/forests-facebook-share

If you use Twitter, please send a “tweet” about the petition by clicking here:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/forests-twitter-share

Our pressure has got the government worried. They've started a charm offensive, telling us that they love forests too. But right now, despite the warm fuzzy words, David Cameron is pushing through changes to the law. He still wants to make it legal to sell off 100% of our woodlands.

Forests like the Forest of Dean, the New Forest, Bedgebury, Grizedale, Thetford, and Alice Holt are national treasures. Once they’re gone, they are lost forever. If we get enough signatures on the petition, we have a bigger chance of making sure they are protected for wildlife and future generations.

Please forward this e-mail and ask your friends to sign the petition here:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests

Thanks for being involved.


Blessings, Amethyst x

This is terrible and i havent heard anything about it at all, i live about half an hour away from the forest of dean and often go there with my children especially to the wye valley part, i cant believe they are planning this :(

will def sign petition and thanks :) ...

Just clicked on the link to sign the petition. Says the campaign has been won! Great news :)

[norseman]

Don't ever, ever believe that anything has been won from this government. They are driven by dogma and will lie and cheat over everything to get their own way by "back-door" routes, including white-washing the financial sector !

Originally Posted by zeke zenna & mook

I shall go sign it now, if anyone wants to 'borrow' a postcode, try WN5 9QL, WN5 9EN, WN5 9LD ,WN1 2NN , or WN7 1SF

I just signed -- using one of the UK postal codes provided in this older post :-) above. I feel very strongly about preserving woodlands anywhere on the Earth-- not just the U.S.

luv
Boldy

Originally Posted by Boldylocks

I feel very strongly about preserving woodlands anywhere on the Earth-- not just the U.S.

luv
Boldy

Hi Boldylocks.

Thank you for signing and SNAP!

If you've got any campaigns in your part of the world, please let us know.

Amethyst x

Hi StrandedSnowMonkey

Thank you for signing!


Hi Metavate & Geminilite

The link in the OP was the petition to initially protest and it had strong backing from the public so the government reversed their decision.

Norseman’s got a celebratory thread here:

http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11241

The link in post #56 here was to show public support for 38 Degrees team as they had a meeting with the Government’s Forest panel.

I think 38 Degrees deserve a huge round of applause for work they have done and continue to do.


Hi Norseman

I’ve not had an update yet of how the meeting went but will post any news.

They have another campaign running to save the countryside if others would like to show support:

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/save-our-countryside


Blessings, Amethyst x

Originally Posted by Amethyst

Hi Boldylocks.

Thank you for signing and SNAP!

If you've got any campaigns in your part of the world, please let us know.

Amethyst x

You're so welcome, my Fae Friend.. We're all citizen's of Mother Earth so the trees in the UK mean as much to me as my own precious trees right on my front and back yard.!!!

luv
Boldy

Originally Posted by Amethyst

Hi Boldylocks.

Thank you for signing and SNAP!

If you've got any campaigns in your part of the world, please let us know.

Amethyst x

You're so welcome, my Fae Friend.. We're all citizen's of Mother Earth so the trees in the UK mean as much to me as my own precious trees right on my front and back yard.!!!

luv
Boldy

Ooos,. my dang browser posted my reply three times!!! grrrrrr

Well anyway, I just now also signed the petition for "Save our Countryside" as well-

http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/re...ur-countryside

and typed the comment not to be as greedy and stupid as they are in the USA over the Environment (didnt mention that I'm from the USA..heehee, but I hate to see a Country that still has beautiful land left follow the example of our Corporate owned USA )

Here's another one Boldy and all - just received this email below.

Thank you for any support.



Tell West Berkshire Council to Save Watership Down



"Hazel, look... the field... it's covered with blood!" Watership Down by Richard Adams.

Set in the rolling green hills of West Berkshire, Watership Down is a novel that has caught the imagination of children and adults for decades. The powerful narrative describes the impact of human development on wildlife, as the rabbits in the story escape the destruction of their warren to seek a new home.

Now fiction is becoming reality.

Sandleford Park which served as the inspiration for author Richard Adams in writing his tale, has been chosen by West Berkshire County Council as the site for 2,000 new homes -- a move that could destroy fragile ecosystems that are home to wildlife and ancient woodlands.

Local resident Jean Norton has set-up a petition on Change.org calling for West Berkshire Council to protect Sandleford Park, home of Watership Down and say no to the proposed housing development. Click here to add your name to her petition.

Next week the council will be meeting to assess the public view towards the development. Local residents have been knocking on doors spreading word about the campaign and urging local councillors to vote against the development.

Now they need to show the weight of national public support to preserve this area of land, the ecosystem, forest and animals that live there -- please add your name to the petition to save Watership Down and keep it as a haven for wildlife.

Author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, has already added his support to the campaign to preserve the area. According to local campaigners, the development will not only contribute to a dramatic reduction in wildlife but will also have a devastating impact on the residents of the area and place severe strain on the regional infrastructure.

In the novel, the rabbits of Watership Down seek a new haven after destruction of their Sandleford warren - with this threat becoming a reality will you stand up and help protect the rabbits and environment of Watership Down?

Thanks for being part of this,
- Brie and the Change.org team

This email was sent by Change.org