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Help Save Saigon the Elephant

april published on February 17, 2010 in zeitgeist. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

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Hey SuperForest,

How about starting your day (or night) with a good deed? The beautiful creature pictured above goes by the name Saigon – and she’s Australia’s last circus elephant. She’s 55-years-old now and is still making the rounds, doing shows and spending long periods in cramped enclosures surrounded by an electric fence. As you can imagine, this is no way for this fabulous gal to be living.

Animals Australia is calling upon Perry Bros Circus to retire Saigon from circus life and to a facility where her behavioural needs can be met, and where she can enjoy quality of life for the first time in her life.

Click on the button below to sign the petition and help save Saigon.

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Thank you!
April

BanthePhoneBook.org

carla published on September 2, 2009 in zeitgeist. 6 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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Finally!!! A feeling of relief washed over me when I saw that this long overdue concept has recently become more of an official movement. BanthePhoneBook.org is a website that is gathering supporters and petition signatures to encourage the telephone companies, public utility commissions and local city and state governments to institute an opt-in delivery program (one in which you only receive a white pages phone book if you request one). Simple and makes sense, no?

Personally, I can’t even remember the last time I’ve used a phone book and I almost cringe whenever I see one. According to BanthePhoneBook.org, up to 5 million trees are cut down each year to create the white pages phone book and tax payers are spending $17 million each year to have them recycled. Yikes!

Thankfully, the kind souls that created the website made it really easy for people like you and I to help stop the waste. And the first step is to sign the petition supporting the opt-in delivery program, here! (I don’t think it took me more than ten seconds).

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Currently, the movement is over 8,700 supporters strong. Let’s help them push that number to soaring heights.

Thank you in advance,
Carla