Greenpeace Activist News, Vol 5, No. 10 is out. This volume is loaded with causes, issues that matter to every single one of us. I will cite the message I got, and I urge all interested to visit the links to be mentioned.
Who is Gorton’s?
Whaling is not just the concern of governments and cryptic political meetings. There is big business involved.While whaling is not profitable, you might be surprised to learn of some famous seafood companies’ connections to whaling. We’re asking you to help us make the whaling stop.
With total annual sales in the hundreds of millions of dollars,Gorton’s is the market leader in frozen seafood products in the US. The company even invented the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish burger. Its frozen battered shrimp, fish sticks and other ready-to-eat foods are sold at grocery stores across the US.
In 2001 Gorton’s was sold to its current owner, Nissui USA, for US$175 million. Nissui USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissui, Japan’s second-largest marine products firm, with operations in the United States,Argentina,Chile, the Netherlands, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. Nissui is closely linked with the annual “scientific” whale hunt in Japan. So, despite Gorton’s clean-cut family business image, it is actually a Japanese multinational company whose parent company is involved in whaling.
Please send a letter to the president of Gorton’s and ask him to help stop whaling. Help stop whaling
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We will set sail together, you on the web, Greenpeace on the water. We will witness a year in the life of our oceans, we will act to stop the destruction, see the beauty and benefit of those areas still untouched, and we will show where and how ocean parks will work. We want a million Ocean Defenders to sail with us and we want you to become one of those million.
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Send an e-card Tell your friends about the carbon condom
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i like the e-card , it is really funny :)
Cheerz!
It’s very interesting that you post about the environment. Just yesterday, I posted about the Kyoto Protocol, and the Canadian Prime Miniter’s comments regarding the lack of US involvement.
Ever read a book by David Suzuki?
I am glad you liked the e-card, Dar. It should be appealing for it to be able to deliver a clear message. I hope you would send it off to as many people as possible, perhaps that would convince some to take much-needed action.
Omar, I have not read a book by David Suzuki, yet. I would like to check out what you posted about the Kyoto Protocol. Thanks for the feedback, and please spread the word about the campaigns Greenpeace has going on. Every voice matters.
i think it might be time to pack our things and move to mars :D
Greenpeace has publicized the Gorton problem here in the USA as well. I have written as asked.
I’m not an actual member but I receive their notices and usually respond to their requests.
Thank you so much Granny. I do not buy Gorton’s products and I do not think they are sold in Jordan, nevertheless this is an important issue that matters to everyone, and not a certain population. What you did was very responsible and I value it greatly.