TAKE ACTION
WE CAN STOP THIS! AND EVEN BETTER, WE CAN BRING ABOUT CHANGE BY DEMANDING NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVES IN PEST MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.
- SPREAD THE WORD
Help raise awareness and public response: Talk with your neighbors, colleagues, and friends; write letters to the editor of local newspapers and magazines; talk to schools, neighborhood associations, and other groups you are linked with; post to discussion boards and blogs; hang signs in your window; send people to this and other related websites for more information. - CONTACT THE GOVERNOR
MAIL OR FAX A LETTER, SEND AN EMAIL, AND/OR CALL GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER AND URGE HIM TO:
- HALT THE ERADICATION PROGRAM for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) immediately
- RE-CLASSIFY THE LBAM from emergency, quarantinable status,
- INVEST IN SUSTAINABLE, ECOLOGICALLY SOUND ALTERNATIVES and practices for future pest invasions and for agriculture
- PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CALIFORNIANS AND OUR PRECIOUS ENVIRONMENT
Telephone Fax Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-445-2841 916-558-3160 SAMPLE LETTER EMAIL - CONTACT FEDERAL OFFICIALS
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ultimately has control over the Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Program.
Let our elected officials know you want them to protect our health and the health of our environment by working to:
- RE-CLASSIFY THE LBAM from its current "Quarantinable/ Class A" status
- END THE DECLARED LBAM EMERGENCY and the Eradication Program.
- PROVIDE VISIONARY GREEN LEADERSHIP by capitalizing on proven organic farming techniques and methods as a healthy long-term alternative to controlling pests into the future.
TELEPHONE, EMAIL, MAIL AND/OR FAX A LETTER IN YOUR OWN WORDS, OR USE THE SAMPLE LETTERS PROVIDED BELOW.
Sample phone script: "I am concerned resident of San Francisco and a registered voter and I’m still very concerned about the proposed eradication program for the Light Brown Apple Moth and the toxic ground methods already being employed in my area for this non-emergency being called an emergency. I want to know what [official you called] is going to do to protect me, my family, my neighbors, my garden, my pets from this."
Telephone Fax Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
450 Golden Gate Ave., 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-556-4862 415-861-1670 SAMPLE LETTER EMAIL Telephone Fax Senator Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-403-0100 202-224-0454 SAMPLE LETTER EMAIL Telephone Fax Senator Diane Feinstein
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-393-0707 415-393-0710 SAMPLE LETTER EMAIL Telephone Fax Representative Lynn Woolsey
1050 Northgate Drive
Suite 354
San Rafael, CA. 94903
415-507-9554 415-507-9601 SAMPLE LETTER EMAIL - ATTEND THE NEXT EVENT
Show your support for the cause and join the community of people opposed to the toxic pheremone-pesticides in our community and for non-toxic alternatives.
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Please join our efforts to Stop the Spray and to raise massive public awareness and response.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! More info - DONATE
STOP THE SPRAY San Francisco could use your help to cover the costs related to our work. Our support thus far has come from but a small handful of generous individuals and local businesses. Please consider joining them… More info - WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- SF Chronicle
- SF Examiner
- SF Bay Guardian
- SF Weekly
- EDUCATE GROUPS AND FORM COALITIONS
Reach out to any groups you can to inform members of the LBAM Eradication Program issue and request that groups take an official position opposing aerial and ground spraying and supporting sustainable, ecologically sound practices.
Contact us for support materials: INFO@STOPTHESPRAYSF.ORG - Support Local Control of Pesticides
Encourage Assemblywoman Fiona Ma to reintroduce AB977 in the next legislative session (January 2009).
More on AB977.
Email Assemblymember Fiona Ma
