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Elect LaFollette, Schneider, Watson to Sierra Club Board
Sierra Club members:
I would like to draw your attention to the current Sierra Club election. There are three excellent candidates in the current election: Doug LaFollette, Dick Schneider and Paul Watson. You can see more information about the candidates at www.susps.org/candidates . ** Doug LaFollette ** Doug is current Wisconsin Secretary of State and has decades of political experience with environmental issues. He has the political savvy and experience to fight the big money timber, mining and energy interests. He supports restoring Glen Canyon, zero cut in our national forests, and no drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He will defend bedrock environmental laws against fatal weakening by the current administration and its allies in Congress. "Bush and most politicians don't get it. They don't comprehend the essential role our natural environment plays in supporting human well being." ** Dick Schneider ** Dick has been Conservation Chair of the San Francisco Bay and has held numerous leadership positions in the Club. He led the 2000 Alameda County Save Open Space initiative which established a countrywide urban growth boundary with strict limits on development. His 1978 report "Managing Nuclear Wastes" helped persuade California's Energy Commission to ban additional nuclear power plants. As long-time Population Chair, he understands the crucial importance of reducing population growth to protect natural resources for future generations. "If elected, I will bring passion, vision, and effective leadership to the Sierra Club Board." ** Paul Watson ** Paul is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost protectors of marine mammals. He founded Sea Shepherd Conservation and co-founded Greenpeace. He brings determination to address the critical issues of overpopulation, biodiversity loss, and habitat destruction. He will work to preserve coastal ecosystems, wetlands, and other threatened landscapes from development. "I was honored to be named with David Brower, Ansel Adams and John Muir as one of Time magazine's Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century." The above candidates are endorsed by the following Sierra Club award-winners: "Doug, Dick and Paul will help the Sierra Club address overpopulation and a host of other critical environmental issues." - Sen. Gaylord Nelson - John Muir Award, 2001; Founder, Earth Day; Presidential Medal of Freedom "Protecting endangered species will be a top priority for these three conservationists on the Sierra Club Board." - Brock Evans - John Muir Award, 1981; Executive Director, Endangered Species Coalition; former Club Director "These fine candidates will aggressively protect our vanishing natural heritage." - Martin Litton - John Muir Award, 1993; Founder, Sequoia Alliance; former Club Director "These environmentalists share my concern about loss of the planet's biodiversity." - Norman Myers - Special Achievement in International Environmental Protection, 1987; winner Blue Planet Prize, 2001 More candidate information, pictures and statements are at www.susps.org/candidates . |
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Elect LaFollette, Schneider, Watson to Sierra Club Board
=v= Yet another attempt to pack the Sierra Club board
with single-issue candidates. _Jym_ |
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Elect LaFollette, Schneider, Watson to Sierra Club Board
On 03 Mar 2003 07:29:22 -0800, Jym Dyer wrote:
=v= Yet another attempt to pack the Sierra Club board with single-issue candidates. Clearly you did not read their endorsers' statements. |
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Elect LaFollette, Schneider, Watson to Sierra Club Board
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Sierra Club members: I would like to draw your attention to the current Sierra Club election. There are three excellent candidates in the current election: Doug LaFollette, Dick Schneider and Paul Watson. You can see more information about the candidates at www.susps.org/candidates . ** Doug LaFollette ** [Doug LaFollette] Doug LaFollette gained a national reputation during the post 1970 Earth Day period for articulating our environment-population-resource crisis. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, and holds a B.S. cum laude in Chemistry and Business and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University. After founding Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, he served in the Wisconsin State Senate and is currently Wisconsin Secretary of State. He has worked as Public Affairs Director for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Assistant Director of the Mid American Solar Energy Complex, and has been a national board member of Friends of the Earth. He was a member of the 1990 National Earth Day organization and authored the book "The Survival Handbook - a strategy for saving planet earth." He continues to speak and write on environmental issues. MEMBERSHIPS, ACTIVITIES, AND AWARDS Environmental Quality Award, Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Advocate of the Year, Clean Water Action Council, 1996 Environmental Excellence Award, Midwest Renewable Energy Assoc., 1992 Federation of American Scientists, member Wisconsin Environmental Decade, founder and director Council on Economic Priorities, consultant Friends of the Earth, National Board Member Author of The Survival Handbook, 1991 Helped organize 1970 and 1990 Earth Day events "I believe that public officials, scientists, and scholars hold a special responsibility in today's world of dwindling resources, environmental crises, and an uncertain economy. We must speak out on the impact of science and technology on society." - Doug LaFollette ** Paul Watson ** [Paul Watson] Captain Paul Watson co-founded Greenpeace and is the Founder (1977) and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Actor Martin Sheen has described Paul Watson as, "by far the most knowledgeable, dedicated, and courageous environmentalist alive today." And Time magazine honored Captain Watson by choosing him as one of the top 50 environmentalists of the 20th century. In recent years, Paul's Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has contributed substantial resources to help save unique ecosystems including Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. But Paul's impact must also be measured by how, through his obvious courage, writings, unique lectures, and direct action, he has inspired and educated hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to value and defend nature. Paul's expertise on ocean resources can uniquely contribute now to the Sierra Club in various ways. For example, coral reefs and fisheries around the world are in deep trouble. This fact was recently recognized by resolutions regarding sustainable fisheries passed internationally at the recent U.N. Johannesberg Summit on Sustainability and also by the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club. Finally, Paul Watson understands that out-of-control human population growth - both domestic and international - is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and wild lands. ** Dick Schneider ** Dick Schneider has been a member of the Sierra Club since 1974. He was the recent Conservation Chair of the San Francisco Bay Chapter, the Club's second largest chapter, and Chair of its Population Committee. He is a frequent public speaker on the role of population growth in destroying the natural world and our quality of life. In addition to population work, Dick has been involved in land-use issues. In 2000, he led the Club's participation in an Alameda County, California, growth-control initiative that established a countywide urban growth boundary. That initiative passed with 57 percent of the vote and was the most expensive local ballot measure in California history. He was a statistical advisor to the 2001 NumbersUSA study "Weighing Sprawl Factors in Large U.S. Cities" which analyzed Census data to demonstrate that 50 percent of sprawl in the United States is caused by population growth. In prior years, Dick has been a member of the Bay Chapter Executive Committee, has chaired the Northern California/Nevada RCC Energy Committee, the Bay Chapter Toxics Committee, and the Bay Chapter Fundraising Committee. He holds an M.S. degree in Energy and Resources from U.C. Berkeley and is co-author of "Toxics A to Z: A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards" (U.C. Press). More candidate information, pictures and statements are at www.susps.org/candidates . |
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