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7TH INTERNATIONAL GATHERING ON BIODEVASTATION

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The Institute of Science in Society

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You are invited to attend the…

 

7TH INTERNATIONAL GATHERING ON BIODEVASTATION

 

May 16-18, 2003 St. Louis, Missouri USA

 

Genetic Engineering: A Technology of Corporate Control

 

A FORUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, WORLD AGRICULTURE AND & BIOWARFARE

 

Sponsored by the Gateway Green Alliance, P.O. Box 8094, St. Louis MO 63156,

USA 314-664-1199 www.gatewaygreens.org

 

Cosponsors: Institute for Social Ecology, Greens/Green Party USA, JMG

Foundation

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

 

Friday, May 16, 2003

 

9:00 am registration

 

9:45 am. Welcome, announcements

 

10:00 am - 11:45 pm. Panel: THE INTERNATIONAL THREAT TO FARMS AND FARMERS

 

noon - 2 pm: lunch

 

2 - 3:45 pm: Concurrent workshops

 

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Plenary

 

5 - 7 pm: dinner

 

7 - 10 pm: Panel: GLOBALIZATION AND FOOD IMPERIALISM

 

Saturday, May 17, 2003

 

9:15 am registration

 

9:30 am. Plenary, announcements

 

10:00 am - 11:45pm Panel: BIOWARFARE

 

12:00 - 1:45 pm: lunch

 

1:45 - 3:30 pm. Concurrent workshops

 

3:45 - 5:30 pm Concurrent workshops

 

5:30 - 7:30 pm: dinner

 

7:30 - 10 pm. Panel: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM

 

Sunday, May 18, 2003

 

9:15 am registration

 

9:30 am. Plenary, announcements

 

10:00 am - 11:45. Panel: CROP CONTAMINATION AND THE FUTURE OF INDIGENOUS

AGRICULTURE

 

12:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch in the park

 

2:00 - 5:00 pm: WAF Convergence

 

5:00 - 700 pm: dinner

 

7:00 - 9:00 pm Closing plenary

 

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

 

Sujartha Byravan (Council for Responsible Genetics)

 

Ignacio Chapela (University of California)

 

Kristin Dawkins (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)

 

Michael Dorsey (Dartmouth College)

 

Joshua English (Stop the UCD Biolab Now!)

 

Steve Erickson (Citizens Education Project)

 

Felder Freeman (Federation of Southern Co-operatives)

 

Edward Hammond (Sunshine Project)

 

Michael Hansen (Consumer Policy Institute)

 

Mae-Wan Ho (Institute for Science in Society, London)

 

Mwananyanda Mbikusita Lewanika (Lyambayi Institute of Development, Zambia)

 

Mark Mitchell (Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice)

 

George Naylor (National Family Farm Coalition)

 

Inga Olson (Tri-Valley CAREs)

 

Ana Ruiz Diaz (Permaculture Network, Mexico)

 

Percy Schmeiser (Canadian farmer)

 

Vandana Shiva (Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India)

 

Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology, Vermont).

 

Lawrence Tsimese (Agricultural Reform Movement, Ghana)

 

BIODEVASTATION 7

 

Many organic farmers know of Percy Schmeiser, the Canadian who was sued for

the " crime " of having his fields contaminated by genetically modified canola

pollen. Have you heard of research by Ignacio Chapela, who showed that

wind-blown pollen from GM crops contaminated Mexican fields hundreds of miles

away?

 

When drought plagued southern Africa in summer 2002, the US offered to " help "

by donating GM food. Consumers Union researcher Michael Hansen went to

Africa to warn of the dangers that GM food poses to human health, ecosystems

and farming. Zambian scientist Mwananyanda Lewanika persuaded his government

that GM food could lead to GM pollen contaminating fields, with the result

that poor farmers would be unable to pay technology fees. Zambia refused all

GM food.

 

Schmeiser, Chapela, Hansen and Lewanika will be among the many scientists and

organizers who will speak and lead interactive workshops at Biodevastation 7

in St. Louis, May 16-18. Biodevastation 7 is a continuation of gatherings

critical of genetic engineering which began in St. Louis in 1998 and went to

Seattle, San Diego, Boston, India and Canada before returning to the center

of biotechnology.

 

The 2003 gathering will be the cutting edge event defining links between

environmental racism and biotechnology. Speakers will show how use of the

technology drives the price of farming too high for the poor, pushing them

off their land, and destroying ecosystems existing in harmony with the land.

As GM advances, it transforms its victims into " terrorists " if they resist

and leaves them to discover the unknown effects of eating genetically

contaminated food when their bodies have been poisoned with countless

agricultural chemicals.

 

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REGISTRATION: Biodevastation 7, May 16-18, 2003, St. Louis MO

 

Name:______________

 

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[The cost of lodging and meals is not included in registration fees.]

 

Corporate/Government registration: ____ $500 all 3 days ____ $200 per day

(Which day?______________________)

 

Citizen/activist registration:

 

(Early preregistration discount, if postmarked before May 1: ____ $50 for

all 3 days)

 

____ $10 per panel or workshop (Which event?______________________)

 

____ $25 per day (Which day? = ______________________)

 

____ $60 for all 3 days

 

[if money is a barrier, call 314-727-8554 or fitzdon by May 10.]

 

Please make out your check to the Gateway Green Alliance and send to P.O. Box

8094, St. Louis MO 63156 USA.

 

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