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I know that Saponitown is the rockin end all be all of net, but Deb and I have been Myspacing and have been privledged enough to have had contact with Qorianka (the acctress from WHale RIder) she has been heavily steeped in fighting for Indigenous rights, If you dont have a myspace yet! Get one just to add her as your friend shes wonderful, here is her latest post that I wanted to share with everyone. HUgs n Kisses CHristina.
Hi I thought I should introduce my selfe a little more ………….dont have a website yet… but I am on the cover of the DVD and all over my movies website…
maybe you want to check it out…
As you might know….I am a 16 year old hollywood Actress who likes to use teen rebellion to do some POSITIVE damage…. glad to meet you….
I like to envision the imposible… and take the challenge to proove the ods wrong…
here is my latest:
You might wonder who I am and what I have been up to lately…
So I would like to give you this short update…and
share this Los Angeles Times article with you…
As you might know , have been focusing on re-directing
all my Publicity towards pressing Human rights and
environmental issues… especialy in my country Peru .
While promoting my film “the New World” in Peru, I
took the opportunity to highlight the case of
Occidental Petroleum’s 35 year long history of
pollution in the pristine northern Amazon forest … the
Home of the Achuar peoples.
Since 1971, Los-Angles-based Occidental Petroleum,
using practices outlawed in the U.S., pumped an
average of 850,000 barrels a day of toxic wastewaters
containing lead, cadmium, mercury and many other heavy
metals, into local rivers on Achuar territory.
The Achuar depend on this river for ALL their
drinking, fishing and bathing.
The last 5 months I have been trying to bring 35 years
of crimes against the environment and Human Rights of
the local Indigenous Peoples has finally come to the
attention of the international community!!!
Traveling back and forth to the United Nations, San Francisco and many other Places, I have been actively
speaking out on the behalf of the Achuar, denouncing
Occidental Petroleum in Peruvian mainstream media …as
well as on an international level.
As Youth Ambassador for Amazon Watch and spokesperson
for IDESEP (the organization of indigenous federations
of the Peruvian Amazon) I am proud to announce that we
have an incredible Victory!
Occidental petroleum is pulling out of the Peruvian
Amazon and is leaving Peru for good! (Read attached
article about our Dez. 6th Press conference, here in
Los Angeles)
It takes tremendous Courage to stand up against
multinational oil companies and lead a peaceful,
diplomatic but firm protest and resistance, especially
in a country like Peru.
I thank the Achuar People for taking that initiative
… and fighting this fight for all of us…so our
children may have a healthy world to live in!
And while I applaud Occidental Petroleum’s decision to
withdraw entirely from the Peruvian Amazon, and
finally respect the Achuar Rights to life … I want to
remind everybody that the struggle to hold Occidental
Petroleum accountable for what they did in the
northern Peruvian Amazon for 35 years is far from
over.
We must continue to pressure Oxy to not only make good
on their promise to leave Peru, but also to promote
higher environmental and human rights standards among
their partner companies who remain in Peru.
I also want to and to remind OXY that we will hold
them accountable for the billions of barrels of toxic
waste they dumped.
They need to take responsibility for cleaning up the
toxic mess they left behind!
They are NOT OF THE HOOK!
This is an Incredible Victory and I hope you feel just
as inspired and empowered as I do.
We all have a unique way we can be involved… and I
truly hope that you stay in touch and get involved …
We all need to demand positive change for our future
generations, because if we don’t act now, it will be
to late!
also ,here are some links you may want to visit:
http://amazonwatch.org/view_news.php?id=1279
http://amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=1277
http://amazonwatch.org/view_news.php?id=1290
http://amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=1289
http://amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=1287
Also, Please come and visit the alternative Vehicle
expo this weekend at the Santa Monica Airport Hanger,
where you can see many alternative energy vehicles in
Action and learn about environmentally smart
solutions!
Renewable energy is a must!
Make a difference…
Get involved…
See you there!
Love, Q’orianka
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