Actions for the week of April 15, 2024
Happy Earth Month, Activists!
With spring in full swing and Earth Day around the corner, it’s a great time to enjoy the living world and reaffirm our connection to it. Thank you for acting on behalf of our home planet and the life it sustains
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Action 1
👖👢💚 Demand an End to Fashion’s Race to the Bottom
Apparel and footwear manufacturing is responsible for an enormous and under acknowledged share of total global greenhouse gas emissions, between 4–8.6% collectively (the entire United States accounts for 11%). It is an industry pumping out an endless flow of mostly plastic-based products and taking no responsibility for how its goods are made or the waste it creates. Fashion is not just an enormous polluter, it is also a major employer of exploited, forced and child labor.
Some good news: the Fashion Act S.4746 (Hoylman) / A.4333 (Kelles) is a bill in the NY State Legislature aimed at calling attention to the industry’s social and environmental costs and holding retailers and manufacturers to account. It would introduce mandatory due diligence measures for sellers and producers and require companies to operate in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Add your voice to #ActonFashion today.
Action 2
🙅♂️🛢️🗺️ Tell President Biden: Ban New Oil and Gas Permits on Public Lands and Waters
President Biden promised on the campaign trail that he would “ban new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters.” In a disappointing and dangerous move, his administration is proceeding to resume selling leases for new oil and gas drilling on public lands. Unacceptable!
Sign on to demand that Biden ban ALL new oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters.
Action 3
🌱🐝🏙️ Help Rewild Our Concrete Jungle!
Spring has sprung, which means it’s planting time! A fun and easy way to plant more native species in New York — especially as we come up on International Sunflower Seed Planting Day (May 1st) — is to make a seed bomb. By seeding gardens, backyards, parks and any green spaces you encounter, you can help vital pollinators thrive and beautify the urban landscape we call home. Here is how to make them, as well as a list of wildflowers native to the New York area.
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