www.TheAwarenessParty.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n* URGENT EARTHFILES FOR THIS WEEK! *
Both Lisa and Tim have already submitted<\/p>\n
Keep GE and GMO'S out of Auckland and Northland.<\/p>\n
We need your help! PLEASE WRITE A SUBMISSION. See below.
We need massive numbers of submissions to Auckland Council.
Auckland's proposed Unitary Plan includes good statements to protect the community against release of GMOs.<\/p>\n
However, could you take a minute or two to write in support of this - preferably using your own words - and adding any points you want including from the 'background' section further down<\/p>\n
Your message of support is needed NOW - before the government changes the RMA to block councils having a role in protecting against GM risks, and before Federated Farmers and others write to oppose the Precautionary Principle in the plan.<\/p>\n
Including your Contact details you could write something like:<\/p>\n
\"I write to support the policy of precaution on GMOs contained in the Auckland proposed Unitary Plan.<\/p>\n
The Unitary Plan's precautionary GE objective, and methods & policies to achieve that objective, are important to the community.<\/p>\n
I support local protection against GMO risks, which have been recommended by the Northland \/Auckland \"Inter Council Working Party on GMO Risk Evaluation & management Options\"<\/p>\n
I support a precautionary approach by council providing an additional tier of protection against risks of outdoor use of GMOs which central government has not addressed through the EPA.\"<\/p>\n
Include whether you wish to speak to your submission and whether you would like to receive further information.<\/p>\n
Email your submission to: unitaryplan@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz<\/p>\n
Please email now.
Submissions close 28 February 2014 but please send your submission now, before The Minister for the Environment changes the law to stop any precautionary\/ prohibitive GE content in the Auckland Council proposed Unitary Plan. NOW you can see what we are dealing with. The Government moving the goal posts, so that NZ may not become the only ark on earth for uncontaminated organic seeds.<\/p>\n
Background:
Councils in Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, and Hawke's Bay have responded wisely to concerns about GMOs by investigating the risks posed by GMOs in the environment, and how they can best minimize these risks.<\/p>\n
In Auckland we must write in support of the draft Unitary Plan sections prohibiting GMO release. Auckland Council has worked with other local councils to control GMOs because of gaps in the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act.<\/p>\n
The Plans includes:
• ensuring GM operators are financially accountable for the full costs of contamination, clean-up, monitoring and remediation
• adopting a precautionary approach to manage potential risks (economic, environmental, social and cultural) from outdoor use of GMOs
• protecting marketing advantages associated with a “GE free” status
• addressing community and cultural concerns of mana whenua.<\/p>\n
NOW PLEASE INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THIS, SO THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF SUBMISSIONS.
THINK JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE OUR BIGGEST CITY AND DISTRICT GE FREE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.<\/p>\n
Keep Monsanto out!!
Thank you
Lisa Er<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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