Habib's Garden
Connecting People to Weave a Better World
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Steve Habib Rose. A number of us met this evening and thought that this group would be a fitting tribute. Lets use this group to recognize, honor and appreciate the many gifts and blessings he bestowed on so many of us. Please add yourself and your reflections.
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Created: Sep 26, 2007
Updated: Jul 22, 2009
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The Project focuses on several major issues:
(The Project has participated in the campaigns listed below)
Boycott Coca-Cola (Global)
Restore habeas corpus and due process (USA)
Stop taxpayer subsidies for logging wild Alaskan forest (USA)
Protect the rainforests of the Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
End the cocaine sentencing disparity (USA)
Local/Regional issues
- Human Rights/Civil Liberties,
- Environmental Protection/Food Safety,
- Drug Policy Reform.
(The Project has participated in the campaigns listed below)
Civil Liberties/Human Rights:
Encourage the investigation of potential crimes and Constitutional violations committed by the Bush Administration (USA)
Close the "School of Assassins" (USA)
Stop mass rape in Darfur (Sudan)
Stop secret mineral payments to dictators
Ask the International Olympic Committee to cancel permission for the Olympic Torch Relay in Tibet
Pressure Burma to allow international aid for Cyclone victims
Improve farm labor conditions in Florida
Pressure China to stop Tibet crackdown
Stop the genocide in Darfur (Sudan)
Support freedom in Burma
Demand an independent prosecutor to investigate deliberate destruction of CIA torture tapes (USA)
Block amnesty for telephone company spying (USA)
Stop the illegal wiretapping program (USA)
Support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Global)
Protect household workers of foreign diplomats (USA)
Tell the Justice Department not to give Alberto Gonzales the power to speed up executions (USA)
Boycott Coca-Cola (Global)
End torture and abuse in secret prisons (USA & allies)
Stop extraordinary rendition: secretly kidnapping people and sending them to countries that torture (USA &
allies)
Close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay and give those held there access to justice (USA)
Environmental Protection/Food Safety:
Preserve Alaska's Tongass National Forest
Encourage US governors to stop spending taxpayer money on bottled
water
Block oil shale and tar sands development on Federal land (USA)
Pressure Kimberly-Clark to stop clear-cutting ancient forests and
start using recycled material in Kleenex and other products
Promote Al Gore's challenge to produce 100% of America's electricity
from renewable energy sources within 10 years
Block offshore oil drilling (USA)
Tell the US EPA to reduce airborne lead
Pressure Canada to stop tar sand oil extraction
Improve the Climate Security Act (US global warming bill)
Protect the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park from coal mining (Canada &
USA)
Ask the Graco company to stop using toxic chemicals in its products, including cribs,
infant carriers, and car seats
Pressure Royal Dutch Shell not to drill for oil in environmentally sensitive Arctic seas
Prevent federal agencies from purchasing liquid coal and other dirty fuels (USA)
Oppose coal subsidies in the Farm Bill (USA)
Protect the Giant Sequoia National Monument (USA)
Stop toxic mega-port on the Paraguay River
Petition the US EPA to reduce formaldehyde in wood products
Tell the Bush administration not to sell off or log North Carolina forests in the Cumberland Plateau
Pressure major US grocery stores not to sell food from cloned animals
Tell the Bush Administration to protect Colorado's pristine National Forests
Ask the 2008 US presidential candidates to commit to supporting public water systems and to choose tap over
bottled water
Block the proposed expansion of the Smoky Canyon Mine (Idaho)
Protect Utah's Arch Canyon from off-road vehicles
Protect 200,000 acres of Mississippi wetlands
Pressure supermarkets to post mercury warning signs at seafood counters (USA)
End the use of dirty bunker fuel (cruise and shipping industries)
Require US corporations to pay taxpayers for pollution credits
Delay US approval of food from cloned animals
Stop billions of dollars in loan guarantees for US nuclear industry
Pressure auto industry on global warming
Protect polar bears and their critical habitat
Don't force taxpayers to invest in liquid coal (USA)
Allow California to limit global warming pollution from cars (USA)
Pressure Bush administration to keep oil and gas wells out of Colorado's Baca National Wildlife
Refuge (USA)
Save Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake (USA)
Ensure fair process for mountaintop mining rule (USA)
Protect Hawaii's natural and cultural resources from inappropriate military activities (Hawaii, USA)
Pressure the Bush administration to reject the Desert Rock Energy Project (Navajo Nation/USA)
Protect whales from dangerous US Navy sonar
Implement mandatory Country-of-Origin food labeling (USA)
Stop taxpayer subsidies for logging wild Alaskan forest (USA)
Tell FDA not to weaken labeling for irradiated foods (USA)
Stop the approval of genetically engineered fish (USA)
Protect air and water from factory farm pollution (USA)
Protect Appalachia's mountains and streams from mountaintop-removal coal mining (USA)
Get Wall Street out of coal investment (USA)
Require labeling of all genetically engineered foods (USA)
Require pre-market safety testing of genetically engineered foods (USA)
Label food from cloned animals (USA)
Drug Policy Reform:
Pressure Congress to allow DC's voter-passed medical marijuana initiative to go into
effect (USA)
Cut funding for the drug czar's ad campaign (USA)
Stop the DEA raids on medical marijuana providers and patients (USA)
Allow US states to use their share of HIV/AIDS prevention money on syringe exchange
programs
Urge the New York State Senate to support medical marijuana
Urge Congress to pass the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act (USA)
Encourage state legislators to support Good Samaritan laws which remove the threat of punishment arising
from overdose emergencies (USA)
Protect medical marijuana patients from employment discrimination (California)
Stop state and local police from assisting with federal raids on medical marijuana patients and providers
(California)
Remove US Federal penalties for possession of up to 3.5 ounces of marijuana and the not-for-profit transfer
of one ounce of marijuana
Stop reckless SWAT drug raids (USA)
Stop DEA obstruction of medical marijuana research (USA)
Fight efforts to undermine state medical marijuana laws - Oppose the Coburn Amendment (USA)
Urge Congress to pass the Medical Marijuana Amendment (USA)
Repeal the ban on financial aid for college students with drug convictions (USA)
Other projects:
Compel Karl Rove to testify before the House Judiciary Committee (USA)
Urge Lowe's Foods to end its partnership with Ringling Bros.
Cut wasteful Pentagon programs (USA)
Pressure Petland to stop supporting puppy mills
Protect sea turtles from trawl nets
Urge Zappos.com, Amazon, Armani, & Canada Goose to stop selling fur
Urge Taiwanese officials to clean up horrific conditions at Sanchong Animal Shelter
Tell the US House Judiciary Committee to hold Karl Rove in contempt and send him to jail
Pressure Target to stop selling glue traps
Tell the USDA to close the loophole that allows some sick and injured cows to be slaughtered for food
Pressure the US National Institutes of Health to stop funding cruel nicotine experiments on animals
Ban the seal product trade in the European Union
Save the buffalo of Yellowstone National Park (USA)
Corporate Hall of Shame 2008
Pressure Canada to end baby seal hunt
Pressure US local, state, and federal officials to require paper election ballots
Stop circus cruelty
Ask Wendy's to stop using eggs from caged hens
Stop Amazon.com's sales of illegal animal fighting materials
Strengthen the Freedom of Information Act (USA)
Tell FCC to set aside a portion of spectrum for public use (USA)
