The Green Files > Top food firms back down over whaling

[Slashfood] This company is operates seven of the eight whaling ships based in Japan. This action culminates months of campaigning action by environmental 'cyber-activists' and Greenpeace, who sent thousands of e-mails to the firms demanding they end their support for the industry.

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Slashfood: Almost everything for the base of this dish comes from the pantry - spaghetti noodles, peanut butter, soy sauce (though some are supposed to be kept in the refrigerator). I do add fresh raw veggies like cucumbers, green onions, snow peas and bell peppers, and sometimes add chicken that I've either grilled or sauteed with a little bit of sesame oil and soy sauce, but who keeps chicken in the pantry, right?!? (via Cosmos)

http://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress [Computers, Society, and Nature] Virtual activism for whales: have already logged on to the Greenpeace website to join the world’s first ever Virtual March by sending in personal stories and photographs of themselves expressing outrage at the prospect of resumed commercial whaling. The images collected through the Greenpeace website will ”˜march’ across Ulsan, as Greenpeace projects them onto buildings to remind [International Whaling Commission] IWC delegates, especially from South Korea, that global citizens want Whales - Alive!

Greenpeace.org[Greenpeace.org] Your turn to save whales | Greenpeace International: Many companies outside Japan are owned by, or have contracts with, Nissui,  the corporation which owns one third of Kyodo Senpaku, which owns the whaling fleet. 

http://www.amyreeve1981.blogspot.com [Amyreeve1981.blogspot.com] Amy's Japan Blog: Anyone who has been a teacher in Japan will understand the title of this blog when i say one word "San-Gattsu". Yes, this week is the last week of classes until the new term starts in April.

http://totaltactics.org [Totaltactics.org] Total Tactics: the transfer of the shares in the whaling firm will not affect our policies at all,” Hideki Moronuki, an official in charge of whaling for Japan’s Fisheries Agency, told the AFP news agency, “Rather, we welcome the move, from now on, whaling will be regarded as something backed by all of Japan, not just a particular group in the private sector.”

Smh.com.auhttp://www.smh.com.au [Smh.com.au] Whalers, Greenpeace resume battle - Breaking News - National ...: As the clashes erupted again, the whaling ships warned through their Institute for Cetacean Research they would continue to use water cannon on the protesters.

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