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New: Web-Based Training on the Precautionary Principle
Now anyone can gain in-depth training on the precautionary
principle via the web -- useful for grass-roots activists, and
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A 400-page 'Precaution Toolkit' Hot Off the MIT Presses
"Finally -- a book that exposes the precautionary principle for
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Mendocino Supervisors Consider a Precautionary Approach
Supervisors of this northern California county will spend 90
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Indigenous Farmers Urge Precaution for 'Terminator' Seeds
"Indigenous peoples from Peru are asking the international
community to 'stay strong' in the face of huge pressure from
corporations that now promote terminator technology for...
monopoly control over the global food system... Action is
needed by world governments to fully apply the precautionary
principle..."
All the Signs of Full-blown Mother Earthism
"Secondary symptoms of Mother Earthism include... recourse to
the intellectually vapid precautionary principle..."
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Rachel's Precaution Reporter offers news, views and practical
examples of the Precautionary Principle, or Foresight Principle,
in action. The Precautionary Principle is a modern way of making
decisions, to minimize harm. Rachel's Precaution Reporter tries
to answer such questions as, Why do we need the precautionary
principle? Who is using precaution? Who is opposing precaution?
Rachel's Precaution Reporter is published as often as necessary
to provide readers with up-to-date coverage of the subject.
As you come across stories that illustrate the precautionary
principle -- or the need for the precautionary principle --
please Email them to us at rpr@rachel.org.
Editors:
Peter Montague - peter@rachel.org
Tim Montague - tim@rachel.org
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