Rachel's Democracy & Health News

March 17, 2006

YOU CAN HELP RACHEL'S NEWS REACH NEW AUDIENCES

By Tim Montague

Helping community activists, local officials and small business owners protect nature, human health and democracy

Dear Rachel's Readers and Supporters,

When we started publishing Rachel's News back in 1986 the movement for environmental health and justice was just getting off the ground. We're proud to be a catalyst for the flowering of that movement which is now several hundred thousand activists strong.

Now, in our twentieth year, Rachel's News continues to bring you and the thousands of community-based activists we serve the latest information about issues like chemicals and health, environmental justice, and the consequences of a throw-away society. Our focus has shifted to encompass Democracy because the environmental and social problems we all face are the result of a progressive loss of democratic decision making.

If you scan our lead stories from the past month, you'll see we are hitting on many of the key issues of our time: gender bending chemicals{1}, can we regulate dangerous technologies{2}, the social determinants of health{3}, and why civilizations decline{4}. Where else can you find this hard hitting commentary and analysis of our modern ways of doing business and how we can and must do better.

on what's working, what's not and We don't have a rote presciption for all of societies ills. That will come from the collective action of citizens making open, democratic decisions about their community. We are providing those community activists with tools and concepts they can use to strengthen their communities -- tools like the precautionary principle, the public trust doctrine, and local living economies.

With your support we can continue to spread these fundamentally democratic ideas and tools to strengthen the fabric of society. Your donation today will help us publish Rachel's News{5} 52 times a year, Rachel's Precaution Reporter{6} (also 52 issues) and help us develop programs to foster sustainability: the {Precaution Academy} (changing the culture to embrace prevention), sustainable business consulting (growing local living economies),

Environment, Health, Jobs and Justice

And we were one of a small handful of organizations spreading scientific information about how industrial activity and unfettered economic growth is impacting our health and the integrity of the natural world we all depend on.

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