Greenpeace is seeking the help of bloggers to intensify its campaign to save the turtles threatened by Tata’s port project at Dhamra.
In September 2008, after heightened protests and nearly 100,000 dedicated Greenpeace cyberactivists called on the TATAs to relocate the port, the TATAs agreed to a dialogue with those opposing the Dhamra port. In the ensuing negotiations, TATA agreed 'in principle' to an independent assessment, yet it continues to build the port, and with every passing day, the turtles' future looks dimmer… That's why Greenpeace and other groups are calling on TATA to immediately halt construction and commission an independent assessment.
I am pasting below a message received from Norbert Lincoln of Greenpeace in this connection:
The advantages of being an organization that thinks global and acts local is that some of the best ideas -- no matter who thought of them, or where -- somehow get around and are put to use where they're needed most. Precisely two months back Jamie, my colleague from Greenpeace UK, blogged about something that we're now adapting to our campaign against the Tata's port in Dhamra.
The idea is to make the Greenpeace Turtles website appear at the top of the list any time a search is done for Tata. Anyone with a website, blog or profile on the likes of MySpace or Facebook can help out, so if you'd like to help here are the full instructions I purloined from Climate Change Action: The more links to a site, the higher it climbs in Google rankings. So, if enough people make the word 'Tata' link to the Greenpeace Turtles site, pretty soon it'll top the list of anyone searching for Tata. So a simple online action can help us get our electronic placards under Mr. Ratan Tata's nose without standing outside his Bombay House office. If you have a website, blog, myspace, bebo, forum account, etc then please place a link to http://www.greenpeace.org/turtles. Ideally you write 'Tata' as the anchor text and place a hyperlink to http://www.greenpeace.org/turtles from that text. Anyone can do this! Blog comments/forums are easiest. Good websites are most effective.
If you're wondering what else to write, you could copy this whole piece. To get a top 10 Google ranking probably won't be too hard, but to pip Tata to the top will require a lot of effort. So tell your friends, consider putting this simple action in your newsletters, spread the word online...
Notes:
1. It works best if you mention Tata several times in an article / post.
2. If you are posting the link in a blog post then put Tata in the title and the tags.
3. The more important the site, the more kick http://www.greenpeace.org/turtles gets from the link.
4. If you are really determined then consider setting up a fake site like the TATA CSR blog. That way you can link loads of times to http://www.greenpeace.org/turtles from a site that is very relevant! eg. http://tata-csr.blogspot.com/.
5. Why not take this as seriously as a real-world action and forward it to people with green blogs/campaign groups etc.
Thanks and regards,
Norbert Lincoln
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20 February, 2009
14 April, 2008
Save the Turtle: an appeal from Greenpeace
All it takes is a mouse to save the turtle.
Click here to start the rescue.
Dear Friend,
India is a beautiful land with a wonderful diversity of wildlife. Our seas in particular are home to beautiful and rare species. Among them, the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles visit India's East Coast every year to mate and lay eggs, and six weeks later their newborn babies make their way back into the sea. Orissa is one of the last places left on the planet where these turtles arrive after swimming thousands of miles, some from places as far away as the Philippines.
The species is fragile, it needs protection, it has nowhere else to turn to. If it dies, it takes an entire fragile ecosystem along with it.
Over the last decade, the beaches of Orissa have been turned into mass graveyards for turtles, with over 100,000 turtles being washed ashore dead. While a majority of turtle deaths are caused by illegal trawling, destructive mega-projects such as large commercial ports also threaten the turtles and their habitat.
Greenpeace has been campaigning to save the Olive Ridley Turtles of Orissa from these threats. Working along with local groups and taking direct action, we have brought the issue to the attention of the governments and companies involved, asking that they take action to safeguard the species for your generation as well as future ones.
It's the Tatas. They're about to build a huge port in Dhamra, close to the turtles' sensitive breeding area, even though alternative sites exist.Greenpeace believes they can be stopped.
The great thing about the Tatas, you see, is that they listen to their customers (that's you) because you make them who they are. That's why we're not asking you to boycott them, we're asking you to make them better.
Mr. Ratan Tata has already promised that he won't build the port if there's any evidence of turtles in the area. Greenpeace has given him that proof, but he won't listen to us. Maybe he'll listen to you. And turn the Tatas into the caring and nurturing corporate family that they profess to be.
Maybe he'll listen to you. And turn the Tatas into the caring and nurturing corporate family that they profess to be.
To make sure Ratan hears you loud and clear, simply click here to send him an email.
On behalf of the planet's last Olive Ridley Turtles,
Ashish Fernandes
Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace India
PS: You can help spread the word by forwarding this message to your friends
Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems to force solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. We promote open, informed debate about society's environmental choices. We use research, lobbying, and quiet diplomacy to pursue our goals, as well as high-profile, peaceful protest to raise the level and quality of public debate. And we believe that the struggle to preserve the future of our planet is not about us. It's about you.
Click here to start the rescue.
Dear Friend,
India is a beautiful land with a wonderful diversity of wildlife. Our seas in particular are home to beautiful and rare species. Among them, the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles visit India's East Coast every year to mate and lay eggs, and six weeks later their newborn babies make their way back into the sea. Orissa is one of the last places left on the planet where these turtles arrive after swimming thousands of miles, some from places as far away as the Philippines.
The species is fragile, it needs protection, it has nowhere else to turn to. If it dies, it takes an entire fragile ecosystem along with it.
Over the last decade, the beaches of Orissa have been turned into mass graveyards for turtles, with over 100,000 turtles being washed ashore dead. While a majority of turtle deaths are caused by illegal trawling, destructive mega-projects such as large commercial ports also threaten the turtles and their habitat.
Greenpeace has been campaigning to save the Olive Ridley Turtles of Orissa from these threats. Working along with local groups and taking direct action, we have brought the issue to the attention of the governments and companies involved, asking that they take action to safeguard the species for your generation as well as future ones.
It's the Tatas. They're about to build a huge port in Dhamra, close to the turtles' sensitive breeding area, even though alternative sites exist.Greenpeace believes they can be stopped.
The great thing about the Tatas, you see, is that they listen to their customers (that's you) because you make them who they are. That's why we're not asking you to boycott them, we're asking you to make them better.
Mr. Ratan Tata has already promised that he won't build the port if there's any evidence of turtles in the area. Greenpeace has given him that proof, but he won't listen to us. Maybe he'll listen to you. And turn the Tatas into the caring and nurturing corporate family that they profess to be.
Maybe he'll listen to you. And turn the Tatas into the caring and nurturing corporate family that they profess to be.
To make sure Ratan hears you loud and clear, simply click here to send him an email.
On behalf of the planet's last Olive Ridley Turtles,
Ashish Fernandes
Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace India
PS: You can help spread the word by forwarding this message to your friends
Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems to force solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. We promote open, informed debate about society's environmental choices. We use research, lobbying, and quiet diplomacy to pursue our goals, as well as high-profile, peaceful protest to raise the level and quality of public debate. And we believe that the struggle to preserve the future of our planet is not about us. It's about you.
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