Joint International GMOpposition Month
   March 24 - May 12, 2007

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JIGMOM Program in 36 countries
"Six Weeks a Month"
Press Release Poster Pattern
When
What
Where
Who

March 24



March 26

Conference/ Workshops
"Who owns life?"

Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

- Hazards of GMOs
- practices of “Dream Farms” (sustainable agriculture)

Workshops

- Saving seeds

- Intellectual Property rights

- WTO/FTA

Rice planting Tour




Osaka


Fukuoka


Japan

March 24

Angoulême,
France

March 24

Tamil Nadu,
India

March 24

Meeting with farmers

Dicen los granjeros, incluyendo mujeres, de las ventajas del arroz orgánico que cultivan a la salud y al ambiente

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Taiping, Perak,
Malaysia

March 24

Dissemination in the City of Paris


"Despite being encircled by a strong anti-pollen squad, the wind carried us through the center of Paris, until heavy rain."

 

JIGMOM Program in Île-de-France

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Paris,
France
March 24

March 25

March 28

March 30

April 2
Petition

Ecological Workshop on rice

"Save Rice" Rally

Seed Exhibition

Cultural night
regarding the rice
Nepal
March 20
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May 2
Haute-Savoie,
France
March 24 -
April 1


Hope Support during Annual Spring Health Fasting

"No GMO on Mother Earth No more"
No patents on Life
Moratorium on GE crops

Urick's words

Leba, Poland
March 25
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March 28

Events in parallel to the trial of "Voluntary Reapers"

- March 25,10 pm: Breakfast at Utopia Tournefeuille
"Argentina: soja of Hunger" Movie and debate

- March 26 20:30 pm, salle du sénéchal. Meeting / debate

- March 27, All day long: Stands, conférences/debates, films projections, animations, slow food. 20:00 pm Supporting Concert

- March 28. Morn. : continuing trial. Aftern. : trial of the gleaners

Full Program (in French)

Toulouse, France
24 mars
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6 mai
National Campaign : "NO to the new proposal of GMO Act"
Burning Act in Stryszow
43 Information Sites distributed all over the regions
1. Stryszów
2. Wadowice
3. Lekawica
4. Kraków
5. Lódz
6. Bienkówka
7. Kalisz
8. Szczecin
9. Lapanów
10. Brodnica
11. Zielona Góra
12. Lubasz
13. Czarnków
14. Swidwin
15. Janów Podlaski
16. Wroclaw
17. Grzybów
18. Nowy Targ
19. Kluczbork
20. Wieprz
21. Dziadowa Kloda
22. Jelenia Góra
23. Nowina
24. Mielec
25. Lublin
26. Oswiecim
27. Bydgoszcz
28. Jedrzejów
29. Bielsko-Biala
30. Stronie
31. Gliwice
32. Kielce
33. Piechowice
34. Biadacz Kamienisko
35. Bartosze
36. Przysiek
37. Potopy
38. Białystok
39. Kuniów
40. Nowa Sól
41. Szprotawa
42. Kędzierzyn-Koźle
43. Jasło
web page (in Polish)

- Educational Meetings
- Beacons of Fire
- Film : "Life is running out of control"

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Pologne
March 25
- Information spot, petition Moratorium for a GM-free spring (Orléans Call).

- distribution of leaflets to the inhabitants of Malintrat, and discovery of Transgénilintrat-land.

Meeting with the mayor of Malintrat, where a new open-air trial of Biogemma-Limagrain is welcome.



Tract and Conference annoucement

Malintrat,
France

25 mars

Paris,
France
March 26
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March 31
"Rice Chain" Training

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Indonesia
March 27

March 28
Mithabagilu Village declared GM Free
Seed Savers honoured

Inauguration
of GM-Free Villages Campaign


Symposium
on Save Our Rice topic

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Karnataka,
India
March 27
Romania
March 27

March 28
Talk at university



Seminar
on GE Rice
Korea
March 29

March 31

April 2

April 4
Meeting on the Future of local rice varieties

Consultation
with the farmers on "Organic Rice Production"

Seminar
: "GMOs - A new Threat to rice in Pakistan"

Workshop: Youth in rice farming
Pakistan
March 29
Movie / debate
"Les OGM sont ils dangereux pour la santé? L'étude qui accuse"
with the producer
Video

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Orsay, France
March 29
WORA Launch

Rally
: Rice and organic product trade fairs

Dialogue with the secretary of Department of Agriculture

Art Competition "Why Rice is Important to us?"

Multi-media campaign :
Media interviews of local leaders and scientists

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Philippines
March 29
Forum on Wora

Japanese farmers fight to protect their local varieties of rice from GE rice

Tokyo, Japan

March 29
Seminar of farmers, traders, millers,
activists and scientists

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Kerala,

India

March 29


March 30
Art Competition "My favourite rice festival"

Seminar on Hybrid and GE Rice

Bangladesh

March 29

March 30
Art Competition "My favourite rice festival"

Talk on GM Rice and related issues


Dressed in the traditional black of the Kadazan Dusun people, the Priestesses perform the sacred ‘Monogit’ ceremony of thanksgiving for the previous rice harvest

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East Malaysia

March 29, 30, 31

April 1, 2
Inauguration Program

Seminar / workshop

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Badulla,
Anuradhapura,
Ampara,
Kantale,
Sri Lanka
March 29

April 6
Film / Debate
"GMO, what's that?"

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Habère-Poche,

Thorens les glières
France
March 30, 31

Cambodia

March 30 -
March 31
Movie / debate
"Islands at risk"

Don't miss this opportunity for education, vision and action!
Bring the newest leaf from your papaya tree to test for GMO conta-mination while you wait!

Oahu, Hawaï
March 30

March 31
Workshop/ Talk "Introduction of GE & GE crops"


Workshop/ Talk "Sustainable Agriculture and Rice Conservation"



China

March 30,
31
April 1, 2
Rice and organic product trade fairs
Multi-media campaign (Media interviews of local leaders, scientists)
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Philippines

March 30,
April 2
Learning Activities for Youth

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Thailand

March 24, 29, 31
Lecture / debate
"GMOs in all their states"
Briançon, Lyon, Amiens, France

March 31

April 13

May 3

Information on Markets

Film / Debate


café-debate

Full Program

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Sélestat, Alsace, France
March 29 -
April 4

Program by country


WORA Launch in Bangladesh :

"...thousands of men, women and children cheering and chanting slogans to save their rice. What kind of world are we living in when we drive these people out of existence and take away everything they live for?
To me GE seed is the ultimate symbol of the corporate monster. SEED of GREED
."
Clare of Malaysia

Whole set of Reports

Sign on THE PEOPLE’S STATEMENT ON SAVING THE RICE OF ASIA

India

Bangladesh

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Philippines

Malaysia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Thailand

Korea

China

Japan
April 1
Street Actions

In Kostroma, the regional capital of Central Russia, Activists of the NGO For the Sake of Life urged regional authorities to declare the region a GMO free zone. Ecologists plan to undertake concrete steps to introduce GMO free law in the region (see the Complete Report)

  In Archangelsk (North-West of Russia) JIGMOM started with the call to local authorities to uncover information on tests of food products on GMOs. Regional sanitary inspection provided to local NGO Etas a list of products tested negative to GMOs. But GM-positive products are still under secret.

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Kostroma,
Archangelsk
Russia
April 1 - 8
Stands, movies, Petition
Declaration on patents

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Nevers, France
April 2

April 4
State level Seminar on "Rice is Our Identity"


National Workshop on "Rice is our Identity"

Vikas Kendra (West Bengal)
Bhubaneswar (Orissa) India

April 2



April 3



April 4



April 5
Launch: Rally and Happening Art, Exhibition, Seminar, Film and discussion

Exhibition "Rice and our life", writing and drawing contests, Tematic campong discussion

WORA banner: Sri Dewi, the Goddess of rice
looks over the organic rice farm
in Mandungan Yogyakarta

Exhibition, Food processing competition,
"Back to Village" for kid, Tematic campong discussion, Closing and cultural night

Black Mask: the Javanese warriors are ready for
the battle against the corporatisation of agriculture

Andong Rally,

Lobby
to Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwana X


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Indonesia

April 3

Conference / Debate
"different view points on GMOs
the Scientist, the Farmer, the Philosopher"


JIGMOM Program in Île-de-France

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University of Tolbiac,
Paris,
France



April 3






April 4

Mass Rally in front of IRRI
& Dpt. of Agriculture
Peoples Street Conference on celebrating rice culture
trade fairs of organic products,
exhibits
and solidarity night


Rice and organic product trade fairs
Multi-media campaign (Media interviews of international scientists)

Wora evaluation meeting
GE Rice Meeting

Laguna, Quezon City, University of the Philippines,

Philippines

Avril 4

Seminar and protest rally with the participation of 10,000 from all work areas

Seminar / workshop
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
April 4

WORA Forum

Sharing session on the situation of rice relating to GE Rice,
Local Rice Genetic Resources

Thailand

April 5

Paris 5,
France
April 5

April 6

Launch: World Consumers Day

Seminar : "GE Rice & GE Food"

West Malaysia

April 9

Days of Protest against GMO
Rallies, Public meetings, Media meets and Demonstrations

   In line with JIGMOM, The Deccan Development Society, AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity, AP Alliance for Food Sovereigty and the South Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE) who together work in an area of 943 000 sq kms and a population of 320 million people have organised series of rallies, demonstrations and public meetings involving over a million participants in various villages, towns and cities.

A protest march was held in Najangud town of Karnataka State on 9th April 2007 by ‘South Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE)' and ‘Institute for Cultural Research and Action (ICRA)' in solidarity JIGMOM. Around 700 farmers and farm women from surrounding villages, especially cotton growing areas took part in the protest march.

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Najangud,
Karnataka,
India
April 9
Launching of a Document
on Bio-fuels, followed by a Demonstration on the 18th of April
Santa Fe, Argentina
April 9

April 10

One day seminar "Impact of Indonesia's FTA to rice supply"

Lobby to the Department of Agriculture

Indonesia

April 10

Day of Protest against GMO
Rallies, Public meetings, Media meets and Demonstrations

  DDS- APCIDD observed GM Opposition Day on April 10th in front of ICRISAT, denouncing ICRISAT for its corporate backed pro-GM research agenda and submitted a memorandum to the Director General, ICRISAT and demanded to:

1. Move away from GE and move back to basics. Work with farmers and start building on the foundations of their science once again.
2. Get out of the unholy alliance with the biotech industry which has very little to do with Life and everything to do with Death.
3. Stop renting out your facilities which was donated to you by the internatonal community to the biotech industry.
4. Bring back biodiversity and NPM on to your agenda.
5. Start repatriating the genetic wealth you have amassed from the farmers of Asia and Africa.

transcripted reply of the ICRISAT Director

The day was concluded with a Media Meet at Sangareddy, Medak District.

MEMORANDUM SUBMMITTED TO THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR

• Further Andhra Pradesh Coalition in Defence of Diversity (APCIDD) partners from Adilabad, Anatapur, East Godavari, Kurnool, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nellore, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Warangal & West Godavari districts...
... also observed GM Opposition day in their respective districts.

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Patancheru, Medak District,
Andhra Pradesh,
India

April 3, 5, 27
Lecture / debate
"GMOs in all their states"
Tours, Nogent le rotrou, Montpellier, France
April 11
Street Actions

Young ecologists of Kola Peninsula run a street action for GMO free zone in Murmansk. They went out to central square of the city with a 10 meter poster “GMO Free Zone” and in costumes of corn, carrot, tomato and banana. Two activists dressed in rabbit costumes where holding poster “No experiments”. (see the Complete Report)
Murmansk,
Russia

April 7, 14, 21
GM-free Banquets
Nîmes, France
April 13
Press-Conference on GMOS in Nestlé Baby-food

 The CIS NGOs presented to public the results of independent baby food tests on GMOs. Event was dedicated to the Joint International Month of Opposition to GMOs (JIGMOM), action against GMOs which takes place all over the world. Press-conference was organized by members of CIS Alliance for Biosafety – local NGO Foundation for Integration of Ecological Culture (FIEC) and Moscow members of the Alliance. (see the Complete Report)
Almaty,
Kazakhstan

April 13
Film / Debate
"GMOs: what's that?"

Full Program

Sélestat, France

April 14

12 am - 7pm

Information stall

 Right at the center of Paris, the Fontaine Saint-Michel is meant for successful appointments, as well as a famous touristic spot.

  Not easy to sing louder than the surrounding traffic noise,
for our voice being heard. This day and the following one, we collected around 1000 signatures for the
Moratorium on GMOs, and discussed with various persons, including pro-GMO farmers, scientists and students.


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St Michel, Paris 7,
France

April 14
Entertainment, Music, Stands, local and organic Food

Film
, Contest and Debate about GMOs
La Roche sur Foron, France

April 14

For a GM-Free Spring

  Citizens dressed in "sandwish-men" walked through the down-town pedestrian streets. People were invited to sign the call for a moratoriuml and GM-Free Spring. A banner was set up at Place de la Motte.


Limoges, France
April 17
Conference / Cocktail
French-Japaneese meeting

" Opposing GMOs in Japan and the international solidarity "

FLYER


Open-air cultivation of tested GMOs

   The "île-de-France" local team had prepared an organic cocktail for the audience and our guests, who had brought documents as well as many japanese typical presents. Welcome with an address delivered by of the Mayor of the 2nd quarter of Paris, our japanese partners have then presented during two hours, with slides translated in French and thanks to an accurate translation (Thank you Kolin!), different aspects of the resistance to GMOs in Japan, inssisting on the necessity of a global collaboration. The French audience has been impressed by the Consumers Associations initiatives, such as this People's Survey on GM Rapeseed Growing Wild, conducted with "No! GMO Campaign" During discussions with the audience, it appeared that a global support to Australia should be initiated, in order to avoid its government to make the hardly reversible choice of GE cultures.

GM-Free regions in Japan: about 8000 hectares since January 2005
Colours indicate the number of farmers who declared themselves GMO-free (ex: from 50 to 250: in red)


An interview of japaneese guests by the journalist Ruth Stegassy, recorded during that evening,
is broadcasted by the France-Culture Radio on Saturday morning 16th of June 2007

Ile-de-France Program

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Paris 10th, France
April 18
Demonstration
in parallel to the meeting organized by the German Ambassy and the local government, self-claimed "Biofuel District".
Santa Fe, Argentina

April 19
7 pm

Paris 19,
France

April 19 - 20

3rd Conference on GMO Free Regions, Biodiversity and Rural Development
Brussels, Belgium
April 20

"Vamos al grano! Cuidado con el maíz Transgénico!" Video Launching

Our video-film "Right to seeds! Beware of GE Maize!" has just been finished with the aim of being spread across the whole country, for all the population and farmers in particular, understanf what GMOs are, how they are designed and why we state that they are dangerous for the biodiversity, health, farming. In particular, in the case of corn, one insist on the the necessity to keep the biodiversity of corn and ways to be protected froim GE-maize originating from the USA. These presentations came along with introductions to the anti-GMO movement at both national and international levels.

  To be translated soon : This is on the occasion of the XVII Anniversary-MeetingAu cours de l'Anniversaire-Assemblée of the farmers organization Sanzekan Tinemi, with which Grupo de Estudios Ambientales -GEA-works in the mountain area of Guerrero, that the video-film what shown for the first time at Chilapa, Guerrero.

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- During the Worshop "Defensa territorial del maíz nativo en México" and the III Foro Nacional "En Defensa del Maíz Nativo" , in Mexico-city, May 16-17, respectively, with a hundred representatives of the Civil Society and indigenous people of the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chihuahua, Michoacán, Veracruz, Tabasco, Jalisco, estado de México, as well as from Peru, Brazil and Chili.
- During the XXX Anniversary of GEA, at Mexico-City, on the 18th of May.

Cities of Mexico
April 20 -
May 8
Expedition genArtic near the -under construction- Doomsday Seed Vault

2007 :
Global Polar Year
 

Biodiversity
in question

Is one of the most remote location on earth still free of genetic contamination?
Tests aboard


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Lofoten, Norway
April 20 - 21
Annual meeting of the European NGO Network on Genetic Engineering (GENET)
Brussels, Belgium
April 21 - 22
Actions of information
during the Ecology Festival

Seed & Life Forum


Invitation

These panelists (members of "Ecological life organisation") talked about the organic agriculture practices.
 

People of the municipality of Nilufer (in Bursa) where a weekly open market of
organic products has been created

Press Release: message to the turkish govnt
(in English, Spanish and French)

Istanbul, Turkey
April 21

11 a.m. 4 p.m
informational table
at our local Earth Day celebration
at the Napa Valley College soccer fields
California, USA
April 22 -

May 22

Organic farming campaign

  The gathering at the closing meeting of one month long organic farming campaign in Tanjavur delta districts had discussed about GM crops.
Tamil nadu Organic Agriculturist Movement ( TOAM), federation Of Consumer Organisations Of Tamil nadu and Pondycherry (FEDCOT), and many other organizations had pleaded to the Tamil nadu state Government (INDIA) NOT TO PERMIT ANY GE CROPS TRIALS in the state.
TOAM , FEDCOT, LEISA , SNEGHA,IRDC,VENTURE TRUST,BHARATHI WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, WALES FOUNDATION, PALAIYUR POISON FREE FOOD PRODUCERS FEDERATION and Oottrumai Trust jointly had carried out a campaign to promote Organic faming and also to make aware of the dangers of GM crops among farmers and consumers as well.
   The campaign started on April 22nd at the famous place, VEDARANYAM, one of the two places where the Salt Sahyagragha was launched during the freedom struggle on India. The campaign ended in another historical place called KALLANAI, WHERE THE king of Tanjavur had built the first dam- still in use, across the river cauvery.

President of Tamil nadu Green Movement, Former Vce Chancelor of Gandhi Gram University Dr. Margandan, Former members of the Legislative assembly of Tamil nadu Mr.G.Illagovan, M. Manimaran, Vice Chairman of Tamil nadu government Agriculture Advisory committee Mr. Azhagiri, R.Selvam of SAGE and Organic Farmers Federation Of Erode District all spoke about the need for promoting organic farming and the risks the GM crops poses over the farmers and consumers.
   At the end Mr. Nammalvar declared that ,"GE Seeds and requested to the farmers of Tamil nadu not to sow Bt Cotton as they are affecting their fellow farmers. If any of the fields were sown with the Bt. cotton then he will lead the team that will pullout the crop".

The meet resolved to plead the state government not to permit any GM crops trials in Tamil nadu and ban Bt Crops.
It is important to remember that recently to Supreme Court of India had permitted to continue the old field trials.

Meeting at night, or on the road
distribution of free trees to farmers
Village meetings
Destroying Bt Rice in Coimbatore
on the 10th of November, 2006

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Tamil Nadu,
India

April 22

Information stand

  We gave away packages of organic Pinto Bean seeds with messages of the danger of the Terminator Technology; we had a draw for Jeffrey Smith's Trilogy, a quizz with organic chocolate as prizes.
   We got 5 pages of the
Ban Terminator petition signed which we delivered to our Member of Parliament on April 27th 2007. As we had collected 10 other pages during the last 3 months, it was enough signatures (250) to ask him to table it in the House of Commons which he promised to do before June 2007.
(Tabling means he will read out the concern of his constituents on the floor of the House so it is entered in the Hansards, minutes of the House of Commons)

Edmonton,
Alberta,
Canada

April 25


International Counter-Manifestation
to the "1st International Conference and Trade Fair: Biotechnology in Agriculture"

Counter-Conference:
Genes Are Not For Sale
April 25, Krakow
Wavel Castle, CENTRUM
WYSTAWOWO- KONFERENCYJNE


...where key international figures expose the real truth about the harmful
effects of GMOs.

"Many years have past and the ancient dragon
once again threatens the land of King Krak (Poland).
This time, his name is: GMO

The beast lurks upon our traditional and ecological farming and our biodiversity and threatens our health.
Let's stop the monster before it's too late!"

  The conference drew approx 120 people to Wawel Castle and filled the room to capacity.
Dr Arpad Pusztai, Percy Schmeiser and Michel Dupont were the main international speakers, Prof. Magdalena Jaworska, Dr Zbigniew Halat main Polish ones. They all hammered home the same message: There can be NO coexistence between GMO and traditional and organic crops; cross-contamination is inevitable - whatever the distance.

  Proceedings ended with strong support from participants to fight-on to keep Poland GMO Free and to support ICPPC's call for a European wide Moratoriun of all GMO. Widespread determination to resist any watering down of the current national GMO ban was also expressed.
several traditional and organic farmers/processors provided and prepared a superb spread of delicious eco friendly food for everyones consumption.

Full Report

Krakow, Poland
April 26
Film / debate
Faim de soja (Hambre de soja)
of Marcelo Viñas
Ile-de-France program

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Paris 13ème, France

April 26

At the Parliament of Cyprus

Invitation

It was a very successful event!
   250 participants, among them Members of the Parliament, Ministers, Representatives of all the political parties, Mayors, the Ombudsman, the representative of the EU representation in Cyprus, NGOs and the public. The representative of the Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus stressed out that it is the right time to ban GMOs due to the Cyprus particularities and to the new data on the effects of GMOs revealed internationally.

The event was co-organised by the Federation of Environmental and Ecological Organisations of Cyprus and the Cyprus Parliament,
in the frame of Jigmom.

The main speaker was the President of the Parliament, who declared the will of the Parliament to ban GMOs in Cyprus.
Cyprus
April 28

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May 8

Information Tour
through villages
...After a conference on GMO.

« Lutheran Women Fellowship in Togo ». These women have contracted to fight GMOs with ASOL, for at least 5 years.
Preparatory Meeting with Friends of the Earth - Togo
 The peasants are not informed enough on the risk of GMOs which are themselves unknown by the population inside the country.

 This Tour of information, updating and sensitization, will act quite positively for preventing villages farming populations from adopting GMOs


...a complete report (photos, videos) will be issued on the 15th of June.
Lomé, Togo
April 28

April 29
Meeting spots on the markets

Organic market of les Batignoles

Organic market Raspail
Ile-de-France program

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Paris,
France
May 1 - May 8
Announcement of the 1st GMO-free district
Bulgaria
April 30 - May 8
The Scarecrow Caravan
" Caravan dos Espantalhos "
A bunch of scarecrows have gathered their forces to take actions and want to warn the world against the dangers of GMOs.
The scarecrow caravan travelled through rural areas

The first halting-place was Concelho of Alcochete, a city declared "Free of Transgénicos" and where Syngenta and Pioneer recently planned to make GE-maize tests in the open-air, which have been rejected, thanks to the efforts of the "Plataforma Transgénicos Fora" ("GMOut Platform").
The Kumpania Commotion entertained the celebrations at the Plaza of S. João and the Municipal Gallery of Alcochete

In Alcochete, the Scarecrow Caravan visited two 1º Cycle schools. More than 100 children participated in the activities, that included a presentation of the subject and the threats of the transgénicos for health, environment and agriculture.
   The launching of the Caravan went on from 6pm until night, in the Plaza of S. João, Alcochete, in presence of the President of the autarchy Luis Frank Miguel and the Vice-president António Lucas Rodrigues.
In Portugal, 27 cities and one region already declared themselves GM-Free Zones. Alcochete was the first to display the flag that symbolizes this declaration
The Vice-president displayed the first flag of a GM-Free Zone in the country.
During the two days of activities in Alcochete, pupils designed three scarecrows against GMOs

On the road again...


Photo report website
Portugal
April 30

Day of Protest against GMO
Rallies, Public meetings, Media meets and Demonstrations

   In line with JIGMOM, The Deccan Development Society, AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity, AP Alliance for Food Sovereigty and the South Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE) who together work in an area of 943 000 sq kms and a population of 320 million people have organised series of rallies, demonstrations and public meetings involving over a million participants in various villages, towns and cities.

Pamphlet

global status of GE crops: Consumers and farmers still say NO!

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Maharastra,
India
May 1 -

May 7

Several Educational Panels and
a Big Street Festival organized in parallel to the Biotechnology Industry Organization international
convention


“International Farmers Speak Out” with music and special guests.

Panel discussion: “Biotechnology, Medicine and Human Rights”

“Wake up the Earth” parade

Festival in Jamaica Plain

“Environmental Justice” tour

Puppet parade, Workshops

updated Program

Boston, USA
May 2, 5
Organic Food Market / leaflets
information point

at the market
Le Vigan,
France
May 2
Meeting with the elect

Public gathering with a specialist of GMOs and a city board
La Roche sur Foron,
France
May 3
Debate at the café
"Civil disobedience: the reapers action"

Full program

Sélestat,
France

Internet photo-action “For My Place Free of GMOs”

  Within a Joint International GMO Opposition Month, the CIS Alliance for Biosafety initiated the Internet photo-action “For My Place Free of GMOs”. People from all over CIS were invited to submit photos with posters promoting GMO free idea at local and national level. The idea of the action was to make a picture with GMO free poster and famous or recognizable symbol of the place in the background.

Polyarnyi (translated as "Polar", a very cold town on Kola Peninsula of Russia). "GMO Free Zone"
Murmansk, capital of 'Murmansk oblast’ located on Kola Peninsula of Russia. "GMO Free Zone"
Zaporozhie, Ukraine. In the background, a famous HydroPower Station. "For My City Zaporozhie Free of GMOs." (in Ukrainian)
Bendery city, Transnistria, Moldova, with bilingual poster "We are from Transnitria, free of GMO!"
capital of Kazakhstan - Almaty, also known as the “apple capital”. "Almaty - a GMO Free Zone"
Yekaterinburg, capital of a huge region of Russia located in Urals Mountains.
"Yekaterinburg is Free of GMOs"
Pushkin, the town-satellite of Saint-Petersburg (Russia) this is a famous historical place. Group of students of the Saint-Petersburg Sate Agrarian University: "NO GMOs!"
Red Square of Moscow (Russia). "GMO Free Moscow"
Near the Kremlin walls of Moscow
"GMO Free Moscow"
Bryansk city, Russian region on Ukrainian border. Schoolchildren are carrying posters dedicated to JIGMOM and the Earth Day
"A GMO Free Zone"
Bryansk, students of the Bryansk State University.: "Stop GMOs" "GMO Free Zone"
famous Canyon Charyn, which is near Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan.
" Kazakhstan – a GMO free zone"
Chimbulak Mountain (over 2000 meters above the sea level), near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
" – Kazakhstan – a GMO free zone"
in front of the natural boundary Medeu, near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
" – Kazakhstan – a GMO free zone"
Canyon Charyn
"– Kazakhstan – a GMO free zone"
Regional capital Tomsk (Western Siberia).
" For GMO Free Tomsk!"
in front of Tomsk State University, where one of the most famous Russian youth green movement was founded.
" For GMO Free Tomsk!"
Murmansk, located on Kola Peninsula of Russia.
" GMO Free Zone"

   By the end of JIGMOM people from 4 countries: Moldova and Transnistria, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine took part in the action. Only from Russia organizers got pictures from 8 regions and districts (Bryansk, Kostroma, Moscow, Tomsk, Murmansk – two districts, Saint-Petersburg and Yekaterinburg).
We think that this action will be continued for some more time.
Moldova,
Transnistria, Kazakhstan, Russia Ukraine
May 3
Film / Debate

"We feed the world"
Ile-de-France

next
Ivry sur Seine,
France
May 5
Film / Debate

"La fin des Chimères"
Ile-de-France

Paris 13
France

 

May 7

7:00 p.m

Film
"Unnatural Selection," at the Carolyn Park Nature Center in Napa
California, USA

May 7

7:00-8:30 p.m

Film
Showing of the documentary"Future of Food," at the Napa County Library

About 90 people attended this show, with Ignacio Chapela and Deborah Garcia as special guests.
California, USA
May 8
...back from
northern territories, with results of genetic tests performed on local plants.
  Has wild alfalfa been contaminated by the J101/J163 Monsanto's alfalfa which is resistant to Monsanto's RoundUp Ready?
Soon... a report and a video.

Orly , France

May 9
Organic Food Market / leaflets
Le Vigan,
France
May 10

Day of Protest against GMO

   South Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE)- Tamil Nadu chapter observed GM Opposition Day. It was a day long protest. About 500 farmers, women and men came from all parts of the State. They are all members of SAGE-TN chapter.
   On that day dozens of farmers, farmer leaders, civil society, consumer and human rights activists, lawyers, media people have addressed them, each one emphatically stating why they oppose GM in agriculture.
   The day was marked by rendition of songs, holding of placards and shouting of slogans.

At the end of this exercise, they put a Charter of Demands before the governments:
Government of Tamil Nadu and Government of India.

Tamil Nadu,
India
May 10

Lecture on GMOs

At the University Education Center for Teachers (IUFM), the Jigmom Ile-de-France Coordination gave a course on GMOs

Film / Debate
around video extracts
Ile-de-France
next

Paris 18

Paris 13
France

May 10
7.30-10am

Meeting with anti-GMO organizations

Greek Ecological Organizations against GMOs

Invitation
- How GMOs invade our lives - What are GMOs? - Medicine and GMOs
- Movements against GMOs (alternative farmers, movement vegan and vegetarian, etc)
- Do we have alternative solutions? - Biologica l- Permaculture - Biodynamic - Natural Farming

Organizations : Greek Ecologists Without Borders, Forum for Citizens Democracy, Ecologists Greece, Ecologists Alternatives

Athens,
Greece

May 11
6pm - 9pm
Conference : "GMO : technological breakthrough or true choice for the society?
The Management of Research in question
"
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Grand Amphithéâtre

with ten of the French Scientists who favour an ethical and citizens-oriented Science

Full Program


after-conference meeting in a nice restaurant of Paris: plans for the future.

A video of the full conference will be available in September 2007


Ile-de-France: next
Paris 6
France
May 12
Information point
at the market of Le Vigan
Le Vigan,
France

May 12 -13

"Rice Planting Tour"
during the "Golden Week"

  More than 50 members of the Shumei Natural Agriculture Network and the No! GMO Campaign visited the beautiful terraced paddy fields in Yamaguchi district of Tsukuba City. They helped farmers to transplant rice. These terraced paddy fields at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba were abandoned for years until members of Shumei living in the cities stood up to rescue them. Now these fields are called “my paddy” by these members and have come back to life again. Now there are clean and beautiful streams from the mountain and fireflies came back to this area. Local people are very happy about them.

   In these terraced paddies, each field is very small. Kids and their parents transplanted rice in a line, and young rice plants were planted very neatly. When I imagine that these young plants will grow up to be a lot or rice in autumn, I feel the strong power in the nature.
   Tsukuba Citiy is the center of R&D of GM crops in Japan. People’s voice against GMOs, saying that they cannot co-exist with the nature, is becoming bigger and bigger in this city.
(reported by Namiko Ono, No! GMO Campaign)

Tsukuba, Japon

 

We wish for the success of a GMO-free earth in years to come!

Rebound ( just can't stop it! Will need a full year, next time! )


May 19 - 20

Demonstration against GE-wheat trials

  We are happy to be part of the Joint International GMO Opposition Month.
There were almost 400 people from many european countries and even from Chile and Mali. There were speakers from farmers associations, from "breadmakers", from "honeymakers" and ecological agriculture.
Anne.

More pics of Christophe of Germafrance

  The aim of this demonstration was to inform against GE-wheat trials carried out by by private companies, in fields owned by the IPK (Leibniz Institute of Plants genetics), a big German gene bank. For being well preserved, the seeds must be regularly planted, hence a possible cross-fertilization with GE crops, cultivated around.
   This trial has been approved on the 23rd of November 2006 until 2008 by the federal ministry of Consumer protection and Food Safety.
Christophe Noisette, Inf'OGM

Gatersleben, Germany
local contact
July 4
Un Américain à Paris

Meeting with Jeffrey Smith,
author of "Seeds of Deception" & "Genetic Roulette"

7 pm - 10 pm, Bookshop-Library "Résistances"
4, villa Campoint, M° Guy Môquet

Paris 17

France

local
contact