On June 18, my colleague and fellow conservationist, Ahmed Zedan sent me an email urging me to sign a petition that called on the International Whaling Commission “to retain the international ban on commercial whaling.”
Well, to my absolute delight I received an email this afternoon from Avaaz, the advocacy group that spearheaded the 1.2 million signature petition and counting, that the proposal to legalize whale killing was rejected!
I am even overjoyed by the fact that I, and 1.2 million others played a part in upholding the ban — we made a difference. I think Ricken Patel (Co-Founder and Executive Director of Avaaz) said it best when he stated: “this is an important victory for whales — and for global people power — together we demonstrated that international decisions can be shifted by a little bit of well-placed effort from a lot of people everywhere.”
If you're thinking about making a difference in the world, why wait? Sign one of Nature Canada's petitions or send a letter today that will protect nature from coast to coast to coast.
Well, to my absolute delight I received an email this afternoon from Avaaz, the advocacy group that spearheaded the 1.2 million signature petition and counting, that the proposal to legalize whale killing was rejected!
I am even overjoyed by the fact that I, and 1.2 million others played a part in upholding the ban — we made a difference. I think Ricken Patel (Co-Founder and Executive Director of Avaaz) said it best when he stated: “this is an important victory for whales — and for global people power — together we demonstrated that international decisions can be shifted by a little bit of well-placed effort from a lot of people everywhere.”
If you're thinking about making a difference in the world, why wait? Sign one of Nature Canada's petitions or send a letter today that will protect nature from coast to coast to coast.
