10 Things You Can Do to Help Prevent War

1) Encourage groups you’re involved with to endorse “10 Reasons Environmentalists Oppose the Attack on Iraq.” Visit http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/sayno/index.php.

2) Reduce your dependence on oil. Visit http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/act/saveenergy.html.

3) Write a letter to the editor in support of peaceful resolutions to global conflicts (check the editorial page of your newspaper for contact information).

4) Encourage articles about the environmental impacts of war in local newspapers, organizational newsletters and congregational bulletins. Visit http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/media/index.php.

5) Participate in or organize a peace event (rally, march, teach-in, press conference, etc.). Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org.

6) Make a sign to put in your window or yard, or to carry at a demonstration. Here are some suggestions:

Another Environmentalist Against War
Support the Troops, Ban Depleted Uranium
War is Not an Energy Policy
Go Solar, Not Ballistic
How Many Lives Per Gallon?
No Blood for Oil
War is Bad for People and Planet
Peace is Patriotic (and Sustainable)

7) Support efforts to prevent the military from receiving exemptions from environmental legislation. Visit http://www.miltoxproj.org.

8) Sign up to receive weekly email alerts from Environmentalists Against War. Visit http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/listserv.html.

9) Help protect your right to protest peacefully by supporting efforts to repeal the US Patriot Act. Visit http://www.aclu.org.

10) Send an email to your friends encouraging them to visit the Environmentalists Against War website – http://www.envirosagainstwar.org.