Greetings:
 My friend Kate Watters is the executive director of Crude Accountability. She risks her life to bring information about the pollution and harm to people caused by oil refineries in Kazakhastan. Her organization has made a film and it  is an entry in a contest sponsored by the World Bank. Judging has been extended to this  Thursday morning, ending at 9AM.
A lot of these films are focused on Global Warming.  But I am aking you to help me to pass the word along to ask for your vote for Kate's film, # 76 .."Silence is Betrayal.." 
Thank you.
Paul Wilson
p.s. you will probalby need to cut and paste the web address listed below in Kate's letter.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Watters" <kate@crudeaccountability.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: Vote Now for Crude Accountability's New Film "Silence is Betrayal...Voices from a Village"
*Vote Now for Crude Accountability's New Film "Silence is
Betrayal…Voices from a Village"*

Crude Accountability invites you to watch our newly released 5-minute
film /Silence is Betrayal…Voices from a Village/, a look at how the
villagers of Berezovka, Kazakhstan are risking their lives to meet the
world's demand for fossil fuels.

The film is an entry in the World Bank's "Vulnerability Exposed: Social
Dimensions of Climate Change" Micro-Documentary Contest, which features
films from around the globe that highlight the social aspects of climate
change. And you can vote the film—listed as Number 76—as your favorite
by visiting
www.worldbank.org/sdccfilmcontest
<
http://www.worldbank.org/sdccfilmcontest> (Click on View and Vote). Only
the 15 films that receive the most public votes will proceed to the next
level of judging, meaning every vote counts! Voting ends at 9:00 am,
Thursday, October 30^th .


As Mark Warford, Director of /Silence is Betrayal/, explains "The brave
struggle by the people of Berezovka, Kazakhstan to save their village
and culture serves as a strong reminder that pointing to fluctuating
weather trends as the primary cause for social displacement belies the
true cause of the disintegration of these communities - a global
dependence on fossil fuels."

Thank you!

Crude Accountability
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Paul Wilson
Sierra Club
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