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 -----
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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