Amazon Watch

Amazon Watch works in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to strengthen indigenous communities to defend their rights and territories.  In the US, they wage campaigns against companies operating in the Amazon, urging greater corporate social responsibility around human rights and the environment.  Since 2002, Amazon Watch has campaigned for justice in Ecuador, where Texaco (now Chevron, California's largest company), deliberately dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater in the Amazon, causing an environmental catastrophe which experts have dubbed the "Rainforest Chernobyl."

Come hear more on the impact they are making on June 22nd and how everyone can take action. This month's event will take place on Tuesday, June 22nd at The BOX SF from 6:30 to 9 PM. Register online before (it's $5) or it's $10 at the door. RSVP!

Paul Paz y Miño and Cyndie Berg of Amazon Watch will fill us in on their real world perspectives on the following topics:

• Our oil consumption & the destruction of the world's ecosystems
• The relationship between governments and oil companies
• Potential renewable energy alternatives to oil

 In addition, Amazon Watch was a huge supporter of the recent documentary called CRUDE, which chronicles the account of Chevron's systematic contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon, one of the biggest environmental disasters in history.

Amazon Watch is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco that works to advance the rights of indigenous peoples and protect the rainforest in the Amazon Basin.  As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon plays a crucial role in the planet's climate stability. Yet, multinational corporations continue to extract oil, mine for minerals, build hydropower dams and convert land for agribusiness on an industrial scale that accelerates rainforest destruction. Amazon Watch partners with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.