Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: Conversational/Pax Salon (Diadra Decker--Water)

[Patty Guerrero (pattypax]

> HI,  This next  Tuesday 18, our guest is Diadra Decker from Water Legacy.   
> She will talk with us about the following:
> 
> Minnesota's beautiful lakes district is targeted by global mining companies 
> to take profits from the sparse but plentiful copper, nickel and other 
> "heavy" metals that occur in sulfide-bearing rock.  These metals are far more 
> toxic than iron to aquatic ecologies, and the elevated sulfates from waste 
> rock and processed "tailings" would increase mercury contamination of fish 
> and would go on for centuries.
> 
> WaterLegacy is a grassroots Minnesota non-profit formed to prevent sulfide 
> mining -- including approval of the PolyMet sulfide mine -- from destroying 
> Minnesota’s clean water resources. We protect clean drinking water, streams, 
> lakes, rivers, wetlands, wild rice and fish that are safe to eat. We work 
> collaboratively with tribes and other groups in an effective strategy 
> combining: 1) Grassroots outreach to educate and mobilize civic 
> participation; 2) Professional coaching of citizen experts so they can be 
> effective advocates in government decision-making processes; 3) Rigorous 
> legal advocacy at every stage of rulemaking, litigation, environmental 
> review, and regulatory enforcement; 4) partnerships with tribes, other 
> environmental groups, and local citizen leaders; and 5) Sharing our work to 
> magnify our leverage. Learn more and join our advocacy to protect clean water 
> at WaterLegacy.org. 
> 
> This year, we have the pivotal opportunity to prevent the first proposed 
> sulfide metal mine in MN
> 
> The last Tuesday in June  we will show the film, Chasing Ice.  
> (and then June is over.  just like that!)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Patty