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Let's Get Active!
The Global Population and Environment Program is preparing for a busy year ahead with many opportunities to get out in the field and organize! Our annual National Population Activist Training is right around the corner- March 19-22, 2004. Join population activists from around the country for a weekend of workshops and skill building. Now is the time to mobilize in support of international family planning! 
Please contact the Global Population and Environment Program with details about your events, presentations and other gatherings. Send us photographs and your creative ideas. We encourage new activists to reach out and let us know about the great work that you do. Contact Sarah Fairchild at 202.675.2396 or sarah.fairchild@sierraclub.org to let her know about what is happening in your area or for help in planning an event. Welcome to the International Team, Cristina Mestre and Lauren Pincus! Sierra Club's International Program would like to extend a warm welcome to new Program Assistant Cristina Mestre and intern Lauren Pincus. Cristina will be supporting the Global Population and Environment Program as well as working on the Trade, Human Rights and Environment and Beyond the Borders Campaigns.
Notes From the Field: 2003 Highlights International Conference on Zookeeping She spent time tabling and networking with colleagues from conservation and research departments of zoos located around the world. According to Cindy, "zoos and aquariums definitely have the audience to reach out to about population and environment issues – I think raising awareness to the professional in the field is a great place to start!" World Population Awareness Week Global Population and Environment Activists organized WPAW events in their communities around the country. Activists in Florida, Wisconsin and Texas submitted letters to the editor in local papers, bringing attention to the connections between population and the environment. The Population Committee of the Oregon Chapter worked with 12 mayors and Governor Ted Kulongoski to sign 2003 WPAW proclamations. According to Greg Jacob, Population Issue Coordinator, "the elected officials who signed proclamations recognize the challenges a growing world population presents to the environmental and social health of our planet, and they should be commended for their foresight." Population Activists from Sierra Club's Ohio Chapter participated in an annual WPAW population and environment program. Population-Environment Chair of the Salt Springs Group participated in the event and the WPAW proclamations that Governor Taft and Cleveland Mayor Campbell signed were presented. Antioch New England Graduate School Sarah also presented at Smith College on October 30. She collaborated with long-time activist Anita King and gave a presentation to college students and to members of the Pioneer Valley Group on current family planning legislation and the discoveries made during the program field study tour in Ecuador. Turning the Tide: Women and Family Planning in Africa
Sierra Club President, Larry Fahn, kicked off the evening introducing three guest speakers who discussed their work on family planning issues in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Each of them shared stories of families and communities suffering from the impact of the Global Gag Rule. With over 150 people attending, the event was a huge success for the Sierra Club, the collaborating partners and all who attended. Read about a family planning program in Kenya. Focus on Reproductive Rights Internationally and Domestically Dates to Remember in 2004:
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In October, Cindy Salopek of Sierra Club's Illinois Chapter attended an international conference on global population and the environment. Topics of the conference included sprawl, consumption and their effects on endangered species.
