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Mac Parish
A friend of mine first connected me Ethos Alliance. It's not every day that an opportunity to work with an organization whose causes completely resonate with you. I took this as a good sign.
Ethos Alliance's current efforts are "focused towards helping 30,000 Ecuadorian indigenous and colonial rainforest dwellers obtain clean drinking water. For decades, oil exploration has been poisoning their water and game, making their native land uninhabitable, and creating epidemics of cancer and rare diseases that have decimated their populations.
Ethos Alliance’s goals:
1. Publicize the lack of clean drinking water in Ecuador so that citizens are aware and fully informed.
2. Mobilize citizen, civic, and business leaders to work together to bring clean water to the affected areas of Ecuador." (see ethosalliance.org for more details)
I believe in the preservation and restoration of the environment, but not at the cost of human traditions, cultures, and livelihoods. I guess you could say that I'm all for putting a human face to conservation. I also believe that if if multinational corporations have overstepped their bounds, and are threatening communities who lack the resources to defend themselves, we should help.
Ethos Alliance is so awesome because it promotes environmental sustainability by questioning the tactics of multinational corporations, but keeps the plight of local people at the forefront of their campaigns. Also, instead of immediately assuming an antagonistic stance against the multinationals, the organization strives to constructively dialogue with the behemoths using web 2.0 technology.
If Ethos Alliance seems like an organization you'd like to support, message me!
Movements
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Clean Water for Ecuador
Our Social-M team has aligned its movement with a San Francisco based nonprofit’s mission to provide clean drinking water to 30,000 Ecuadorian indigenous and colonial rainforest dwellers living amidst oil-contamination in the Amazon.
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Recent Activity
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Mac has pledged Host a screening of CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil to 10+ people. (www.crudethemovie.com)
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Mac has finished Help us design and staff the Water Bracelet Launch Party! We will host a screening of the award winning documentary CRUDE (www.crudethemovie.com). We will establish an Ethos Alliance chapter at Stanford, and officially induct campus representatives to be the first chapter leaders. The crowd will assemble to take a group photo, where everyone in attendance will raise their hand in support of clean water for Ecuadorians. This important photo will be used to propel future events at other schools, and the chapter leaders will help grow the movement into the future.
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Mac has finished Read the position paper our team has written on implementing clean water and waste management systems in Ecuador and give us your feedback. The position paper contextualizes the major opportunities and challenges a team is likely to encounter while planning immediate relief implementation strategy for the people of the Amazon Rainforest in Northeastern Ecuador. Once given the proper context, changemakers can then critique the implementation plan and the systems in consideration. Email macp@stanford.edu for the position paper to get started.
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Mac has finished Participate in an in person or digital focus group and provide constructive criticism on our movement. Email macp@stanford.edu to set up a meeting and learn about the movement's long term growth plan.
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Mac has pledged Create a viral online video (testimonial, animated, or documentary style). Create a persuasive video to promote action, or tell us about yourself. What are your opinions on the movement, or the situation in Ecuador? What languages do you speak? What do you study? What's your relevant bio?
