Working groups list: Biofreedom

Biofreedom

Biofreedom is committed to consumer advocacy and education concerning Genetically Engineered (GE) foods. They plan to conduct a public awareness campaign about the issues concerning genetic engineering and mandatory labeling of GE food products.

Check out the BioFreedom Website. (soon to come down and be transferred to the APIRG site).

Meetings:

Please contact us to find out about current meeting times.
at biofreedom@apirg.org

More:

1. Our list-serve goes out approximately once every four months. We send GE updates to over 600 recipients covering local events, articles and news items about GE.

2. Postcard campaign: APIRG made our post card campaign possible. Over the years we have collected over 1000 signed postcards  and mailed to our Prime Minister and other politicians.and have given out thousands.

3. We now work in tandem with the Council of Canadians the Polaris Institute, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the David Suzuki Foundation, and many others who already have a large base and significant funding and resources.

With APIRG’s continued support we can continue to grow and to attain mandatory labeling of ALL GE products, and perhaps even a recall and moratorium of GE products and crops until further research is conducted.

 

Events 2008

 


It is our pleasure to announce that Pat Mooney is coming at the invitation of BioFreedom to speak at International Week,
Jan 31st 2008, Thurs  at 5 pm
 Please mark that on your calendar. Bring your friends and tell your contacts.

Pat Mooney came, at the invitation of BioFreedom, to speak on the topic:
'What Next: Extreme Genetic engineering- From GMOs to Synthetic Life-forms'

Where: International Week, University of Alberta
When: Jan 31st 2008, at 5 pm

Details: Companies in the field of genetic-engineering and nano-biotechnology are developing ways to design and construct new life forms. Synthetic biologists are attempting to build and program bacteria and other cells as tiny living ‘machines’ or ‘bio- factories’ for industrial production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics and fuels. These new technologies have the potential to impact every aspect of our lives, yet they are often developed with vast amounts of private and public money and without societal debate or government oversight. Award winning author and activist Pat Mooney will explore the risks that these new technologies present, explaining how the technical convergence (at the nanoscale) of Bits, Atoms, Neurons and Genes will affect life as we know it and why a precautionary approach is necessary.

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 Pat Roy Mooney is the Executive Director of ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration). For more than thirty years, Pat Mooney has worked with civil society organizations (CSOs) on international trade and development issues related to agriculture and biodiversity. Mooney has lived most of his life on the Canadian prairies. The author or co-author of several books on the politics of biotechnology and biodiversity, Pat Mooney received The Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel Prize") in the Swedish Parliament in 1985. In 1998 Mooney received the Pearson Peace Prize from Canada¹s Governor General. He also received the American "Giraffe Award" given to people "who stick their necks out". Pat Mooney is widely regarded as an authority on agricultural biodiversity and new technology  issues. Pat spends part of each year in Sweden and travels around the world lecturing or studying biodiversity issues .  His CV  and web site is etcgroup.org