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Say Good-Bye to Biotech!
Say Good-Bye (good-riddance!) to Biotech Shindig!
An alternative conference to the Biotechnology Industry Organization 2008 international convention.
Right here in sun-bathed San Diego, Thursday, June 19 from 1-6 PM.
At Children's Park (Surrounded by 1st Ave, Front St, Island Ave and Harbor Dr) Downtown.
An alternative conference to the Biotechnology Industry Organization 2008 international convention.
Right here in sun-bathed San Diego, Thursday, June 19 from 1-6 PM.
At Children's Park (Surrounded by 1st Ave, Front St, Island Ave and Harbor Dr) Downtown.
The Biotechnology Industry already has a huge presence in San Diego, but come June 17-20 they plan on taking over. Their international annual convention is being held at the downtown Convention Center on Harbor Dr. They will be discussing the usual BIO subjects: how to commodify the world's food production, genetically modify crops to disrupt sustainability, profit from human and non-human animal illnesses and torture, create weapons and the wars to sell their products, spin their unethical choices and buy public officials to fulfill their agenda. Sound like a good time? Well if you have $2300 I encourage you to attend and learn just how they plan to shape our world! But......
If you don't have that twenty-three hundred laying around to waste on watching scientists and capitalists patting themselves on the back speaking of ways to profit from the destruction of nature visit the free autonomous counter convention in the downtown Children's Park, across the street from the Convention Center, on Thursday, June 19th. Make your way to the trolley orange line and get off at the Convention Center stop (we don't need those pollutin' cars, besides theres no free parking downtown Thursdays anyhow!) From one p.m. to six p.m. you can enjoy the SD weather outside with the community while enjoying free hot meals provided by Food Not Bombs, take some food to your family from the distribution point, pick up/drop off free goods or donate/take advantage of the free services during the Really (really!) Free Market, learn about and embrace a sustainable future at one of the multiple workshops taking place throughout the day and take information about the groups in San Diego that are working to make that future possible. A more informed schedule with workshop listings, speakers, bands and more will be available soon! If you would like to get involved or learn more, visit: http://cityheightsfreeskool.org/ to find upcoming meetings and outreach events.
If you don't have that twenty-three hundred laying around to waste on watching scientists and capitalists patting themselves on the back speaking of ways to profit from the destruction of nature visit the free autonomous counter convention in the downtown Children's Park, across the street from the Convention Center, on Thursday, June 19th. Make your way to the trolley orange line and get off at the Convention Center stop (we don't need those pollutin' cars, besides theres no free parking downtown Thursdays anyhow!) From one p.m. to six p.m. you can enjoy the SD weather outside with the community while enjoying free hot meals provided by Food Not Bombs, take some food to your family from the distribution point, pick up/drop off free goods or donate/take advantage of the free services during the Really (really!) Free Market, learn about and embrace a sustainable future at one of the multiple workshops taking place throughout the day and take information about the groups in San Diego that are working to make that future possible. A more informed schedule with workshop listings, speakers, bands and more will be available soon! If you would like to get involved or learn more, visit: http://cityheightsfreeskool.org/ to find upcoming meetings and outreach events.
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http://cityheightsfreeskool.org/
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you should do some reading and research before you blast an entire industry (biotechnology). have you any idea how many men and women go to work every day with the goal of creating innovative treatments for the most deadly diseases? most of the biotechnology world is NOT focusing on crops and farming....but on cancer treatments and cures for Diabetes, Alzheimer's, and other diseases that devastate families every day. instead of promoting your event by trashing a group of professionals that are committed to finding innovative ways to save lives, why not invite some of the lucky patients who have been given an extension on life to speak on how fortunate they are to now have sustainable futures?
Biotech appreciation,
I urge you to take a good look at what has caused to growth of cancer, diabetes, HIV, and many other diseases that are affecting a growing number of people in our communities.
Could it be that we are continuing to mess with the natural qualities of food that mother nature intended? We are ingesting chemicals everyday in the foods we eat. We are eating foods that are grown our way and not mother nature's way. Most importantly, we live under the rule of a government that has an appetite for control over our lives.
Could it be that maybe it is no accident that many of these diseases are starting to run rampant across america? Finding a cure for the problem is the way our government asserts control. Maybe there are other measures that can be taken to prevent the problem from happening in the first place. Now if we prevented diseases like diabetes, cancer, and AIDs, the government would lose their control over us.
We must remember what it is like to live with nature, not without it. Our mother nature knows how to properly feed and protect the life on this planet, but we no longer listen to anything but our own egos. What will it take for us to hear the voice of life again? Natural disasters? A pandemic? Martial law?
We think our science is about the natural world. We think we can manipulate nature. Our arrogance and ignorance will mark the end of our reign on this planet...it's only a matter of time.
I urge you to take a good look at what has caused to growth of cancer, diabetes, HIV, and many other diseases that are affecting a growing number of people in our communities.
Could it be that we are continuing to mess with the natural qualities of food that mother nature intended? We are ingesting chemicals everyday in the foods we eat. We are eating foods that are grown our way and not mother nature's way. Most importantly, we live under the rule of a government that has an appetite for control over our lives.
Could it be that maybe it is no accident that many of these diseases are starting to run rampant across america? Finding a cure for the problem is the way our government asserts control. Maybe there are other measures that can be taken to prevent the problem from happening in the first place. Now if we prevented diseases like diabetes, cancer, and AIDs, the government would lose their control over us.
We must remember what it is like to live with nature, not without it. Our mother nature knows how to properly feed and protect the life on this planet, but we no longer listen to anything but our own egos. What will it take for us to hear the voice of life again? Natural disasters? A pandemic? Martial law?
We think our science is about the natural world. We think we can manipulate nature. Our arrogance and ignorance will mark the end of our reign on this planet...it's only a matter of time.
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