Okay...I get emails EVERY DAY asking me to take action. I am on just about every list there is...at least that's the way I feel sometimes. I'm not complaining though!! If someone asks me to take action, I do it. So, please look through this list I've compiled. These are action items I've recieved in the past two days. They are ALL important, so take action at as many sites as you can please!
And honestly, it doesn't take long at all. Some of these ask you to sign a petition, sign onto a form letter (which you can always modify), make a phone call, or write your own messages in a petition or letter. Most of these take 2-3 minutes (at most). So, if you're short on time, don't be concerned that you'll use it all up here. You won't.
We spend a lot of time discussing issues here on DKos...please take action as well:)
Action items after the fold...
Email Toyota and ask them to stop suing to overturn California's new regulations to reduce smog and global warming pollution from vehicles.
Email Zales about their use of "dirty gold". Gold is apparently a terribly dirty business. I had no idea until I got this email from Oxfam America. I don't really wear gold myself...I'm a silver person. Although now that I've read about how they extract gold, I'm guessing the process for getting silver is probably just as bad....I don't have an email for that though.
Adopt an animal at this website! This isn't for actual adoption of animals that you'll take home and love forever. This is adoption of animals that you'll help save from being endangered! These make great gifts for the holidays and birthdays by the way:)
Buy a Democracy Bond!! Come on...you know you want to...and you know you should! Especially in light of Kos's posts Here and Here about Dems not being beholden to Lobbyists. If we want to keep this up we should DEFINITELY do our best to support our FABULOUS Party.
Help ensure Voting is fair by sending a letter to your Congressperson:)
Hold Exxon Accountable by signing this MoveOn Petition (which clearly outlines all the reasons as to why you should do this).
Email the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and tell them to propose better CAFE standards! Help prevent Global Warming and human sickness...among other things! This is from Union of Concerned Scientists...a great group by the way.
Prevent Off Road Vehicles (ORVs) driving on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This will help Sea Turtles and Shore Birds. This one may not seem important...but it is! Let's not forget the most important lesson of environmentalism (and The Lion King), which is that all things are connected through the Circle of Life. Make fun of me all you want...but sea turles and shore birds need my help and I'm willing to step up to the batting plate (or whatever it is you call that)...are you?
Check out NOW's Action Page (it appears to be down for a few minutes...but keep trying) and tell your Senators to vote NO on Alito!! If you don't know why this one is important...no offense (and I don't like to be mean), but you're a TROLL!
Oppose the Walden Logging Bill at Earthjustice! This crap is called the Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 4200)...recovery of forests my a**! Let's put this one to sleep early...and come on Oregonians...this Greg Walden guy sucks for the environment...let's find someone to run against his butt!
Check out The ONE Campaign. They need you to send an email to your Representatives and help fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
Here are some tips for how to keep those heating bills down this winter and save the environment at the same time:) This one is also from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Visit the WWF Winter Adoption Center and adopt a cute polar bear, snow leopard, or Panda Bear...they are SO cute! I don't know how you can resist!
Read this report from the Union of Concerned Scientists about Food and the Environment. Some disturbing news...some decent news, and you can sign up to get the monthly newsletter:)
This is Planned Parenthood's "oppose Alito" form letter. Remember...the more times they hear it, the better!
Here is a petition from Democracy For America urging Bush to oppose torture. Obviously he doesn't care too much and he likes to pathologically lie about this issue (among other things), but if we don't email asking him to change his ways, I don't see how we can complain:)
Thank those Republicans that voted to save ANWR last week here. We've got to thank them for their good work if we're going to yell at them when they do crappy work:)
Visit Operation Truth and donate if you can. There's also a link to take action. You could also write a letter to the editor. These guys do great work...they MORE than deserve our help.
Thousands of elephants in South Africa's Kruger National Park need your help NOW! There's a proposal to brutally kill them. Please go and send a letter...there are other ways to fix the problems they're having here. IFAW does great work by the way. Check out their website for other actions and information:)
Whew...that was a lot of work! I don't typically ask for Recommendations, but please recommend if you can because I'd like for as many people as possible to have the opportunity to take action. Also, I've been considering writing an action diary like this every few days...do you think it's a good idea?
One last thing...add some other action links in comments if you have them.