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Dear People of the alternative tuning list, read this AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Sarn.

>>
>>A friend sent this to me. It seems like a bit of a chain letter but its
>>actually an email petition, for what sounds like a worthy cause.
>>>
>>> **************************************************
>>>
>>> Dear Everyone, I figured that this is important for all of us.
>Please,
>>> take
>>> one minute to read it.
>>>
>>> Don't go and see 'The Beach' for the following reasons:
>>>
>>> " HOLLYWOOD DESTROYING NATIONAL PARK IN THAILAND:"
>>>
>>> Dear Friends,
>>>
>>> On a recent trip to Thailand I discovered that 20th Century Fox is
>filming
>>>
>>> on Phi Phi Leh Island, a treasured national Park in Thailand.
>Portions of
>>> the film, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, (Titanic-fame) will be shot on
>Maya
>>>
>>> Beach on the island of Phi Phi Leh.
>>>
>>> This is one of the most beautiful, unspoiled islands in the Pacific
>and it
>>>
>>> is being destroyed to meet Hollywood's perception of paradise, in the
>name
>>>
>>> of entertainment. The film company has already bulldozed large
>portions of
>>>
>>> the beach and removed much of the natural vegetation Giant Milkweed,
>Sea
>>> Pandanus, Spider Lily and other beach grass) in order to widen the
>beach
>>> to
>>> accommodate a football scene. Fox plans to replace the native
>vegetation
>>> with 100 non-native coconut palms to create their
>>> Paradise.
>>>
>>> Local Thai activists feared that removing the natural vegetation
>would
>>> create serious erosion and they were right. The beach has already
>been
>>> eroded and now locals are very worried about how much of the beach
>and
>>> bay will remain after the monsoons.
>>>
>>> Phi Phi Leh island is supposed to be protected as a national park and
>is
>>> key
>>> to the local tourist economy. The Thai activists say that Thailand's
>Royal
>>>
>>> Forestry Department violated their own regulations and were bought
>off by
>>> 20th Century Fox who paid the government Bt4 million. Local activists
>are
>>> enraged that the government would cave in to Fox's demands and that
>their
>>> concerns were ignored. They are not opposed to filming on Maya Bay
>but
>>> want
>>> the island's environment to remain intact.
>>>
>>> A lawsuit has been filed but an injunction to stop further
>destruction of
>>> the island was denied. The local Thai people have tried everything,
>from
>>> the
>>> courts to blockading the beach, to protect their island. Now they
>need our
>>>
>>> help. The only thing left is for the international public to take
>action
>>> and
>>> boycott the film. The Thai people point out that Americans would
>never
>>> allow
>>> Thai film makers to bulldoze Yellowstone or other US National Parks
>for
>>> example.
>>>
>>> Perhaps Hollywood will finally get the message that exploiting the
>>> environment and powerless people is unethical especially for mere
>>> entertainment purposes.
>>>
>>> Please help my friends in Thailand by:
>>> 1) Passing this message on to everyone you know
>>> 2) signing the petition below
>>> 3) write a letter to producer Andrew McDonald telling him you will
>boycott
>>>
>>> the film unless 20th Century Fox stops destroying The address is:
>>>
>>> Andrew MacDonald, Producer
>>> c/o Carol Sewell
>>> 10201 W. Pico Blvd. Building 89, Room 224
>>> Los Angeles, CA 90035
>>>
>>> or e-mail Fox at foxmovies@fox.com
>>> <mailto:foxmovies@fox.com
>>>
>>> Check out web site of Maya Bay at:
>>> http://www.wildrockies.org/wve/
>>>
>>> (Please sign the petition and forward to someone else. If your name
>is
>>> #50,
>>> #100, #150 and so on, please send the petition back to me at: mail
>>> to:bryony@wildrockies.org
>>>
>>> PETITION:
>>> To: Andrew McDonald, Producer "The Beach"
>>>
>>> We, the undersigned, will not see your film "The Beach" and will
>encourage
>>>
>>> our friends and family to do likewise, unless you cease and desist
>from
>>> destroying Maya Bay, by removing the native vegetation and planting
>>> coconut
>>> palms, which will cause long-term environmental and social damage.
>>>
>>> 1) Bryony Schwan, Missoula, Montana USA
>>> 2) Laura Scherubel, Missoula, MT, USA
>>> 3) Claire Emory, Ovando, MT USA
>>> 4) ??
>>> 5) Sue Nackoney, West Yellowstone, MT USA
>>> 6) Anna R. Mosqueda, Sacramento, CA, USA
>>> 7) Barbara Warner, Lebanon, KY 40033
>>> 8) Nancy Ellen Smith, Woodstock, GA USA
>>> 9) Kathy Richmond, Vice President,Friends of the West,Clayton, ID
>>> 10) Scott Edgerton, Missoula, Montana, USA
>>> 11) Chuck Pezeshki, Director,Clearwater Biodiversity Project, Troy,
>>> 12) Ward Klemer, Seeley Lake, MT, USA
>>> 13) Aaron Coffin, Missoula, MT USA
>>> 14) Songwut Apirakkhit, Philadelphia, PA USA
>>> 15) Justin Busarakamwong, New York, NY, USA
>>> 16) Manida Phillips, Toledo, OH, USA
>>> 17) Laura Timms, Cambridge, UK
>>> 18) Helen Sturge, Stoke on Trent, UK
>>> 19) Nina Watts, Stoke on Trent, UK
>>> 20) Catherine Moore, UEA Norwich, UK
>>> 21) Rosie Kay, UEA Norwich, UK
>>> 22) Kirsty Sutherland, UEA, Norwich, UK
>>> 23) Asa Ahlbeck, Sweden
>>> 24) Talar Shahsuvarian, Crete, Greece
>>> 25) Ghada S. Mitri, Beirut, Lebanon
>>> 26) Marc Sanjuan,Barcelona,Spain
>>> 27) Katerina Anagnostopoulou, Athens
>>> 28) Miguel Ara�jo, London, UK
>>> 29) Martim Melo, Cape Town, SA
>>> 30) Pavitray Pillay, Cape Town, South Africa
>>> 31) Marita Turpin, Pretoria, South Africa
>>> 32) Yvonne Walus, New Zealand
>>> 33) Mynhard Rudolph, Auckland, New Zealand
>>> 34) Elmarie Botha, Auckland, New Zealand
>>> 35) Blair Couper, Auckland, New Zealand
>>> 36) Jon Wilson, Sydney, Australia
>> 37) Simon Ward, Auckland New Zealand
>>> 38) Carissa Roberts, Wellington New Zealand
>>>
>>
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🔗Sarn Richard Ursell <thcdelta@xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>

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