Over the past couple of months we have discussed how to decrease your exposure to chemicals by buying organic foods and using non-toxic cleaners in your home. This month we aspire to share with you some information and thoughts about your exposure to potentially dangerous products that we put directly on our bodies - our beauty products. Shampoo, conditioner, body...
Environment
FAWCO's Environment Team aims to inform members about global environmental issues that confront our planet, such as air, soil & water pollution, energy efficiency, conservation and waste reduction, and the major issues of global climate change. Since we believe that each person can make a difference, one of our main goals is to help members become more environmentally minded through the choices they make in their daily lives. The Team also seeks to promote informed action within FAWCO, at both global and local levels. Major past activities have supported carbon sequestration through tree planting and water awareness in conjunction with the First Target Program.
For more information and to get involved with us, contact the Environment Team Chair at .
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Anne van Oorschot-Warwick (AWC The Hague) |
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At the Conference in Vilnius, the FAWCO Target Program was introduced. Its goal is to involve all of FAWCO's members in a concentrated effort to make a change for the better on one global issue. The Target Program aims for a focused strategy of education and project fundraising to help highlight an issue and look for ways to solve the...
Plant for the Planet downloadable certificate - A4 format
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FAWCO Millennium Forest in Morocco submitted as UN Millennium Development Goals Success Story
March 2004
In February FAWCO NGO Director Paula Dappen received a request from the United Nations to submit a FAWCO project that could be considered a Millennium Development Goal Success Story. The project that she submitted was the FAWCO Millennium Forest Project in Morocco, sponsored by AWIC...