stickers!

We're doing a sticker campaign at Oberlin to raise awareness about mining in El Salvador. We decided on these stickers (the formatting's a little off here, but you get the idea):

“Podemos vivir sin oro, pero no sin agua” – “We can live without gold, but not without water”

In its 10 years of planned operation, the proposed El Dorado gold mine in El Salvador would use almost 240,000 gallons of water each day—enough in just one day to provide water for a Salvadoran family for 30 years. (CISPES)

Check out Headwaters to read more about El Salvador and mining.

Oberlin in Solidarity with El Salvador, Spring 2010

"Podemos vivir sin oro, pero no sin agua” – “We can live without gold, but not without water”

The proposed El Dorado gold mine in El Salvador would use 38 tons of cyanide per day, which could contaminate river water, soil, and air, and cause health problems like brain and heart damage. (CISPES)

Check out Headwaters to read more about El Salvador and mining.

Oberlin in Solidarity with El Salvador, Spring 2010

I called Pacific Rim to protest unjust gold mining in El Salvador.

Call Barbara Henderson, Vice President of Investor Relations at Pacific Rim Mining and tell her that the company has the moral responsibility to leave Cabañas immediately. Dial 1- (888) 775-7097, then press 1.

Oberlin in Solidarity with El Salvador, Spring 2010

Since 2005, community organizing efforts have successfully blocked Canadian Pacific Rim Mining Corporation’s application for gold mining permits in Cabañas, El Salvador. In response, death threats, kidnapping attempts and assassinations against anti-mining activists continue. Pacific Rim has retaliated by filing a $77 million lawsuit against El Salvador for denying gold mining permits, using the Central America Free Trade Agreement’s (CAFTA) investor protections provisions. (CISPES)

Check out Headwaters to read more about El Salvador and mining.

Oberlin in Solidarity with El Salvador, Spring 2010