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<P>You and I are the last generation that can stop our
natural world collapsing beyond the point of no
return.</P>
<P><STRONG>Will you sign the official petition calling
on the EU to stop the use of all synthetic pesticides by
2035? Together we need to gather 1 million
signatures</STRONG> to force the EU to consider
legislating to save our bees and natural ecosystems.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Toxic pesticides have helped choke out half the planet’s
insects in the past 50 years -- including 23 bee species</STRONG>.
But, Vladimir, you can still help to turn this around.</P>
<P>SumOfUs is teaming up with beekeepers, farmers and scientists to
<STRONG>take the first steps towards a completely pesticide-free
Europe</STRONG>.</P>
<P><STRONG>You can help gather 1 million signatures on a new
European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) that will force the EU to
consider a new law to transform Europe’s food and farming
system</STRONG>, so that farmers, bees and biodiversity thrive in
harmony.</P>
<P>It’s a two step process as it’s an official EU initiative,
but<STRONG> it only takes two minutes.</STRONG></P>
<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/508871?t=1&akid=66321%2E15424008%2EiGxQtn">Add
your name to the Europe-wide initiative to save bees and farmers
from toxic pesticides</A></P>
<P>The UN has warned that <STRONG>the window of opportunity to stop
the breakdown of the world's climate and ecosystems is closing
fast</STRONG>. Natural spaces in Germany have lost over 70% of their
insect populations in the last 27 years.</P>
<P>But farmers are trapped in a distorted market. They’re
financially reliant on spraying huge amounts of pesticides on large
monoculture farms. These pesticides weaken their soil, harm their
health and are<STRONG> wiping out bees and birds on an unprecedented
scale. </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Farmers shouldn’t be priced out of farming in harmony
with nature.</STRONG> By signing this European Citizens’ Initiative
(ECI), you can<STRONG> support a radical new plan to reform the
agriculture industry -- by phasing out all synthetic pesticides by
2035</STRONG> and helping farmers to move to small scale, diverse
and sustainable farming.</P>
<P>If we collect over a million signatures the EU has to come up
with a response. <STRONG>This was how 3 million of us managed to
help derail the disastrous TTIP trade deal in 2017</STRONG>, and how
1.6 million of us may soon force the EU to end industrial farms’
cruel practice of caging animals.</P>
<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/508871?t=2&akid=66321%2E15424008%2EiGxQtn">Add
your name now and push the EU to save our natural world from
intensive farming!</A></P>
<P><STRONG>If there was ever a time to pass an ambitious initiative
like this one, it’s now.</STRONG> Together, SumOfUs members like you
have persuaded the EU to ban some of the worst bee-killing
pesticides. <STRONG>You were the ones who helped to push the EU to
ban three of Bayer and Syngenta’s bee-harming neonicotinoid
pesticides last year</STRONG> -- and got a fourth, thiacloprid,
added to the list last month, after mounting evidence it was
dangerous to bees and farm workers.</P>
<P><STRONG>Now, we need to finish what we started.</STRONG></P>
<P>This initiative is a chance to end all toxic pesticide use and
transform our farming system into one that benefits both bees and
the people who depend on them. But it won’t succeed unless we take
advantage of the momentum we have now -- <STRONG>so, Vladimir, will
you sign and make this launch huge?</STRONG></P><!-- ak.wysiwyg=code --><IMG alt=""
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>Rebecca, David and the team at
SumOfUs</P><BR>
<P><EM><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">More
information:</SPAN></EM></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/508867?t=13&akid=66321%2E15424008%2EiGxQtn">The
official website for the Save Bees and Farmers ECI</A>, 25 November
2019<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/508868?t=14&akid=66321%2E15424008%2EiGxQtn">More
than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass
in protected areas</A>, PLoS ONE, 18 October 2017<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/507744?t=15&akid=66321%2E15424008%2EiGxQtn">‘Insect
apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth</A>, conservationists
warn, The Guardian, 13 November 2019</P></TD></TR>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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