Dylan Penner
is Executive Director of ACT for the Earth. He also serves
as Editor of ACT for the Earth's quarterly publication, the
ACTivist Magazine. Dylan has a diverse campaign background
with civil society groups including Sierra Club of Canada,
the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, and Greenpeace, where
he worked on biotech issues extensively. He has been with
ACT since 2002.
ACT for the Earth formed as Against Cruise Testing in 1982
and later became ACT for Disarmament. Over the years ACT
has mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to take action
for a better world and remains been a leading international
voice for peace, ecology and human rights. ACT has founded
many successful international campaigns including the International
Campaign for the Innu and the Earth and the East Timor Alert
Network. In 1992, ACT and INFACT won a victory in the boycott
of General Electric, when the company announces it would
discontinue its manufacturing of strategic nuclear weapons.
ACT
for the Earth launched its Nano-Justice campaign on May
13, 2005 with a public forum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
featuring Percy Schmeiser – the Canadian farmer who was
sued by Monsanto. The Nano-Justice campaign aims to shine
a spotlight on the convergence of biotechnology and nanotechnology
and the potential threats the technologies pose to biodiversity,
environmental safety, and human health.
Dylan is available as a public speaker for meetings and
conferences.
ACT for the Earth publisher of The ACTivist magazine
238 Queen Street West, lower level Toronto, Ontario, M5V 1Z7 Canada
Tel
: +1-416-880-6245
email
: campaigns@actfortheearth.org
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