Save Our Forests

[Simon Fairlie]

Apologies if you have already seen this.


On 14 Jan 2011, at 11:45, David Babbs - 38 Degrees wrote:

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> The Save Our Forests petition is growing fast: 135,000 of us have  
> signed so far.
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> But a lot of people still haven't heard about the government's plan  
> to sell off our woodlands.
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> Please forward this email to your friends and ask them to sign the  
> petition now.
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> Dear Simon,
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> Happy New Year! Over the holidays 50,000 more people joined the  
> campaign against government plans to sell off our woodlands. That  
> means there are now over 130,000 of us involved.
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> Together we're making sure the forest sell-off plans are noticed.  
> The huge petition has encouraged experts to speak out. It's been on  
> the news and in lots of newspapers. [1]
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> But a lot of people still haven't heard about the government's plan  
> to sell off our woodlands. So now we need to spread the word. We  
> need to make sure people know about these plans while they are  
> still just plans. Not when it's too late and forests are already  
> being fenced off, run down, logged or built over.
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> Please help get past 150,000 signatures by forwarding this e-mail  
> and asking your friends to sign as well:
> http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
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> If enough people sign the petition, we can make the government  
> think again. This campaign is growing every day. Together, we have  
> chipped in nearly £20,000 for the Save Our Forests campaign fund.  
> That's money we can use to put pressure on the government by  
> holding Save Our Forests events across the country, hiring experts  
> to expose the flaws in the government plans and making sure that  
> politicians know how many of us want to protect our forests.
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> Help spread the word and get the petition past 150,000 signatures  
> this week. Forward this e-mail and ask your friends to sign by  
> clicking here:
> http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
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> If you use Facebook, please also spread the word by sharing the  
> petition on your profile:
> http://www.38degrees.org.uk/forests-facebook-share
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> If you use Twitter, please send a “tweet” about the petition by  
> clicking here:
> http://www.38degrees.org.uk/forests-twitter-share
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> Forests like the Forest of Dean, the New Forest, Grizedale,  
> Thetford, and Alice Holt are national treasures. Once they’re gone,  
> they are lost forever. If we get enough signatures on the petition,  
> we have a bigger chance of making sure they are protected for  
> wildlife and future generations.
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> Thanks for being involved,
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> David, Hannah, Johnny and the 38 Degrees team
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> P.S. From the Lake District to the Forest of Dean, we need to sound  
> the alarm that our woodlands are under threat. Please forward this  
> email and tell your friends about the forest sell-off. Then ask  
> them to join you in signing the petition at: http://www. 
> 38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
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> Notes:
> [1] You can read articles and find links to videos about the  
> campaign here: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests-media
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> The bigger we are the more we can do. Please forward this email to  
> your friends and ask them to get involved.
>
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