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EFN - NEWS Newsletter of EFN -
Association of December 22nd, 2006 |
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Dear friends, members, and
correspondents of EFN,
The Association of
Environmentalists
For Nuclear Energy
Wishes you a very Merry Christmas,
and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Do not hesitate to become a local correspondent of EFN in your country or area and to help us develop EFN in your country or local area, by organizing a presentation, a press conference, a lecture tour, site visits, or by helping us translate the web site or the book Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy (the book is presented on line).
2006 was a good year:
EFN-CANADA
is now fully active. It is a Canadian federally incorporated
not-for-profit association, with Rodney Anderson as President, and
our good friend Dr. Patrick Moore (former founder of Greenpeace) as
Honorary Chairman. See the new website of EFN-CANADA by clicking on
the Canadian flag on http://www.ecolo.org).
Download the presentation
of EFN-CANADA (in PDF
format) to inform your Canadian friends and see the great
Board
of Directors of
EFN-CANADA! Many thanks to Rodney for his hard work in creating
EFN-CANADA and for the lecture tour he organized in Ontario in June.
A new revised and updated Canadian edition of the book
Environmentalists
For Nuclear Energy was
published in 2006, on the occasion of our lecture tour in June. This
new edition (in English) will be used as the original text for future
translations in new countries.
EFN-POLAND
(SEREN-POLSKA)
has also been created this year (in 2006) as an independent
not-for-profit Polish association, incorporated in Warsaw. The
high-profile Board includes well-known Polish environmentalists, and
Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowsky is
the President of EFN-Poland (see photo on the right). He is one of
the world's best radioprotection specialist and the former President
of UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Health Effects
of Radiation).
EFN-USA
continues its growth, with members and supporters now in 26 American
States! To make it easier for our members and journalists to join us,
EFN-USA now has a new toll-free phone and fax line at: 866 445 0599
(add +1 in front of this number if you are calling from outside the
US). Read the Minutes
of the General meeting of
EFN-USA.
Our
web site is now translated in Russian, thanks to the good work of our
local correspondent, Dr Alexander Akimov (M.D., D.Sc.). See the new
website
of EFN-RUSSIA. And the Russian edition of the book Environmentalists
For Nuclear Energy is
expected to be published in 2007.
EFN was created in 1996, therefore 2006 was our 10th anniversary.
10 candles celebrating EFN's 10th anniversary, at EFN's annual meeting in Houilles on December 9th , 2006 (the photo shows some of the participants in the General meeting celebrating this anniversary, click on the photo to enlarge it).
See EFN's complete history year by year since it was created 10 years ago
For a good start in 2007:
- don't forget to read (and take note of) your meters on the morning of 1st January for your electricity, your natural gas, and the number of kilometers on your cars' counters. This will be useful to calculate your 2007 carbon footprint in case you want to join EFN's new carbon-reduction action group (CRAG). Many thanks to Robin Smith, one of our local correspondents in the UK, for his help in setting up this CRAG concept and for the great mind-opening action work he does to encourage carbon-reduction initiatives for individual citizens.
- in 2007, don't forget to subscribe or update your membership to EFN-INTERNATIONAL or to EFN-USA or to EFN-CANADA (you can also subscribe to any of the three or all three to support our activities in these areas).
We look forward to developing other national branches of EFN in new countries in 2007, especially in the UK, but also in other regions of the world. To help us in this regard, your support (perhaps in the form of volunteer work as a local correspondent or your donations) is absolutely necessary and will be most welcome, thank you in advance !
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