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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
text-transform:uppercase'>Tell President Bush to save endangered plants! </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
text-transform:uppercase'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sign
Aveda’s endangered plant petition during April. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sign
online at <a
href="https://www.aveda.com/templates/petitions/usa.tmpl?ngextredir=1"
title="https://www.aveda.com/templates/petitions/usa.tmpl?ngextredir=1">https://www.aveda.com/templates/petitions/usa.tmpl?ngextredir=1</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>B<span
style='text-transform:uppercase'>ackground:</span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April
is Earth Month at Aveda. The Aveda network of Salons and Spas selects an
environmental issues each April as the focus of Earth Month. Through the Earth
Month program Aveda educates spa and salon customers, solicits donations for scientific
and environmental groups, and gathers signatures in support of protecting our
environment. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This
years Earth Month focuses on protection of Imperiled Plants. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Aveda
hopes to raise $1 million for plant science and conservation groups worldwide. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They
also are circulating a petition that will be sent to President Bush and to the
United Nations. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
petition to President Bush (language pasted below and in attachment) demands a strong
and fully funded Endangered Species Act so that our imperiled plants can be
saved from extinction. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They
hope to collect as many as 1 million signatures for the U.S. and U.N.
petitions! We can help. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>ACTION:
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Go to
the Aveda website and sign the petition to President Bush electronically. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gather
signatures from your organizations, friends, family, coworkers - and anyone
else you can think of.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
petition can be signed online during April at <a
href="https://www.aveda.com/templates/petitions/usa.tmpl?ngextredir=1"
title="https://www.aveda.com/templates/petitions/usa.tmpl?ngextredir=1">https://www.aveda.com/templates/petitions/usa.tmpl?ngextredir=1</a>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A PDF
of the petition is also available at the Aveda website so that it can be
printed out. If you gather signatures in writing, they can be sent to the
following address. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Aveda</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4000
Pheasant Ridge Dr. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blaine,
MN 55449</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Attn:
Earth Month</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>General
information about Aveda and the Earth Month Program can be found at</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.aveda.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.tmpl?ngextredir=1"
title="http://www.aveda.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.tmpl?ngextredir=1">http://www.aveda.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.tmpl?ngextredir=1</a>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Petition
Text: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>save
our power plants—</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>empower
endangered species.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
Endangered Species Act is a safety net for all species—plants and
wildlife—on the brink of extinction. The law successfully protected and</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>restored
American Bald Eagle populations—the symbol of our nation. But the Act
itself is endangered: weakened by insufficient funding,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>it is
unable to fully protect the more than 1,200 species currently listed.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Plants
and animals depend on one another—and we depend on them—for food,
habitat and survival. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The extinction of a
single plant species</span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>may result in the disappearance of up to 30 other species.* </span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We owe it to our children and
grandchildren to be good stewards of the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>environment
and leave behind a legacy that protects endangered species and the special
places they call home.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Extinction is forever, Mr. President. We, the undersigned,
call on you to commit to a strong, fully funded Endangered Species Act.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>We must protect all of the species that comprise the web of
life.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt'>*Source:
U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Your
name is for petition purposes only and will not be used for any other purpose
by Aveda.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank
you,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>_____________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Emily
B. Roberson, Ph.D.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Director</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Native
Plant Conservation Campaign</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PMB
151 (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>not</span></i> p.o.b) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1459
18th St. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>San
Francisco, CA 94107</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone:
415 970 0394 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email:
<a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org"
title="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org">emilyr@plantsocieties.org</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Web:
<a href="http://www.plantsocieties.org" title="http://www.plantsocieties.org">www.plantsocieties.org</a>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
NPCC is a project of the Center for Biological Diversity and the California
Native Plant Society.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
mission of the NPCC is to promote appreciation and conservation of native plant
species and communities through collaboration, education, law, policy, land use
and management.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Emily</span></font></p>
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