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Note:  This is a time dated press release, as it relates to an election
for which the voting ends April 20, 1996.
					
Press Release

Redwood Estates, California, April 10, 1996  -- Andrea Wilson is a
petition candidate running for the national Board of the Sierra Club for
the 1996-1999 term  What makes her candidacy newsworthy is her support for
certain issues which historically have had little or no representation at
the national level, such as vegetarianism and animal rights, and her
efforts to deal with the root causes of environmental degradation (eg,
population, transportation, living styles and structures, consumption, and
food), and not merely the symptoms (eg, loss of habitat, topsoil, species
and diversity; pollution of our land, water, and air; rapidly diminishing
natural resources; human health 
problems).

If elected, Andrea would try to institute a program within the Club aimed
at promoting a focus on taking personal responsibility for improving the
environment by "walking the talk".  Issues she would work on as part of
this program would include  vegetarianism, organic gardening, community
food security programs, community supported agriculture, promotion of the
industrial hemp industry, treefree papers, the industrial uses of soy and
corn, organic cotton, the internet, intentional environmental communities,
straw bale houses, earthships, solar, and green consumption in general.

For more information about Andrea's positions, please see her web site
(http://webcom.com/geos/).  But visit soon, because ballots must be
received by noon, April 20, 1996.  You may also email her at
geo7@ix.netcom.com with questions.

Quotes from other members regarding Andrea's ballot statement:

..I wanted to let you know that I cast a vote for you based on your
willingness to examine our own individual actions as part of the problems
for which we seek solutions, i.e. "walking our talk"....I honor you for
putting yourself "out there" in this regard.  It will be interesting to
see how the rest of the membership responds.

I am a Sierra Club member in Asheville, NC.  I received my ballot recently
and dutifully read each candidates comments, favoring one over another. 
When I came to yours, I said "wow, where did this lady come from!".  As a
vegan, an activist, ...I was just so impressed by your gutsy prose.  Thank
you for saying what needed to be said.

Please let me know what I can do to assist you in the election other than
marking the ballot in your favor.  I really think people are ready to
change and make contact (take personal responsibility) with the
environment....I was quite surprised to see in print these things you
espouse.  Suddenly I am encouraged.

I am a twenty year old student.... I felt that my support of vegetarianism
and animal rights made more sense in helping the earth than anything else
that I could do as one young person...I'm sending my ballot in soon and as
it stands now, you will have my only vote.  Good luck with the election,
but more importantly, you have already written 
a statement that...everyone in Sierra an beyond needs to strongly
consider.

I just voted for you in the Sierra Club election.  Just how radical are
you?  I agree that when we are dealing with symptoms, we will always be
dealing with symptoms.  It is only when we deal with the sickness, which
is ignorance, that any headway can be made.

Your statement in the Sierra Club elections packet caught my eye.  I have
been a vegetarian for 17 years....If you are elected, I'd be willing to
help in elevating this issue on the local and national agenda.