Day 30/30. This is the final post for the 30 day tour.
“On the Road for Ethos Alliance” has been a terrific journey.
We have come to understand the necessity of coming to Ecuador to see the environmental damage first hand. It was our utmost hope and intention on the second part of this tour, the portion spent in Ecuador, to share these issues with you as clearly as possible. We hope we have conveyed the importance of the health affects from oil contamination, those fighting relentlessly to find resolve in a legal trial against Chevron, and the indigenous culture that has been displaced, and in many ways destroyed forever.
In the coming months we encourage those of you who have followed this tour to reflect on your role, from wherever you come from, as oil consumers. And to encourage your family and friends to understand that the gasoline you use may come from a multinational company that in the past or in the present, has not lived up to corporate social responsibilities.
Texaco Oil Company (acquired by Chevron in 2001)
With a national (and now international) following, with chapter leaders abound at the universities visited during the first 20 days of our tour, we are confident that Ethos Alliance will be able to bring powerful aid to this environmental crisis.
When we return home tomorrow, we will begin organizing the following we have built. We will review the information shared with us by those involved in the case, the indigenous people of Ecuador, and those who have medical illness due to pollution.
We take home this emotion and information to make the best decision on how to aid in the effort to create a healthier living environment. We will organize and act as quickly as possible, and we will decide carefully how to integrate our efforts with those of existing organizations and the best interests of those directly affected.
In the immediate, this means creating safe water supplies, sanitation facilities and hygiene-related facilities. This means improving the medical facilities and treatment centers.
Raise your hand with Ethos Alliance. Find out how you can help here. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
A child from one of the pollution-affected communities.
Contact us at info@ethosalliance.org. Stay tuned to www.ethosalliance.org for updates and the development of Ethos Alliance projects.
Here are some articles that have been written about Ethos Alliance we want to share with you in case you haven’t seen them as they were published:
1. Tonic: Ethos Alliance Turns up the Heat on Chevron
2. Good Magazine: On the Road with Ethos Alliance
3. San Francisco Chronicle: New Nonprofit Uses Web to Pressure Chevron
4. Reuters: Blame Aside, Help Ecuador’s Oil Damaged Victims, Former Ad Man
5. Latina Lista: Non-Profit Expects Word of Mouth to Force Chevron to do what is right for Ecuadorian Indigenous