The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other amazing creatures. We need to act now to protect it for future generations.

The Arctic is a truly special place, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, oil drilling, and industrial fishing. One person can make a difference and I believe we can stop our dependence on oil and products made with oil. For too long, we have been blinded by Big companies, who have tons of money telling us it's all okay when it's not okay. Buy more, use more be like others, but it's time we take back who we are and consume less. Live smaller, enjoy life more. Be more conscience with what we buy and why. Use more recycled products, reuse item you would recycle. Think of things you can make from it. What ever it is, try to stop buying so much and be content with what you have. We need to save our planet for our children's grandchildren and so on. Be more responsible with our resources and lets make big oil companies accountable for their actions. Do not let Shell or any other Oil Corporation, go in to the Arctic and drill for oil. Lets stand together to stop them and thanks for signing my petition! ArcticDeclaration.org

We deserve to be considered more then a dietary choice...Veganism is a core set of values, every bit as important as any religion in the world!

"The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other amazing creatures. We need to act now to protect it for future generations."

Like so many places around the world that were once remote and pristine, the Arctic is now threatened by overwhelming pressure from human incursion, development and desecration. The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other beautiful creatures. We need to act now to protect it from destruction by corporate interests seeking to enhance profits through natural resource development and expanding market access.

The Arctic is one of the very last frontiers left and we need to protect whats left of the Arctic and its animals.

The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other amazing creatures. We need to act now to protect it for future generations.

UPDATE: While the National Guard will not be involved, the Missouri State Police have taken over policing operations in Ferguson, while the FBI is providing technical assistance to Ferguson Police. St. Louis County Police have withdrawn from Ferguson on Gov. Jay Nixon's orders. Thanks to all for your support. Last night there was peace in Ferguson. ---------------------------- Over and over again during the Civil Rights Movement, presidents and governors mobilized the National Guard to protect the civil rights of citizens when local institutions refused to recognize them. In 1957, the National Guard escorted the Little Rock 9 to their first day at an integrated public school. In the 1960s, the National Guard helped integrate public universities in Mississippi and Alabama. Today, it is evident that the National Guard is needed in Ferguson, Missouri, where a white police officer shot and killed Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager who reportedly had his hands in the air. Residents who protested Mike's death were met with police in riot gear and military vehicles. On Wednesday, police shot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets and attacked them with tear gas canisters, some of which exploded into nearby residents' yards — gassing sleeping families and children. They even used a torture device called a sonic cannon to try to disperse crowds. Even journalists weren't safe from local police. Officers attacked and arrested Wesley Lowery (Washington Post) and Ryan Reilly (Huffington Post) on Wednesday afternoon simply for recording them -- slamming one into a soda machine and knocking another's head into a glass door. Then, more reporters were shot with rubber bullets and gassed along with protesters. It was a gut-wrenching, sickening scene. I may live in St. Louis now, but Ferguson was once my home. My mom lived there for 10 years. And what I see happening to my former community at the hands of local law enforcement officers makes me sick, and it makes me angry. This isn't Afghanistan. It's not a war zone. But the police are treating United States citizens like enemy combatants, violating their civil rights at every turn. We can't trust local police not to hurt folks in Ferguson for peacefully assembling to protest unjustifiable state violence. And so, like leaders 50 years ago did during the Civil Rights Movement, our leaders today must take bold, swift, and decisive action. Tell President Obama and Governor Jay Nixon to protect the citizens of Ferguson from the cruel excesses of local police by sending in the National Guard.

it is our hope to channel this collective anger into effective policy.

This petition is being drawn up in hope of allowing citizens their rights, and as a tool to ease the tension in Ferguson, Missouri.

We need more law that will help the victims of domestic violence. As it is now, a victim cannot bring forward any damaging testimony against her abuser. The state says it makes them look like a bad guy. A victim can only talk about the day the restraining order was broken and only bring forward a witness that was present that day. We all know abusers do not abuse in front of others and violate restraining orders in front of others. Let your signatures be seen. Let victims of abuse know they don't stand alone.

Because I want to get our freedom and food choices back