Bonterra Vineyards Signs on to StopGlobalWarming.org; Virtual Internet March on Washington Builds Toward Earth Day 2006.HOPLAND, Calif. -- Bonterra Vineyards is now a featured partner on the advocacy website StopGlobalWarming.org where visitors concerned about climate change can enroll as "virtual marchers" and join a march on Washington that culminates on Earth Day, 2006 (April 22). Founded by Senator John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. , Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Laurie David Laurie Ellen Lennard David (born March 22, 1958). She serves as a trustee on the Natural Resources Defense Council and a member of the Advisory Board of the Children's Nature Institute and is a contributing blogger to the The Huffington Post. , the website is a non-political effort to bring Americans together in one place to discuss global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . By visiting the website and going to the Bonterra Impact Page (http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/partners/?434132) visitors can sign on as marchers and offer their own reasons for supporting a dialogue on climate change. Bonterra produces wine from organic grapes and is a leader in sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. practices. At the winery in Hopland Bonterra uses only renewable energy, including solar, and trucks and tractors run on biodiesel. "It's only natural that we support responsible environmental dialogue," said Bob Blue, winemaker for Bonterra. "We've had the million man march, and now, if our friends will join us, perhaps we'll have the million grape march to keep this important conversation moving forward." To date, more than a quarter-million citizens have signed on as marchers, and a broad array of companies and organizations have joined, including Patagonia, the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club , Surfrider Foundation and The Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1. . To learn more, visit StopGlobalWarming.org and visit the partners page to locate Bonterra. Visit Bonterra on the web at Bonterra.com. |
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