30 Years of The Foundation on Economic Trends: 1977-2007Please scroll to the right to view the timeline.  1977Organized the world's first ethics demonstration in Washington, D.C. to raise ethical questions on the use of biotechonolgy 19801983Assembled a coalition of US religious and scientific leaders to oppose human germ line therapy 1984Won federal court case forcing the NIH to make public its votes on human gene therapy trials 1985Won federal case stopping the construction of a Dept. of Defense biological warfare laboratory at the Dugway proving grounds in Utah 1987Created the National Coalition Against Surrogacy and successfully lobbied state legislatures to ban surrogacy contracts Assembled coalition of US religious leaders to oppose patents on animal and human genes and tissues 1988Successfully petitioned the Postmaster General to prohibit the transit of deadly pathogens through the US mailing system 1989Assembled Coalition of top US molecular biologists to urge passage of anti-genetic discrimination legislation 1989Late 1980s1992Established the Greenhouse Crisis Foundation to educate students and their parents on global warming Launched an international Beyond Beef Campaign to raise awareness about the global cattle culture 1992Established the Pure Food Campaign to demand government labeling of all genetically engineered foods 1994Launched a nationwide consumer boycott of milk and other dairy products containing Bovine Growth Hormone 1995Organized a global coalition of more than 200 organizations from 35 nations against a patent on Neem tree pesticides Launched the first national campaign to establish criteria for socially responsible investment in US pension funds 1996Organized a global coalition of 400 women's organizations opposing patenting of human breast cancer gene 1997Launched Global Days of Action bringing together NGOs in 53 nations for public protests against genetic engineering 1997Launched Save Organic Standards Campaign (SOS) to prohibit the labeling of genetically modified food as organic Facilitated the filing of a lawsuit alleging that four companies formed a global cartel in genetically modified seeds 1997Submitted a patent application with Dr. Stuart Newman to examine the extent to which human material is patentable 2001Assembled a coalition of progressive policy leaders to support legislation prohibiting human cloning 2002Created The Treaty Initiative to Share Genetic Commons which aims to prohibit all patents on plant, animal and human life 200320052007The EU Parliament passed an historic legislative initiative committing to a green hydrogen economy and the Third Industrial Revolution |