Dear Chris,
I am interested in learning more about this conference. I am co-editor
with Irene Diamond of REWEAVING THE WORLD; THE EMERGENCE OF ECOFEMINISM. I
know that she contacted you on my recommendation--having read your call on
the Internet. Looking forward to hearing more from you. Irene has been to
Israel many times, and is very involved in the themes you are dealing with.
I am interested in spirituality--affirming the 'reality' of the spirit world.
I can send you some writings of my spiritual journey via snail mail. All
best, Gloria Orenstein.
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 22:32:51 +1000
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Subject: Re: SAKINA: SUMATRA - A CALL TO ACTION
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Chris,
I agree with you, this a catastrophe. If you have a plan that everyone
can participate in in some way, please specify specific actions. This is
the trouble for the great multitude out there: everyone is confronted
with some pretty horific facts of life out there, but no-one knows what
to do about it, and then the next commercial break comes and everyone
forgets.
Now, at this time, what people need is specific, down to earth steps
they can take in order to address the problems of the world: New Age
mysticism can be engaging for those who are seeking, but for those of us
who have found our path to truth and beauty and don't want to delve into
your reality would really like basic concrete suggestions that can be
acted upon, apart from "send us money". For instance, a petition to
sign, a place and time to gather and protest...
You really seem to have your finger on the pulse of the world's
disasters. You should nurture that, find someone who knows how to put it
to concrete purpose, to gather people as one into a vocal crowd, with a
chant and a slogan...
do you hear what I'm saying?
Lee.
Chris King wrote:
> SAKINA: SUMATRA - A CALL TO ACTION
>
> SEPTEMBER 1997 INDONESIA BURNING
> This week Sumatra and Borneo have been burning.
> Many people are choking and 232 lives were lost in a plane crash.
> But this has not stopped Asian foresters lighting even more fires.
> Some of these areas are not virgin forest, simply because
> deforestation
> is already so extensive, but the wildlife destruction is immense.
>
> Environmentalists monitoring satellite pictures said between
> 500,000 and 600,000 ha was burning or had already been destroyed.
> The head of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature,
> Dr. Syed Babar Ali, called it an "international catastrophe".
>
> This burning is an intentional act coinciding with
> severe drought and delayed monsoons brought on by
> el Nino - a crisis itself believed to be linked to global warming.
>
> Lest we think this will be a final lesson, be warned!
> ASIAN LOGGING COMPANIES are rapidly exhausting South-East Asia
> and are MOVING INTO THE AMAZON BASIN. If we do not combine to
> make a watershed for biodiversity now there will be a lot worse to
> come.
> The Amazon is already going up in smoke far too fast as it is.
> Habitat destruction is the key cause of biodiversity genocide.
>
> We participated in good faith in Rio, but Rio has come an gone and
> destruction of Earth's natural habitat continues to accelerate.
> It is time to make a clear collective stand and say:
> ENOUGH! STOP THE HOLOCAUST OF BIODIVERSITY!
>
> This is the tragedy of the commons of all life on earth -
>
> We thus issue an invitation and a passionate call to make
> SAKINA 2000 JERUSALEM
> our place to make a clear stand for WORLD BIODIVERSITY.
>
> To work together to create an event which shows the
> world what ecofeminism and the power of cooperation can do.
> Please send offers of help, catalysis and support. We need grant
> funding, sponsorship and cooperative involvement to make this
> a turning point for biodiversity. The place where the flood-tide
> turned
> for the preservation of life in its living diversity - while we still
> have it.
>
> JAN 97 WORLD-WATCH INSTITUTE REPORT:
> "Five years after participants at the Earth Summit promised
> to attack global environmental ills, forests still disappear, the air
> is murkier than ever, and the world's population is nearly half a
> billion.
> Governments are lagging badly in meeting goals set at the 1992
> Rio de Janeiro summit, the World-Watch Institute said in its
> annual global review released yesterday. "Unfortmately, few
> Govemments
> have even begun the policy changes that will be needed
> to put the world on an environmentally sustainable path."
>
> Among Worldwatch's gloomiest conclusions: millions of hectares
> of tropical and deciduous forest still disappear each year, carbon
> dioxide emissions are at record highs and population growth
> is outpacing food production. Christopher Flavin, a lead author
> of the report, calls the Earth Summit a "last hurrah" for the
> idea that sweeping Government programmes can cure a sick planet.
>
> So what WAS the result?
>
> JULY 97 EARTH SUMMIT FAILS TO AGREE
> Developed countries failed to agree to meet commitments on
> environmental intiatives. President of the United Nations
> General Assembly Razali Ismail of Malaysia said achievements
> since Rio had been "paltry" and predicted castrophe if action
> was not taken soon. "We as a species, as a planet, are teetering
> on the edge, living unsustainabty and perpetuating inequity,
> and may soon pass the point of no return."
> "Our words have not been matched by deeds."
>
> SAKINA Epiphany 2000 JERUSALEM
> We are thus calling for help and catalytic cooperation to work
> towards a global resolution of three key issues at SAKINA 2000.
>
> (1) World peace (Sakina is the Spirit of Tranquillity).
> (2) Biodiversity renewal - turning the tide for Life.
> (3) Restoration of respect and empowerment to the feminine.
>
> Surely these are the three central hopes of ecofeminism?
> These three issues are one braid, one dilemma and one resolution.
> Let's make this a flood-tide for the preservation
> of life in all its living diversity - while we still have it!
>
> SAKINA is three things:
>
> (1) A CONFERENCE of feminine Wisdom - "Realizing the Tree of Life"
>
> (2) A PEACE EMPOWERMENT - invoking the Shekhinah.
> (3) A CULTURAL/MUSIC FESTIVAL
> - ecosystemic diversity within the unity of life.
>
> Please repy with offers of help, catalysis and cooperation with
> the process of securing funding, and planning the event.
>
> love - as always, Chris King
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