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On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Lee Jenkins wrote:
> 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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