Today the White House phone line, 202-456-1111, is busy. It was busy yesterday, too, so I wrote a note to support President Obama in his effort to negotiate a meaningful agreement in Copehagen. (You can submit your email here, too.)
Dear President Obama and Cabinet Members,
Thank you for your support of and attendance at the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
The health care plan for the world lies in your hands.
Please continue to lead our world to a sustainable, realistic future and seek a binding agreement among world leaders at the Copenhagen Summit today.
Stay longer if you have to.
We need an agreement at this crucial time.
Limiting greenhouse emissions also keeps carcinogens from our air (lungs), water (bodies) and soil (food). Please consider this when you come home to Washington D.C., which is polluted by coal fired power plants just west of our region.
Consider this also for the people in China who suffer from lung, throat and stomach cancer here.
Again, thank you for your leadership and vision during this crucial time.
I hope all of you and your staff have a Blessed Holiday Season!
With Global Love,
Lillian Kafka
Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.A., Planet Earth
Dec 17, 2009
Heartbreaking Images of Pollution in China
The health of people is intrinsically linked to the health of the earth. These images are two in a series by Lu Guang, a freelance photographer from the Peoples Republic of China. His work here examines the relationship of villagers in China with the industries that often employ and sicken them.
http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/
We are challenged to find a more sobering portrait of the ill health of our earth than the air, water and ground pollution depicted these provinces.
I would like to see a ban on these industries and the products they produce. When will there by a dialogue in the U.S.? We can effect this degradation of our fellow humans and our home, the earth, by mandating certain manufacturing standards on products shipped and sold here, can we not?
2 Days Left in Copenhagen: A Plea from my Heart
Greetings, friend!
As you may or may not know, there is a summit going on in Copenhagen to determine how people of all countries will agree to coexist on this earth over the next five decades and beyond.
Climate change is a dire human rights issue that is dependent on our good will and love for all species on this wonderful earth. The earth's health effects our health, and it's precipitous that we in the U.S. are trying to tackle our personal health care system. The Copenhagen summit is being held to create a health care system for the planet and it ends in two days.
Unfortunately, the leaders of these countries won't be able to reconvene after Christmas like the U.S. Congress. We must seize this opportunity! That is why I am pleading with you to sign an online petition today, before the summit ends.
Also, if you are voicing your opinion about our health care system, take advantage of the situation, and voice your opinion on the health of our earth. The phone number for the State Department is at the bottom of this email! (Scroll down)
The goals of this movement are to:
"You cannot keep quiet now. . You cannot just simply hide behind your own borders because people will be able to find out what's happening will be able to tell the word." - UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Avaaz spoke to UK's Prime Minister Gordon Brown the other day. You can listen to this enlightening interview here.
"Over the next 48 hours it's important for people around the world to register their determination to support action on the environment .. There are millions of people around the world who feel strongly about the climate change agenda ... who would fight [for this]. I would not underestimate the effect [on leaders]. email and twitter that they want an agreement and they want one now! this public expression of opinion will have an effect." - UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in an interview with Avaaz Sept. 21, 2009
Climate change threatens the lives of people today. Read about it here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6321351.stm and
Read about the effects of climate change on animals at http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/
The following is the sample email provided by AVAAZ. Normally I send these emails without a personal note, but everything you just read was from my heart and soul. Please contact me at http://lonalang.blogspot.com/ if you would like to discuss this issue or provide feedback.
With Global Love,
Lona Lang
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Hi,
I just joined over 11 million people in the world's largest ever climate petition.
There has never been a more important time to add your name - our message is being delivered to leaders at the Copenhagen climate negotiations later this week.
Please add your voice at
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen_now/98.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK
Thanks!
Dear Friends,
With three days to go, the crucial Copenhagen summit is failing.
Tomorrow, the world's leaders arrive for an unprecedented 60 hours of direct negotiations. Experts agree that without a tidal wave of public pressure for a deal, the summit will not stop catastrophic global warming of 2 degrees.
Click below to sign the petition for a real deal in Copenhagen -- the campaign already has a staggering 11 million supporters - let's make it the largest petition in history in the next 72 hours! Every single name is actually being read out at the summit -- sign on at the link below and forward this email to everyone!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen_now/98.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK
An Avaaz team is meeting daily with negotiators inside the summit who will organize a spectacular petition delivery to world leaders as they arrive, building a giant wall of boxes of names and reading out the names of every person who signs. With the largest petition in history, leaders will have no doubt that the whole world is watching.
Millions watched the Avaaz vigil inside the summit on TV last weekend, where Archbishop Desmond Tutu told hundreds of delegates and assembled children:
“We marched in Berlin, and the wall fell.
"We marched for South Africa, and apartheid fell.
"We marched at Copenhagen -- and we WILL get a Real Deal.”
Copenhagen is seeking the biggest mandate in history to stop the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. History will be made in the next few days. How will our children remember this moment? Let's tell them we did all we could.l them we did all we could.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_copenhagen_now/98.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK
With hope,
Ricken, Alice, Ben, Paul, Luis, Iain, Veronique, Graziela, Pascal, Paula, Benjamin, Raj, Raluca, Taren, David, Josh and the whole Avaaz team.
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A note from my friend Dec. 17, 2009:
One last plea: Please call the State Department (202-647-6575) and tell them you stand in solidarity with the youth sit-in happening at the State Department right now and the sit-in that happened at the Bella Center in Copenhagen last night (I know some of the brave activists in both): http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/12/17/live-blog-dc-sit-in/
Here's a recap of last night's sit-in in Copenhagen: http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/12/17/live-blog-youth-activists-refuse-to-leave-before-everyones-voices-are-heard/
As you may or may not know, there is a summit going on in Copenhagen to determine how people of all countries will agree to coexist on this earth over the next five decades and beyond.
Climate change is a dire human rights issue that is dependent on our good will and love for all species on this wonderful earth. The earth's health effects our health, and it's precipitous that we in the U.S. are trying to tackle our personal health care system. The Copenhagen summit is being held to create a health care system for the planet and it ends in two days. Unfortunately, the leaders of these countries won't be able to reconvene after Christmas like the U.S. Congress. We must seize this opportunity! That is why I am pleading with you to sign an online petition today, before the summit ends.
Also, if you are voicing your opinion about our health care system, take advantage of the situation, and voice your opinion on the health of our earth. The phone number for the State Department is at the bottom of this email! (Scroll down)
The goals of this movement are to:
- Encourage world leadership to sign a binding treaty
- Enable future generations to live a life free of worries of climate change
- Offer financing ($10 billion per year ) to aid climate refugees
"You cannot keep quiet now. . You cannot just simply hide behind your own borders because people will be able to find out what's happening will be able to tell the word." - UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Avaaz spoke to UK's Prime Minister Gordon Brown the other day. You can listen to this enlightening interview here.
"Over the next 48 hours it's important for people around the world to register their determination to support action on the environment .. There are millions of people around the world who feel strongly about the climate change agenda ... who would fight [for this]. I would not underestimate the effect [on leaders]. email and twitter that they want an agreement and they want one now! this public expression of opinion will have an effect." - UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in an interview with Avaaz Sept. 21, 2009Climate change threatens the lives of people today. Read about it here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/Read about the effects of climate change on animals at http://www.worldwildlife.org/
The following is the sample email provided by AVAAZ. Normally I send these emails without a personal note, but everything you just read was from my heart and soul. Please contact me at http://lonalang.blogspot.com/ if you would like to discuss this issue or provide feedback.
With Global Love,
Lona Lang
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi,
I just joined over 11 million people in the world's largest ever climate petition.
There has never been a more important time to add your name - our message is being delivered to leaders at the Copenhagen climate negotiations later this week.
Please add your voice at
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_
Thanks!
Dear Friends,
With three days to go, the crucial Copenhagen summit is failing.
Tomorrow, the world's leaders arrive for an unprecedented 60 hours of direct negotiations. Experts agree that without a tidal wave of public pressure for a deal, the summit will not stop catastrophic global warming of 2 degrees.
Click below to sign the petition for a real deal in Copenhagen -- the campaign already has a staggering 11 million supporters - let's make it the largest petition in history in the next 72 hours! Every single name is actually being read out at the summit -- sign on at the link below and forward this email to everyone!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_
An Avaaz team is meeting daily with negotiators inside the summit who will organize a spectacular petition delivery to world leaders as they arrive, building a giant wall of boxes of names and reading out the names of every person who signs. With the largest petition in history, leaders will have no doubt that the whole world is watching.
Millions watched the Avaaz vigil inside the summit on TV last weekend, where Archbishop Desmond Tutu told hundreds of delegates and assembled children:
“We marched in Berlin, and the wall fell.
"We marched for South Africa, and apartheid fell.
"We marched at Copenhagen -- and we WILL get a Real Deal.”
Copenhagen is seeking the biggest mandate in history to stop the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. History will be made in the next few days. How will our children remember this moment? Let's tell them we did all we could.l them we did all we could.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_
With hope,
Ricken, Alice, Ben, Paul, Luis, Iain, Veronique, Graziela, Pascal, Paula, Benjamin, Raj, Raluca, Taren, David, Josh and the whole Avaaz team.
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A note from my friend Dec. 17, 2009:
One last plea: Please call the State Department (202-647-6575) and tell them you stand in solidarity with the youth sit-in happening at the State Department right now and the sit-in that happened at the Bella Center in Copenhagen last night (I know some of the brave activists in both): http://itsgettinghotinhere.
Here's a recap of last night's sit-in in Copenhagen: http://itsgettinghotinhere.
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