Största miljöhotet: Mänskligheten

Mänskligheten är det största miljöhotet om man ska tro Ida Åberg, 19 år, och en av de fem Miljöspanarna (www.miljospanarna.se). Miljöspanarna ingår i en satsning på ungdomar från LL-förlaget, som gör lättlästa böcker för unga och vuxna, skriver Dagens Nyheter.
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På Miljöspanarna blandas texter om Sibiriens metanutsläpp med tips på ekovänligt smink och klimatskeptikernas bästa argument.

Johan Tell, journalist och författaren bakom böckerna 100 sätt att rädda världen och Träd kan rädda världen, skriver krönikor om allt från sina egna bambukalsonger till det bästa och sämsta med växthusgaser. Sajtens egen ångestdoktor [ja, så kallas hon faktiskt på sajten], psykologen Patricia Tudor Sandahl, ger klimatoroliga tröst och svarar regelbundet på läsarnas frågor, och tecknaren Robert Nyberg bidrar med sina alster.

– Vi vill att sajten ska vara lustfylld också. Man kan inte bara trycka ned ungdomar med tunga skrämmande klimatfakta, man måste ingjuta hopp och mod också, säger Inger Fredriksson.

I avdelningen Miljöfakta finns en sektion som heter ”Sona ditt brott”. Där får man veta att det går att köpa sin fri från sina synder, genom att investera i utsläppsrätter. Samtidigt får vi reda på att:

”Det går inte att konsumera sig ur klimatkrisen. Endast genom att flyga mindre, shoppa mindre, välja miljövänligare alternativ och påverka medmänniskor och politiker – kan vi minska växthuseffekten.”

”Kärlek och värme är förnybar energi och släpper inte ut några växthusgaser”, skriver man profetiskt på Miljöspanarnas sajt. FEL! Kärlek leder till sex, vilket leder till ökade utsläpp av CO2. Kärlek leder till barn, vilket leder till ökade utsläpp av CO2. Jag tycker att Miljöspanarnas slogan borde vara ”Älska mindre!”.
PS Några skeptikerargument har jag inte kunnat hitta på sajten.

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  1. Hans Jelbring

    ”Man kan inte bara trycka ned ungdomar med tunga skrämmande klimatfakta”
    Borde ändras till:  ”Det finns ingen anledning att skrämma ungdomar med statsunderstödd propaganda” där Al Gores film  är ett tydligt och dyrt exempel på sponsring av skrämselpropaganda. (120 miljoner SEK förvaltas dessutom av Gores fond i London) Pengarna fick han av statliga MISTRA som ska stödja ”spetsforskning”. Fan tro´t.

  2. Oj vilket nytt och gulligt exempel på hur ungdomar söker gemenskap och engagemang. Och så lätt det tycks vara att känna sig som världsräddare när man inte behöver bidra med vare sig kunskap, idéer eller kreativt och konkret engagemang.
    Det räcker tydligen att ha en klar idé över hur man vill att jorden ska gå under och röra sig så sakta och försiktigt som möjligt.
    Men visst skulle det vara spännande om det dök upp ett gäng nyfiket kreativa och pålästa ungdomar som vågade ifrågasätta, och vara skeptiska till politiker, massmedia och de förenklade världsbilder som vi snart drunknar i.
    En grupp av mindre naiva, mindre populistiska och mer nyfikna ungdomar.

  3. Lars C

    Kalla här!
    http://minarkisten.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/al-gores-film-alltfor-obekvam-for-sanningssokare/

  4. Lars C

    Tyvärr är filmen borta.

  5. Magnus A

    Om DN eller våra mainstream-medier bara — såsom AccuWeathers Global Warming-blogg faktiskt gör! — ville redovisa den forskning som finns skulle myter som Sibirien hotade permafrost upphöra.
     
    http://global-warming.accuweather.com/2008/10/permafrost_more_resilient_than.html
     
    Att permafrosten riskerar smälta är en myt liknande den att golfströmmen riskerar bromsas upp och annat klimatkatastroftrams som de främsta forskarna på dessa områdena kraftfullt avvisar.
     
    Men i all klimatpropaganda samlas ju alltid alla myter samman till ett lögnkollage. Och den som vägrar ljuga… är syndare och får kanske inte samma upplagesiffror… :I

  6. Björn

    Inte värt att kommentera. Det är bara för sorgligt att vuxna exploaterar barn och undomars oro. Uppvigling är det rätta ordet!!!!!

  7. Björn: Det borde inte vara tillåtet, eller hur?

  8. Björn.
    Jag håller med, men tycker nog att det är värt att kommentera.
    Men jag underskattade nog tonåringarnas ironi i deras beskrivning av hur jorden ska gå under. Skäms för det.
    Men det ÄR vanskligt med ironi. Det kan lätt misstolkas om övrigt innehåll är seriöst och väldigt naivt.
    För det kan väl inte vara så att hela upplägget är ironiskt?
    Det kanske handlar om några klipska ungdomar som försöker påpeka hur korkad debatten om klimaten har blivit i media.
    Bambukalsonger. Det måste väl vara ironi…

  9. Björn

    Tyvärr Maggie kan man inte förbjuda dylik verksamhet, men man kan avslöja LL-förlagets okritiska exploatering av unga för att naturligtvis tjäna pengar. Kan finnas andra syften också.

  10. Ännu en sajt som kommer dö snabbare än kvickt.

  11. Lars C

    Så här mellan istider, supervulkaner och  asteroidnedslag är det väl så att människan är det största hotet mot miljön. Men å andra sidan så finns det ingen annan art än Homo sapiens som medvetet kan uppskatta en bra miljö.
    Såå, var finns problemet.

  12. Det går inte att argumentara med folk som är så pass djupt programmerade . Deras tankar är inte deras egna utan är inplanterade från propaganda . Jag blir rädd när jag märker hur fanatiska dessa grupper är. Som jag nämde i en annan kommentar här så är det ingen slump att folk har dessa tankar då dem noga utformats av elitens hantlangare. Detta citat är klockrent det visar tydligt elitens agenda.
    The common enemy of humanity is man.
    In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up
    with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming,
    water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these
    dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through
    changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome.
    The real enemy then, is humanity itself
    .”

    Club of Rome,
    premier environmental think-tank
    consultants to the United Nations
    Citatet är hämtat från boken The First Global Revolution (Club of Rome) 1993 Edition sidan 75
    Läs boken här:
    http://medlem.spray.se/mn1/Alexander%20King%20&%20Bertrand%20Schneider%20-%20The%20First%20Global%20Revolution%20(Club%20of%20Rome)%201993%20Edition.pdf
    Klimathysterien kommer så småningom leda till att folk accepterar utrensing av människor i allt i klimatets namn.
    Det är viktigt att se helheten klimathysterien är en konspiration mot folket. Den ekonomiska krisen tillsammans med klimathotet är det som kommer att integrerar folket på jorden och få folket att välkommna en Världsregering med öppna armar.
    Här följer fler citat om det s.k klimathotet:
    We need to get some broad based support,
    to capture the public’s imagination…
    So we have to offer up scary scenarios,
    make simplified, dramatic statements
    and make little mention of any doubts…
    Each of us has to decide what the right balance
    is between being effective and being honest.

    Stephen Schneider,
    Stanford Professor of Climatology,
    lead author of many IPCC reports
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Unless we announce disasters no one will listen.”
    Sir John Houghton,
    first chairman of IPCC
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    It doesn’t matter what is true,
    it only matters what people believe is true
    .”
    Paul Watson,
    co-founder of Greenpeace
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We’ve got to ride this global warming issue.
    Even if the theory of global warming is wrong,
    we will be doing the right thing in terms of
    economic and environmental policy.

    Timothy Wirth,
    President of the UN Foundation
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    No matter if the science of global warming is all phony…
    climate change provides the greatest opportunity to
    bring about justice and equality in the world
    .”
    Christine Stewart,
    fmr Canadian Minister of the Environment
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and
    spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest
    opportunity to lift Global Consciousness to a higher level
    .”
    Al Gore,
    Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The only way to get our society to truly change is to
    frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe
    .”
    – emeritus professor Daniel Botkin
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    We are on the verge of a global transformation.
    All we need is the right major crisis
    …”
    David Rockefeller,
    Club of Rome executive member
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the
    world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a
    major catastrophe that could send our entire planet’s climate system
    into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods,
    droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have
    ever experienced – a catastrophe of our own making.

    Al Gore,
    An Inconvenient Truth
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We are getting close to catastrophic tipping points,
    despite the fact that most people barely notice the warming yet
    .”
    Dr James Hansen,
    NASA researcher
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    By the end of this century climate change will reduce the human
    population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic
    .”
    Sir James Lovelock,
    Revenge of Gaia
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Climate Change will result in a catastrophic global sea level
    rise of seven meters. That’s bye-bye most of Bangladesh,
    Netherlands, Florida and would make London the new Atlantis
    .”
    Greenpeace International
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    This planet is on course for a catastrophe.
    The existence of Life itself is at stake
    .”
    Dr Tim Flannery,
    Principal Research Scientist
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Climate Change is the greatest threat that
    human civilization has ever faced
    .”
    Angela Merkel,
    German Chancellor
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ”Climate change is real. Not only is it real, it’s here,
    and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new
    global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.

    Barak Obama,
    US Presidential Candidate
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We simply must do everything we can in our power to
    slow down global warming before it is too late
    .”
    Arnold Schwarzenegger,
    Governor of California
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Climate change should be seen as the
    greatest challenge to ever face mankind
    .”
    Prince Charles
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Climate change makes us all global citizens,
    we are truly all in this together
    .”
    Gordon Brown,
    British Prime Minister
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We have reached the critical moment of decision on climate change.
    Failure to act to now would be deeply and unforgivably irresponsible.
    We urgently require a global environmental revolution
    .”
    Tony Blair,
    former British PM
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We are close to a time when all of humankind
    will envision a global agenda that encompasses
    a kind of Global Marshall Plan to address the
    causes of poverty and suffering and
    environmental destruction all over the earth.

    Al Gore,
    Earth in the Balance
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    In Nature organic growth proceeds according
    to a Master Plan, a Blueprint. Such a ‘master plan’ is
    missing from the process of growth and development of
    the world system. Now is the time to draw up a master plan for
    sustainable growth and world development based on global
    allocation of all resources and a new global economic system.
    Ten or twenty years form today it will probably be too late.”

    Club of Rome,
    Mankind at the Turning Point
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We need a new paradigm of development in
    which the environment will be a priority.
    World civilization as we know it will soon end.
    We have very little time and we must act.
    If we can address the environmental problem,
    it will have to be done within a new system, a
    new paradigm. We have to change our mindset,
    the way humankind views the world.

    Mikhail Gorbachev,
    State of the World Forum
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The concept of national sovereignty has been immutable,
    indeed a sacred principle of international relations.
    It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to
    the new imperatives of global environmental cooperation.

    UN Commission on Global Governance report
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ”Democracy is not a panacea. It cannot organize everything and
    it is unaware of its own limits. These facts must be faced squarely.
    Sacrilegious though this may sound, democracy is no longer well
    suited for the tasks ahead. The complexity and the technical nature
    of many of today’s problems do not always allow elected
    representatives to make competent decisions at the right time.

    Club of Rome,
    The First Global Revolution
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The emerging ’environmentalization’ of our civilization
    and the need for vigorous action in the interest of the entire global
    community will inevitably have multiple political consequences.
    Perhaps the most important of them will be a gradual change
    in the status of the United Nations. Inevitably, it must
    assume some aspects of a world government.

    Mikhail Gorbachev,
    State of the World Forum
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to
    be a new form of the ten commandments.
    They lay the foundation for a sustainable
    global earth community.

    Mikhail Gorbachev,
    co-author of The Earth Charter
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    In my view, after fifty years of service in the United Nations system,
    I perceive the utmost urgency and absolute necessity for proper
    Earth government. There is no shadow of a doubt that the present
    political and economic systems are no longer appropriate
    and will lead to the end of life evolution on this planet.
    We must therefore absolutely and urgently look for new ways.”

    Dr Robert Muller,
    UN Assistant Secretary General,
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty
    to the international community and beginning to create a
    new system of international environmental governance
    as a means of solving otherwise unmanageable crises
    .”
    Lester Brown,
    WorldWatch Institute
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Regionalism must precede globalism.
    We foresee a seamless system of governance from
    local communities, individual states, regional unions
    and up through to the United Nations itself
    .”
    UN Commission on Global Governance
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    A keen and anxious awareness is evolving to suggest that
    fundamental changes will have to take place in the world order
    and its power structures, in the distribution of wealth and income.
    Perhaps only a new and enlightened humanism
    can permit mankind to negotiate this transition.

    Club of Rome,
    Mankind at the Turning Point
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The alternative to the existing world order can only
    emerge as a result of a new human dimension of progress.
    We envision a revolution of the mind, a new way of thinking.

    Mikhail Gorbachev,
    State of the World Forum
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We require a central organizing principle – one agreed to voluntarily.
    Minor shifts in policy, moderate improvement in laws and regulations,
    rhetoric offered in lieu of genuine change – these are all forms of
    appeasement, designed to satisfy the public’s desire to believe that
    sacrifice, struggle and a wrenching transformation
    of society will not be necessary
    .”
    Al Gore,
    Earth in the Balance
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Adopting a central organizing principle…
    means embarking on an all-out effort to use every
    policy and program, every law and institution…
    to halt the destruction of the environment.

    Al Gore,
    Earth in the Balance
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a profound
    reorientation of all human society, unlike anything the world
    has ever experienced a major shift in the priorities of both
    governments and individuals and an unprecedented
    redeployment of human and financial resources. This shift
    will demand that a concern for the environmental consequences
    of every human action be integrated into individual and
    collective decision-making at every level.

    UN Agenda 21
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The current course of development is thus clearly unsustainable.
    Current problems cannot be solved by piecemeal measures.
    More of the same is not enough. Radical change from the
    current trajectory is not an option, but an absolute necessity.
    Fundamental economic, social and cultural changes that
    address the root causes of poverty and environmental
    degradation are required and they are required now.

    – from the Earth Charter website
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the
    industrialized civilizations collapse?
    Isn’t it our responsiblity to bring that about
    ?”
    Maurice Strong,
    founder of the UN Environment Programme
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the
    United States. De-development means bringing our
    economic system into line with the realities of
    ecology and the world resource situation.

    Paul Ehrlich,
    Professor of Population Studies
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another
    United States. We can’t let other countries have the same
    number of cars, the amount of industrialization, we have in the US.
    We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are
    .”
    Michael Oppenheimer,
    Environmental Defense Fund
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Global Sustainability requires the deliberate quest of poverty,
    reduced resource consumption and set levels of mortality control
    .”
    Professor Maurice King
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place
    for capitalists and their projects. We must reclaim the roads and
    plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams,
    free shackled rivers and return to wilderness
    millions of acres of presently settled land
    .”
    David Foreman,
    co-founder of Earth First!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Complex technology of any sort is an assault on
    human dignity. It would be little short of disastrous for us to
    discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy,
    because of what we might do with it
    .”
    Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The prospect of cheap fusion energy is the
    worst thing that could happen to the planet
    .”
    Jeremy Rifkin,
    Greenhouse Crisis Foundation
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Giving society cheap, abundant energy would be the
    equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun
    .”
    Prof Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath
    the surface of the earth is a willful expansion
    of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature
    .”
    Al Gore,
    Earth in the Balance
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many,
    doing too well economically and burning too much oil.

    Sir James Lovelock,
    BBC Interview
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    My three main goals would be to reduce human population to
    about 100 million worldwide, destroy the industrial infrastructure
    and see wilderness, with it’s full complement of species,
    returning throughout the world
    .”
    Dave Foreman,
    co-founder of Earth First!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the
    affluent middle class – involving high meat intake,
    use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning,
    and suburban housing – are not sustainable.

    Maurice Strong,
    Rio Earth Summit
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Mankind is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish
    and unethical animal on the earth
    .”
    Michael Fox,
    vice-president of The Humane Society
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Humans on the Earth behave in some ways like a
    pathogenic micro-organism, or like the cells of a tumo
    r.”
    Sir James Lovelock,
    Healing Gaia
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The Earth has cancer
    and the cancer is Man
    .”
    Club of Rome,
    Mankind at the Turning Point
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells;
    the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people.
    We must shift our efforts from the treatment of the symptoms to
    the cutting out of the cancer. The operation will demand many
    apparently brutal and heartless decisions
    .”
    Prof Paul Ehrlich,
    The Population Bomb
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I don’t claim to have any special interest in natural history,
    but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in
    the number of game animals and the need to adjust
    the cull to the size of the surplus population
    .”
    Prince Philip,
    preface of Down to Earth
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    A reasonable estimate for an industrialized world society
    at the present North American material standard of living
    would be 1 billion. At the more frugal European standard
    of living, 2 to 3 billion would be possible
    .”
    United Nations,
    Global Biodiversity Assessment
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    A total population of 250-300 million people,
    a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal
    .”
    Ted Turner,
    founder of CNN and major UN donor
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ”… the resultant ideal sustainable population is hence
    more than 500 million but less than one billion
    .”
    Club of Rome,
    Goals for Mankind
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    One America burdens the earth much more than
    twenty Bangladeshes. This is a terrible thing to say.
    In order to stabilize world population,we must eliminate
    350,000 people per day. It is a horrible thing to say,
    but it’s just as bad not to say it
    .”
    Jacques Cousteau,
    UNESCO Courier
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth
    as a killer virus to lower human population levels
    .”
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
    patron of the World Wildlife Fund
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I suspect that eradicating small pox was wrong.
    It played an important part in balancing ecosystems
    .”
    John Davis, editor of Earth First! Journal
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The extinction of the human species may not
    only be inevitable but a good thing
    .”
    Christopher Manes, Earth First!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Childbearing should be a punishable crime against
    society, unless the parents hold a government license.
    All potential parents should be required to use
    contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing
    antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing
    .”
    David Brower,
    first Executive Director of the Sierra Club
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The fate of mankind, as well as of religion, depends upon
    the emergence of a new faith in the future.
    Armed with such a faith, we might find
    it possible to resanctify the earth.

    Al Gore,
    Earth in the Balance
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The greatest hope for the Earth lies in religionists and
    scientists uniting to awaken the world to its near fatal predicament
    and then leading mankind out of the bewildering maze of
    international crises into the future Utopia of humanist hope.

    Club of Rome,
    Goals for Mankind
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    What an incredible planet in the universe this will be
    when we will be one human family living in justice,
    peace, love and harmony with our divine Earth,
    with each other and with the heavens
    .”
    Robert Muller,
    UN Assistant Secretary General
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The earth is literally our mother, not only because we depend on
    her for nurture and shelter but even more because the human
    species has been shaped by her in the womb of evolution….
    Our salvation depends upon our ability
    to create a religion of nature
    .”
    Rene Dubos,
    board member, Planetary Citizens
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Each element, plant, insect, fish and animal
    represents a certain aspect of Gaia’s – and our – being.
    In a way, we are Gaia’s intelligence and awareness
    – currently lost in self-destructive madness.
    We must acknowledge, respect and love her for being
    the Mother she is to us or we deny our very selves.
    Nurture the Mother as she nurtures us
    .”
    Prof. Michael J. Cohen,
    Ecopsychologist
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ”It is the responsibility of each human being today to
    choose between the force of darkness and the force of light.
    We must therefore transform our attitudes, and adopt a renewed
    respect for the superior laws of Divine Nature.

    Maurice Strong,
    first Secretary General of UNEP
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The spirit of our planet is stirring!
    The Consciousness of Goddess Earth
    is now rising against all odds,
    in spite of millennia of suppression,
    repression and oppression inflicted on Her
    by a hubristic and misguided humanity.
    The Earth is a living entity, a biological organism
    with psychic and spiritual dimensions.
    With the expansion of the patriarchal religions
    that focused on a male God majestically
    stationed in Heaven ruling over the Earth and the
    Universe, the memory of our planet’s innate Divinity
    was repressed and banished into the
    collective unconscious of humanity.

    Envision Earth
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Still more important is the implication that the evolution of
    homo sapiens, with his technological inventiveness and his
    increasingly subtle communications network, has vastly increased
    Gaia’s range of perception. She is now through us awake and aware
    of herself. She has seen the reflection of her fair face through the
    eyes of astronauts and the television cameras of orbiting spacecraft.
    Our sensations of wonder and pleasure, our capacity
    for conscious thought and speculation, our restless curiosity and
    drive are hers to share. This new interrelationship of Gaia with man
    is by no means fully established; we are not yet a truly collective
    species, corralled and tamed as an integral part of the biosphere,
    as we are as individual creatures. It may be that the destiny of
    mankind is to become tamed, so that the fierce, destructive, and
    greedy forces of tribalism and nationalism are fused into a
    compulsive urge to belong to the commonwealth of all
    creatures which constitutes Gaia.

    Sir James Lovelock,
    Gaia: A New Look At Life
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Little by little a planetary prayer book is
    thus being composed by an increasingly united
    humanity seeking its oneness
    . Once again,
    but this time on a universal scale, humankind is
    seeking no less than its reunion with ’divine,’
    its transcendence into higher forms of life. Hindus
    call our earth Brahma, or God, for they rightly
    see no difference between our earth and the divine.
    This ancient simple truth is slowly dawning again upon
    humanity, as we are about to enter our cosmic age
    and become what we were always meant to be:
    the planet of god
    .”
    Robert Muller,
    UN Assistant Secretary General
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    What if Mary is another name for Gaia? Then her capacity for
    virgin birth is no miracle . . . it is a role of Gaia since life began . . .
    She is of this Universe and, conceivably, a part of God. On Earth,
    she is the source of life everlasting and is alive now;
    she gave birth to humankind and we are part of her
    .”
    Sir James Lovelock,
    Ages of Gaia
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred;
    trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.

    Mikhail Gorbachev,
    Green Cross International
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The spiritual sense of our place in nature…
    can be traced to the origins of human civilization….
    The last vestige of organized goddess worship
    was eliminated by Christianity.

    Al Gore,
    Earth in the Balance
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    Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed,
    we must destroy the Judeo-Christian Religious tradition
    .”
    Peter Singer, founder of Animal Rights
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    I pledge allegiance to the Earth and all its sacred parts.
    Its water, land and living things and all its human hearts
    .”
    Global Education Associates,
    The Earth Pledge
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    By fostering a deep sense of connection to others and to the earth
    in all its dimensions, holistic education encourages a sense of
    responsibility to self to others and to the planet.

    Global Alliance for Transforming Education
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    The earth is not dead matter. She is alive.
    Now begin to speak to the earth as you walk.
    You can speak out loud, or just talk to her in your mind.
    Send your love into her with your exhalation. Feel your
    heart touching upon the heart of the planet. Say to her
    whatever words come to you: Mother Earth, I love you.
    Mother Earth, I bless you. May you be healed. May all
    your creatures be happy. Peace to you, Mother Earth.
    On behalf of the human race, I ask forgiveness
    for having injured you. Forgive us, Mother Earth

    US Student Textbook,
    ”Prayer to the Earth”
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