Welcome, "Your Planet Needs You" an ideal Xmas gift idea.
"I would be very surprised if this beautifully designed Handbook didn't inform you, provoke you, and motivate you to do your bit for a better world."
Sir Jonathon Porritt
Founder Director, Forum for the future, Chair UK Sustainable Development Commission
Two blokes from the north of England on a mission to save the planet are Jon Symes and Phil Turner - In a unique collaboration over an 18 month period, spending all their spare time they have created a wonderful bookto show us all how we, as ordinary people can change the way we live and play our part in creating a better way to live our lives.
Phil says:
"If I can change .... then anyone can, I've got two children and two step children - one day they will have grandchildren, we have to take responsibility for the lives of future generations"
As it says above we are just two blokes on a mission, we are not part of a huge publicity machine, we joined forces to spread a message for the good of the planet.
We urgently need to change the way we live to ensure a future for our children. Their tomorrow depends on our today. So we need to tackle the problems of poverty, climate change, conflict, pollution and environmental devastation to build a sustainable future on Planet Earth.
The good news is that every one of us can make a difference every day.
This site exists to inspire and support the large and growing band of people who want to do something about it. Together we can save the human race from itself and begin to heal the planet.
A Future Worth Choosing
Imagine a human presence on the planet that is
• Environmentally Sustainable, ensuring there is a planet for tomorrow’s children.
• Spiritually Fulfilling, where we feel at peace with each other and with ourselves.
• Socially Just, the rights of every one of us are protected and we all get a fair slice of the cake.
And realise we can create that through our everyday thoughts and actions.
Or more of the same
Our current way of life divides the human family and puts us at war with one another, it consumes and poisons our planet home and despite every advance in knowledge and technology and economic well-being we remain on course for disaster. More of the same isn’t an option: instead we face the simple dilemma
Are we part of the solution or part of the problem?
Take a Stand. Right now the world needs brave souls to take a stand for a future worth choosing and to make a difference through how they live their own everyday lives. Can you hear this call?
And Take Action Today
Let us show you how you can Live Lightly on the Planet and Make your Money Make a Difference. See how we change the world when we can Stand Up Speak Out, Just Shine and Be of Service in our everyday lives. Sustainable living and development is in our grasp.
A voice of the future
There are millions of people around the world working for a better world, each in our own valuable way, everyone of us a Voice of the Future. You are not alone! Please fill in your E-Mail address to help us to begin to find the scale of the worldwide movement for change. And we’ll be happy to send you "Thoughts from the Future", our FREE NEWSLETTER. Our simple hope is to collect a million names this year, a million Voices of the Future, please help us in this by recommending this site to your friends.
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In recent years concern over the destruction of the world's tropical rainforests has reached global proportions. Alarm about the extinction of species, the permanent loss of potentially life-saving medicinal plants, the irreversible damage to the delicate balance of the Earth's climate control system and the tragic disappearance of indigenous cultures has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of organizations have formed and are doing important work addressing virtually every level of the problem. And yet, rainforests continue to fall, by some estimates at the rate of 10 million trees per day. Despite our best efforts, the disappearance of our tropical rainforests, like many other global economic, social and environmental crises, seems beyond our ability to control. Obviously something more is needed. The destruction of the world's rainforests is driven by a complex web of social and economic forces, many of these a logical result of modern society's worldview -- a view that, although rich in technological insight, is often ignorant of the value of nature's apparently free and limitless services. It is a view guided by maximum short-term financial gain while disregarding the long-term costs of ecological degradation. It is a worldview in which tropical forests can show up as a cash crop to be harvested rather than as an irreplaceable ecosystem to be protected. This is not, however, the only worldview. After centuries of living in harmony with their environment, indigenous cultures see things very differently. They are informed and guided by the knowledge and spirit imbedded in nature. Rather than viewing the natural world as a collection of separate elements from which humans are apart, they recognize all of creation as an interconnected web, and each of us as an integral element in this miraculous and fragile weave of life. The Pachamama Alliance believes that our ability to meet the challenges that face humanity as we make the transition to the next millennium, depends on our ability to successfully combine the best elements of these two worldviews into a single global vision, an alloy that blends the intellectual and scientific prowess of the modern world, with the deep and ancient wisdom of traditional cultures. This is the commitment which underlies the work of The Pachamama Alliance.
Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Trailer from Pachamama Alliance on Vimeo.
A CALL FROM THE FOREST
The Origins of The Pachamama Alliance
The Pachamama Alliance is a U.S. based not-for-profit organization that was born out of a relationship developed between a group of people from the modern world and the leaders of remote indigenous groups in the Amazon region of Ecuador. This relationship was actually initiated by the indigenous elders and shamans themselves who, out of their deep concern for the growing threat to their ancient way of life, and their recognition that the roots of this threat lay far beyond their rainforest home, actively sought the partnership of committed individuals living in the modern world.
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The story of stuff: www.storyofstuff.com
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
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This website is worth a visit , support their causes, our book says stand up and speak out which is just what they are doing at Enough's enough.
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We say "enough's enough!" when we've reached the end of the road on whatever it is that's bugging us. We've decided to take action and deal with it.enoughsenough aims to provide simple and easy ways for us to take action and make a difference on things we've hopefully all had enough of.Like 4x4 SUV drivers who only do the school run. Like the ever expanding concrete jungle. Like energy companies who use slogans like 'Positive Energy', when 99.5% of the energy they supply is causing climate change. Like corporations that are literally making a killing. Like corrupt Governments who listen more to corporates or other governments, than the people who elected them. Like short-termism. Send us your own.We're also here to highlight the good stuff. Like businesses who do their best to make sure they aren't wrecking the planet for future generations.We believe that it's not about a few of us doing a lot. It's about a lot of us doing a little.
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Downshifting........
National Downshifting Week’s slow down top tips are targeted at Individuals, Companies, Children and Schools and include:
Cut up a credit card “Learning to live within our means is key to downshifting and positively embracing living with less is better still.”
Plant something in the garden you can cultivate and eat - “Grow a few tomatoes or chillies on a windowsill if you have no garden; pesticide-free produce tastes amazing. It also breaks the myth that all food comes from the supermarkets!”
Contact local food producers and re-think your vending machines at work - “Low mileage food and drinks and Fair Trade and Organic treats in the workplace…whatever next !”
Book a half-day off work to spend with someone you love, no DIY allowed - “How can we have ‘quality time’ with great people, if we spend so much of it chasing the money? Money can’t buy you time.” For further details see www.DownshiftingWeek.com
Ethical Resources
‘Cut down on unnecessary travel by meeting by phone and web’ www.OzoneConferencing.com Tracey Smith - Recent Media
Apple AM – ‘Slow Down and Green Up’ – own radio show
BBC Radio Somerset - Sustainable living panellist
BBC Television ‘Ready, Steady, Cook’ – a ‘green-up your kitchen’ special
Represented by
www.NCI-Management.com
See listing under ‘Environment’
To interview Tracey Smith, contact: -
Tracey [at] DownshiftingWeek.com
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