Sustainability equates to a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Our message from women of the world to world leaders – please sign, please share today
Our message from women of the world to world leaders – please sign, please share today
Dear friend,
We are all capable of something amazing - we can all help leave a legacy for future generations. Our legacy can be one where we create laws that open the door to a world where the sacredness of all life comes first. Today I am asking you to do just that.
Today on International Women’s Day I write to you as a woman who loves the Earth, with a simple but powerful ask -- to sign the letter below from women to world leaders. I am asking you to speak with love for the Earth and gift your voice to the Earth by signing, to inspire world leaders and to inspire other women to do the same.
Women have a history of speaking out; the Suffragettes, the Chipko, the Rural Women’s Movement -- to name just a few. For the Suffragettes it was for their right to be treated as equals, for the Chipko it is to speak out on behalf of the trees, and now rural women throughout the world are speaking out on behalf of the land.
Our words carry the intent to change the world. Please take this letter and spread the intent; carry forward love for the Earth and (whether you are a man or a woman) please also forward on this email to other women who care about the world we can each become voices for the Earth.
The Earth Summit in Rio in June is the most important environment summit for 20 years. This is a great opportunity for our world leaders to put in place laws that will protect our Earth. Thank you for taking just a few moments to sign the letter and forward it to women you know or who inspire you.
A letter to world leaders from the women of the world
Dear world leaders,
The Earth is in need of our voice. As our world leaders, you can speak on her behalf. We are asking you to be bold, courageous and moral leaders at the Earth Summit in Rio this June.
Today the Earth faces the greatest injury and harm: each day 150 living species become extinct, 1,000 acres of peat bogs are excavated and 150,000 acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed. Each day, 2 million tons of toxic waste is dumped in to our rivers and seas, 22 million tons of oil are extracted and 100 million tons of greenhouse gases are released. Climate change threatens to perpetuate some of the greatest destruction and injustices ever faced by people and our planet.
This stems from a system that recognises only one kind of profit and ignores the much bigger loss. Earth has all the rules stacked against her, denied not just a voice but the laws that would protect her. Today we have a gross miscarriage of justice: pollution and destruction currently go unchecked without any remedy or recourse. Earth does not yet have the laws that put people and planet before profit. This year that can change and the power to do so lies with you.
In June 2012 at the Earth Summit in Rio you will decide the fate of our Earth. We believe that you can speak from a place of love. We as women are not afraid to speak out about loving the Earth and we ask you as our leaders to do so too.
A new body of law is emerging - Earth law: laws which put people and planet first. At the heart of these new laws sit the rights of the Earth; an international crime of Ecocide that makes it illegal to damage and destroy ecosystems; and restorative justice to heal harm that has taken place. We are asking you, with love for the Earth and for you as our leaders of the world, to make Earth law at the Earth Summit.
By speaking for the Earth you speak for us all. At the Earth Summit please pledge to protect in law the Earth's right to life and our planet will be a place where peace and life flourish.
Ecocide is a law prohibiting mass damage and destruction; when we create a crime of Ecocide the Earth's right to life will be protected.
Our legacy is to create a body of new law to safeguard humanity, nature and future generations. That is a legacy we believe is worth aspiring to.
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