Understanding is something we reach for; understanding is a
process, it's a great search.
We have an imperative before us, we're either facing a new
period of enlightenment and a new Renaissance--or we're facing
a new Dark Age.
The choice is up to us and we've got to hurry. That means we
have to be informed. We have to find the answers together; it's
the power of our intention to create the Reality we can all live in
that is going to be our Salvation--or not!
We have to move to "systems" thinking and away from these
economic models that have brought us to disaster. We need a
partnership system not a domination system to create a caring
economics.
This "I" stands as a barrier, when turned on its' side it becomes
the bridge. It is imperative that we move from the "me" to the
"we".
Strategic thinking and activism has to be included with intention
and attention.
Right now we need to transfer information. We have to discover
sustainable life and transfer that information.
According to Alex Steffen, editor of "World Changing--A User's
Guide for the 21st Century" (a must-have), "there's a way of
living that we can create that everyone on the planet can share
which is sustainable and prosperous and dynamic and exciting
and enjoyable--and instead we're creating a way of living that
is inequitable, unfair and that is rapidly destroying the planet--
and we need to move as quickly as possible from the way
that we are living now to this better way of living--to this
bright green future and do it with all due speed."
The sharing of solutions themselves is part of the solution.
People need access to better thinking. They need to be able
to understand what kinds of things really brilliant, inspired
people are doing.........
Some facts............
Newest reports tell us that half (48%) of all primates are at risk
of extinction.
71% in South East Asia
90% in South Viet Nam and Cambodia
This is primarily caused by the logging industry and the bush
meat trade. This is not due to hunger.
The number of gorillas in the wild has decreased from 100,000 in
1985 to 20,000 today. If we can't protect the chimps, our
closest relative, what then will we protect?
Species have always gone extinct. Yes, but now they are
disappearing at a rate a thousand times greater than under
natural circumstances.
Half of all humans now live in cities giving us a tendency to
become more and more disconnected from why we need the
biosphere. We almost believe we're independent of the
biosphere, as though it's only a matter of whether we like it or
not.
We've developed a view of the environment being one system
and society being another. We talk about it as though we should
care for the environment for its' own sake rather than seeing
ourselves as part of and completely dependent on the
environment. It is one system of which we are a small part.
We are completely dependent on the natural world around us and
yet we've totally forgotten it--in our economic systems and in our
lifestyles. This may be one of the biggest reasons why we're
changing the planetary environment without even realizing what
we're doing.
Amphibians are always good indicators for us because they have a
very thin skin which they have to breathe through, making them
extremely sensitive to chemicals, as are we. Out of five and a
half thousand species on earth about one-third are in decline and
may be headed for extinction. Some have already gone extinct
telling us something.
Where there's habitat destruction it's no surprise, but even in
protected areas they're in decline--all over the globe. So, there's
something happening to the entire world.
We can't say "there's a piece for the animals and here's some for
us". We have to look globally and look at the world as the one
large system that it is.
There's a very strong agreement among leading biologists all
around the world that we're in the opening phase of a mass
extinction of species--there's no doubt about it!"
We are the only species in the history of the earth that has
the power to drive even one species extinct and we may well
end up driving nearly five million species extinct.
Today at least 15% of all plants and animals are threatened by
extinction--
--12% of the birds
--20% of the reptiles
--23% of the mammals
--31% of the amphibians
--40% of the fishes
The mass extinction we're experiencing today is absolutely
unprecedented in human history.
Humans came onto the scene when the earth's diversity of life
was at its' highest point in history, we're destroying that
diversity at a rate not seen in millions of years.
You don't destroy species one-by-one. We destroy wetlands or
a forest, a lake or even an ocean, and other habitats--and that's
the single major cause of extinction.
So what difference does it make? We don't even know their
names. But each is a link in this chain that's disintegrating
and therefore working differently. With high numbers of losses
everything starts to collapse. Eventually it's too much for Nature
to repair.
Balance is extremely complex. We can't take from one part of
the globe or replant a forest. It's a process of natural selection
that has taken millions of years.
We're committing an environmental holocaust of the
environmental services that have been freely provided by Nature
and humankind cannot survive without them.
If we lose half of all the mammals or the birds, we may be able
to get by. But if we lost half of all the insects we'll be in a lot
of trouble. Some of their services include--
--pollination
--water purification
--blood control
--renewal of soil fertility--
These are at the basis of our life support system.
We used to think the environment was a luxury good. If we can
afford to keep it, okay. If not, so what?
Nothing could be further from the truth!
The Amazon contains the greatest biological diversity on earth.
It is the largest tropical forest and it creates chemical species
which is the cleansing factor for all the atmosphere.
Plants produce chemicals through photosynthesis and other
means and these keep the atmosphere clean, the Amazon often
called and truly are "the lungs of the earth".
20,000 to 25,000 square kilometers of the Amazon has been
deforested in just the past few years to become cattle ranches
or to grow soybeans and other crops.
20% of the remaining forests and animals could be gone in
another few years. This is very serious.
Each year the planet loses woodland areas the size of Portugal.
Huge expansion of the human enterprise lies behind all of it.
We've converted over half the lands surface into a new form,
from forest to croplands, from grasslands to crops.
We are connected in ways we never before dreamt possible.
We have powers we were not aware we had...........and
people are at a time now when we understand the seriousness
and we desire to help.
Visit MacArthur Park (the link is below) and sign up to the
Institute of Heartmath's global project using these powers we
are now learning and becoming so aware of--and others, to
produce a measurable effect on the earth's field.
These tools have been rigorously scientifically tested and if you
visit me at:
http://www.macarthurparknaturalmedicine
I'll teach them to you and help you get involved in the healing
of the Planet.
The hearts magnetic component is about 5000 times stronger
than the brain's magnetic field and the electrical component of
the heart's field is about 60 times greater in amplitude and
permeates every cell of the body.
Incorporating the power of the heart into your intentions
amplifies your outcomes.
Together we can!