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Post by GiveInToMe on Dec 16, 2009 20:20:03 GMT -5
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Post by MaryAnn Layton on Dec 17, 2009 0:36:42 GMT -5
I signed up!
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Post by Melissa on Dec 17, 2009 2:35:35 GMT -5
I signed this earlier today as well. Talk about the 11th hour.
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Post by MaryAnn Layton on Dec 18, 2009 8:31:50 GMT -5
I just sent waves of love energy to Copenhagen and the large room where the leaders of the world are gathering to decide on the future of our planet. Love, healing energy, and I gave it everything I had, including love balloons... even getting out the super soaker Kind of like a super soaker-toting soldier of love! It was beautiful because I felt hope! I was surprised, but not really when you think about it, to find Michael beside and a bit behind me with his arm around my shoulder. He loves to see us making a difference! Heal the World
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Post by MaryAnn Layton on Dec 22, 2009 15:26:35 GMT -5
I received this email from Avaaz.org, the people who were running the petition and reporting on the latest, and am posting it here for your info. Dear friends, It's been a tough ending to an amazing week. In all-night negotiations, leaders have reached a weak agreement in Copenhagen that fails to set the emissions targets needed to prevent catastrophic global warming. The agreement was stronger on funding, but it was not binding, and set no urgent deadline to sign a real climate treaty. Big polluters like China and the US wanted a weak deal, and potential champions like Europe, Brazil and South Africa didn't fight hard enough to stop them. But while leaders failed to make history, people around the world did. In thousands of vigils, rallies and protests, hundreds of thousands of phone calls, and millions of petition signatures, an unprecedented movement rose to this moment. After hearing the result of the talks, one member from Africa wrote "It takes a lot to get an elephant moving, but when you do it is hard to stop...the elephant is moving..." Despite the outcome, Copenhagen has built the movement that can win the fight to save our planet. Click below to say "thank-you" to all the other amazing people who participated, see pictures, video and reports on what we've done in the last week, and join a global, instant translation multilingual live chat where we can all exchange words of wisdom for the road ahead: www.avaaz.org/en/after_copenhagenIn just the last week, we've organized thousands of vigils and events in 140 countries, an enormous multi-million person petition, and dozens of national phone calling campaigns that made thousands of phone calls. We've generated thousands of news articles, organized peaceful petition-reading sit-ins at key government buildings, and ran several high level stunts and events at the summit itself. On Wednesday UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown requested an emergency conference call with Avaaz members, telling 3000 of us: "You have driven forward the idealism of the world...do not underestimate the impact on the leaders here". Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu personally appealed to us to take up the torch of causes past and never give up. This weekend we saw that the fight to save our planet cannot be won at a single summit. But we also learned what we're capable of, when we all come together. If we stay together, nothing can stop us. www.avaaz.org/en/after_copenhagenWith hope and gratitude, Ricken, Ben, Paul, Alice, Luis, Milena, Iain, Pascal, Graziela, Paula, Benjamin, Veronique, Taren, Sam, Raj, Raluca, Yura, Saravanan, Vladimir, Josh, David and the entire Avaaz team. PS - There were some opening champagne in Copenhagen today. The polluting industry lobbyists and corporations -- those who have captured our democracies and divided our leaders -- celebrated their victory. They operated quietly in the shadows, but their voices were loud in some politicians' ears. As they drank their champagne their one concern may have been us - the potential of our new people-powered movement. In fact, they're already launching an attempt to silence us, and next week, we'll take our fight to the heart of this powerful polluter lobby - watch out for the email... ---------------------------- Want to support Avaaz? We're entirely funded by donations and receive no money from governments or corporations. Our dedicated online team ensures even the smallest contributions go a long way -- donate here. ABOUT AVAAZ Avaaz.org is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means "voice" in many languages.) Avaaz receives no money from governments or corporations, and is staffed by a global team based in Ottawa, London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Buenos Aires, and Geneva. Click here to learn more about our largest campaigns. Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Myspace and Bebo pages! You can also follow Avaaz on Twitter!
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