In my mailbox:
On Thursday March 15th, the environment ministers from the G8, the world’s biggest contributors to climate change, will be meeting in Germany. The outcome of this meeting will play a critical role in determining the world’s response to global warming–and the fate of the planet.
AVAAZ has been invited to attend this meeting to present our climate change petition. Help seize this opportunity to shape the G8’s agenda by signing the petition here:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_germany
The G8 is a summit of world leaders from the “Group of 8″ largest economies. Together, these countries account for 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions–the gasses that cause climate change. The full G8 summit is coming in June, but the agenda and outcome of this type of high-profile event is usually set far in advance–at meetings like this one of the Environment Ministers.
This year, the president of the G8 is German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, is in charge of the ministers meetings from March 15th-17th. And at 4 pm on Thursday the 15th, we have a personal meeting with Mr. Gabriel to present our petition for binding emissions targets to stop catastrophic climate change.
Mrs. Merkel has indicated an interest in making climate change a top priority. With a significant global petition, we can make the case that the world is ready for aggressive leadership on climate change–and pave the way for truly historic commitments at the G8 summit this June.
It’s a rare opportunity to have a global impact. Add your voice to the petition now:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_germany
50,000 people from 131 countries have already demanded action. Our goal is to reach 100,000. Please sign the petition, forward this email to friends and family, and post the link on your blog–we only have a few days to make this statement count.
If we add our voices together, now, 2007 can become the year we took the first step to save the world.
Divya | 15-Mar-07 at 9:06 am | Permalink
You know, this just might be the year that the world will have to take greater notice of climate change.
Freak weather patters affecting people all over, including the biggest criminal of them all; the USA.
People have to take notice now because the effects are tangible and are affecting them directly.
I live in an island dammit, I have even more reason than most to fear global warming and rising sea levels!!!
Div
anasuya | 15-Mar-07 at 3:37 pm | Permalink
Well, perhaps President Bush will start paying attention to the Kyoto Protocol when Florida and California start disappearing into the sea. No, wait. Texas is a landlocked state. Darn.
Divya | 16-Mar-07 at 4:05 am | Permalink
His brother’s drowning might wake him up.
Now that there is no ‘Florida’ to save his sorry arse at elections.
Div
PS: Have you heard that song Dear Mr. President by Pink and the Indigo Girls. It is hilarious. Addressed at George ‘dub-ya’ Bush.
Sucheta | 18-Mar-07 at 11:19 am | Permalink
Hello, It has been forever, and I confess that you had fallen off my universe of consiousness, until Denish mentioned that he had chatted with you a few weeks ago.
With you, I imagined a google search would help - and here you are. I have only read a couple of your blogs - shall read more.
But what I wanted to say was simply this - Hi!
anasuya | 21-Mar-07 at 8:47 am | Permalink
Hey Sucheta,
Great to have you drop by! Looking forward to re-entering your universe of consciousness… :)
Sucheta | 23-Mar-07 at 8:56 am | Permalink
Hahahaha - I do sound horribly pretentious! Sometimes writing in a hurry and discovering you’ve written nonsense which is now online for posterity can be hilarious.
anasuya | 23-Mar-07 at 1:27 pm | Permalink
Not pretentious, funny haha. grin.
Divya | 27-Mar-07 at 7:28 am | Permalink
Alo m’love,
UPDATE. I need my intellectual fix! ;)
Divi
Mike | 08-Apr-07 at 4:58 am | Permalink
Anasuya,
Just been browsing through your writings, ramblings and reflections. What a wonderful mind you have! Have you given up academics to take up activist work? Hope to read more posts.
anasuya | 08-Apr-07 at 1:53 pm | Permalink
Hi Mike, thanks muchly for the compliments… I’ve been trying (with dismal effect) to keep the academics going alongside the activism, but I have a feeling that academics will score in the next couple of years or so. A move is afoot… more on that soon, and I do hope you’ll be back to read more posts!