Ending the War on Terra presentation by David Yarrow, April 1, 2006 Wake the Folk Up conference Student Environmental Action Coalition, SUNY Cobleskill Truth or Consequences
Near the end of his interview, Deepak Chopra asked Al Gore about the global warming policies of the Bush administration. Gore's reply was short and blunt: U.S. government policy on climate change will change 15 minutes after George W. Bush leaves office.
James Hansen also talked about how the Bush administration is censoring him, trying to silence his efforts to tell American people the truth about global warming and climate change. Politicians are suppressing both scientific data and the truth about the greatest single threat to the future of our society, our species, our entire planet. 60 Minutes described how George Bush appointed oil industry lobbyist Phil Clooney head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In that position, Clooney reviewed scientific reports, and edited them to remove language that made global warming a certain reality of our times, and inserted language to make global warming seem doubtful and uncertain, and make climate change seem minor, manageable, even a benefit. If you missed this 60 Minutes segment, you can read the transcript on my website at:
The War on Terra Clearly, we were misled about the real agenda of the current administration. What we face isn’t a global War on Terror. No, the Bush administration is waging is a War on Terra—a battle against the Earth itself and its precious life support systems. The oil-rich Middle East is just one frontline in their global assault on our environment, on our future, on all of nature. When you look at scientific reality on one hand, and actions of the Bush-Cheney administration on the other, you have to conclude George Bush and his neocon cronies are the real aliens—the extra-terrestrials whose mission is to destroy the Earth. These people are leading a global campaign that is killing our planet for profit. Their actions are not only unacceptable, unintelligent, unethical, unconstitutional, and immoral—they are a form of treason. And it is time we, the people, put a stop to their madness.
A few years ago, I was talking to my friend Chief Powless, an elder chief at Onondaga Nation, a sovereign indigenous nation south of Syracuse. He said, “You know David, we can talk to Australian aborigines and understand each other. We can communicate with indigenous peoples in Asia and Africa and make sense. But you Anglo-Europeans, we can’t figure you out. The way you live doesn’t make sense to us. We think maybe you’re not from here. Maybe you are from another planet. You know, extra-terrestrials. That’s why you act so crazy as to destroy nature and ruin the Mother Earth."
So, I have to ask each and every one of you: “Are you truly a citizen of the Earth? Are you ready to claim this planet as your home? Our mother ship? Are you prepared to take action to save our planet? And yourselves? And your children and their children?" The Next Generations
Further, real change isn’t likely to come from the older generation. They made their choices, adopted their lifestyles and are set in their ways. No, it is youth—the next generations—who have the freedom, the imagination and the energy to make new choices, to chart a new path, to bring about the deep, fundamental and profound changes that are urgently needed if there is to be a human future on Earth. A State of Emergency
Three Essential Actions
Tale of One Trace Element: Molybdenum & Carbon Fixation
The Lungs of Terra: steady loss of ancient forest worldwide
The Biocycle: plants and animals in balance
Honor your Mother
What we must do
What you can do
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While I was in India, Al Gore also visited the largest democracy on Earth. And Deepak Chopra also visited India, and was guest editor of The India Times, India’s daily English language newspaper. Deepak interviewed Al and printed the transcript. Most of the interview was about global warming, and Al Gore insisted global warming is real, backed by sound science and solid data, and is the number one challenge facing humanity. Al Gore also insisted we have only ten years to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or we will be past the point of no return.
