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Let’s Make A Wish “World Vegan World Peace” 11.11.11
11 Rules for a Blessed Day on 11.11.11
1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK. If someone is rude, impatient, unkind, I will not respond in a like manner.
2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD TO BLESS MY ‘ENEMY’. If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will quietly ask God to bless that individual. I understand “enemy” could be a family member, neighbor, co-worker or stranger.
3. TODAY I WILL BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY. I will carefully choose and guard my words being certain that I do not spread gossip.
4. TODAY I WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE. I will find ways to help sharing the burden of another person.
5. TODAY I WILL FORGIVE. I will forgive any hurts or injuries that come my way.
6. TODAY I WILL DO SOMETHING KIND FOR SOMEONE, (BUT I WILL DO IT IN SECRET). I will reach out anonymously and bless the life of another.
7. TODAY I WILL TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I WISH TO BE TREATED. I will practice the golden rule. “Do Unto others as I would have them do unto me”- with EVERYONE I encounter.
8. TODAY I WILL RAISE THE SPIRITS OF SOMEONE WHO IS DISCOURAGED. My smile, my words, my expression of support, can make the difference to someone who is wrestling with life.
9. TODAY I WILL NURTURE MY BODY. I will eat less . . . I will eat only healthy and vegan organic foods. I will thank God for my body.
10. TODAY I WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY. I will spend a little more time in deep meditation today. I will read something spiritual or inspirational; I will find a quiet place (at some point during this day) and listen to God’s voice.
11. TODAY I WILL SAVE THE PLANET. I will save water, save energy, save paper, eat only organically and earth-friendly plant source vegetables, promoting to friends for saving the planet by being vegan and go green. I wish there will be World Vegan World Peace.
Have a blessed day…Be Veg Go Green 2 Save the Planet
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$500-Billion Renewable Energy Project Moving Forward
Desertec (HUGE Solar & Clean Energy Project) Moving Forward
By Zachary Shahan
If you haven’t heard of Desertec yet, it’s about time you did. Desertec is a half-a-trillion-dollar renewable energy project (yes, I said trillion) planned for Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. We’ve written about it several times over the years. If built, it is projected to produce 15-20% of Europe’s electricity by 2050, as well as providing the Middle East and North African (MENA) region with a good deal of its electricity.
While many have been skeptical of this giant renewable energy project, it’s got the backing of over a dozen major companies and institutions (including: Munich Re, Enel, Abengoa Solar, Deutsche Bank, RWE, Saint-Gobain, E.ON, HSH Nordbank, ABB, Siemens, Flagsol, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, PWC, Flabeg, Jungmut Communication, Skies & Meadows, Nissen Consulting, EBL, Heidelberg Innovation, Nur Energie, M & W Group, MGM Consulting Partners, Red Electrica, and the Desertec Foundation) and it has been moving forward steadily. Now, it’s been announced that construction of its first power plant — a 500-megawatt, €2-billion ($2.8-billion) concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Morocco — is going to start in 2012.
The first phase of the 500-megawatt project is a 150-megawatt, 12-square-kilometer solar facility that will cost about €600 million ($822 million) and will take 2-4 years to complete.
Those behind the Desertec Industrial Initiative (its full name) point out that deserts receive enough solar energy in 6 hours to power the world for a year. Seriously. Nothing compares to the potential of solar energy, as I’ve pointed out a few times before. And, of course, much of that potential is in sunny deserts.
Image via DESERTEC
source: http://planetsave.com/2011/11/01/500-billion-renewable-energy-project-moving-forward/
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Animal+Rights%3A+Thinking+Outside+the+Bubble
Animal+Rights%3A+Thinking+Outside+the+Bubble.
Last month, on our way home from an inspiring trip to the National Animal Rights Conference in Los Angeles – where each of us was presenting on a variety of subjects, including “Promoting Your Cause on the Internet” and “Enacting Protective Laws” – we got to talking about the role conferences play in our quest to end animal cruelty. From our experience at “AR,” as it’s more commonly known, as well as the other conferences at which we’ve spoken or which we’ve attended, we love how they bring animal rights folk from all over the country (and even the world – we met a new vegan from South Africa!) together to learn, to socialize, to share ideas and to just have a good time amongst our own. Clearly, these kinds of events are not only enjoyable, but are necessary to maintain our sanity. They also inform us, enlighten us, and, perhaps most important, motivate us. One of our favorite parts of conferences such as “AR” is the fire it lights beneath us – the drive it replenishes inside of us that makes us eager to go out and change the world for animals.
And, more and more, you don’t have to travel to Los Angeles (or wherever the latest conference is being held) in order to attend an animal rights-related event – even if it’s a micro-version. Whether it’s a screening of an animal-related film that’s playing in your area, or the increasingly popular Vegan Drinks, or a vegan potluck with your local animal rights community, like-minded people are coming together to support each other, enjoy one another’s company, and maybe even spark a romance or two, for those in the market. It’s a whole new world that’s full of sharing compassion, knowledge, and, when we’re lucky, cupcakes.
It is important, however, as the vegan community grows, to remember that we don’t want to stay within it all the time, since just talking to each other isn’t going to create the change we want to see in the world. Activism can only take place when we reach out of our vegan comfort zone into the world of non-believers. Or, we should say, not-yet-believers. For that reason, we wouldn’t classify conferences and other inside-the-vegan-bubble events as activism per se. Rather, they are benchmarks in between the real work.
This is not to say that we take a narrow view of what constitutes “activism.” Changing the world for animals can be accomplished in many different ways, and it’s important to find a way to spread your message that you find personally fulfilling. That’s what Our Hen House is all about, after all. But whatever it is, make sure that it is pointed outward, toward the world at large, and not just at your vegan compatriots. That is something that we constantly reassess within ourselves – are we solely being social, or are we also doing our part to make change? While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with relaxing in a social setting with fellow vegans – and, in fact, we highly recommend that you surround yourself with like-minded people when you can, if for nothing else, to remind you that you’re not in this fight alone – you can only create change when you are engaged, in some way, with non-vegan communities.
Of course, there are always risks in engaging with those who don’t agree with you. In fact, sometimes the way you know you are doing a good job is if someone starts to push back, or complain, or criticize. Don’t fear the push back – celebrate it! And deal with it in a way that feels right to you. If you like a good argument, jump right in. But if you are someone who hates to argue, don’t let that stop you from confronting people with the truth. You are not obligated to take the discussion any further than you want to, and are comfortable with. It’s much better to walk away when you need to than to let the fear of confrontation prevent you from even broaching the subject of animal exploitation in the first place. Remember, we are all the animals have.
Don’t forget that when someone is arguing with you, they are frequently struggling with their own conflicting feelings about their behavior. Try not to take it personally. And, instead of setting out to “win,” so often it can be more productive to just ask questions and listen. It can be fascinating to try to pin down the reasons people think it’s okay to participate in animal abuse. You never know – sometimes being questioned in an open and honest way can lead someone to re-evaluate their own thought processes, while an argument can just harden them in their position.
It is so much easier to talk amongst ourselves, and there are many reasons for having those conversations. But the real work lies in the conversations we have outside the vegan bubble. Learn to embrace those conversations and have them in the way that you find most appropriate. As Matt Ball, director of Vegan Outreach (an organization that just handed out its fifteen-millionth leaflet!) likes to say, “We want a vegan world, not a vegan club.”
Mariann Sullivan & Jasmin Singer are, respectively, the Program Director and Executive Director of Our Hen House, a multimedia online resource for everyone who wants to change the world for animals. They are partners in life and in activism, and live in NYC with their pit bull, Rose. Subscribe to their weekly podcast on iTunes.
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Pemanasan Global: Solusi dan Peluang Bisnis
Pemanasan Global: Solusi dan Peluang Bisnis
Disusun oleh Team SOS (Sutradharma Tj. Sudarman (Suman Sutra); Pater Ananta; Ong Potat; William S; Tresno Gunawan)
- Buku Baru Diterbitkan oleh Gramedia Pustaka Utama
- Ukuran : 14 x 21 cm
- Tebal : 400 halaman
- Terbit : Juni 2011
- Cover : Softcover
- ISBN : 978-979-22-5679-6
- No Produk : 21301110003
o Harga : Rp. 73.000,-(bonus DVD SOS)
* Kategori : o Nonfiksi, o Lingkungan Hidup
Sinopsis
Tahukah Anda bahwa:
* Hampir semua bencana alam, penyebaran penyakit mematikan, kelangkaan air bersih, dan kekurangan pangan terjadi akibat perubahan iklim karena pemanasan global.
* Ilmuwan dan pejabat tinggi negara di seluruh dunia telah bekerja sama menyelesaikan masalah ini namun semua bencana dan nestapa yang terjadi semakin lama semakin buruk dengan skala yang semakin mengerikan.
* Fakta terbaru menemukan bahwa es kutub mencair lebih cepat daripada yang pernah diramalkan sebelumnya—Kutub Utara mungkin akan kehilangan lapisan esnya pada akhir musim panas tahun 2012. Percepatan pencairan es di Kutub Utara ini diperkirakan akan membawa dampak buruk bagi kelangsungan hidup di Bumi.
Buku ini memaparkan proses terjadinya pemanasan global, dampak terhadap kelangsungan hidup di Bumi, dan tindakan yang bisa kita lakukan untuk mencegah berlanjutnya proses pemanasan global.
Solusi utama yang mudah diterapkan oleh setiap individu juga dipaparkan dalam buku ini. Bahkan solusi itu sendiri justru merupakan peluang bisnis yang bisa mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi dunia serta peningkatan kesejahteraan kehidupan masyarakat dan lingkungan.
http://mletiko.com/2011/07/29/gaya-hidup-hijau-peluang-bisnis-yang-menggiurkan/
http://www.pricearea.com/detail/772499/pemanasan-global-solusi-dan-peluang-bisnis-bonus-dvd.html
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5741279
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Green Fest at Parkir Timur Senayan 1 – 5 Juni
Green Fest at Parkir Timur Senayan 1 -5 Juni.
Acara Pekan Lingkungan Indonesia “Hutan Penyangga Kehidupan” oleh KLH, mulai 1 s/d 5 Juni di Parkir Timur Senayan.
Temukan gerai SMTV dan dapatkan Buku Damai kumpulan ceramah Maha Guru Ching Hai, “Dari Krisis Menjadi Damai – Vegan Organik adalah Jawabannya” secara gratis selama berlangsungnya acara.
Rekan kita dari Loving Hut Kemang juga ikut berpartisipasi di counter foodcourt, dengan menyediakan berbagai menu vegan menarik, ada nasi manado vegan, nasi campur vegan, burger vegan , katsu vegan, Teriyaki vegan, salad. dll
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Visit JCC Green Festival 26 – 29 May
Visit Jakarta Convention Center Green Festival managed by DNPI from 26 – 29 May 2011, come to our SMTV booth (in front of Metro TV), get a free Peace Book, ‘from Crisis to Peace – the Organic Vegan Way is the Answer’ by Supreme Master Ching Hai. And grasp some vegan snacks for free tasting from our vegan girls and boys at the counter.
(Kunjungi Jakarta Convention Center Festival Lingkungan Hidup yang dikelola oleh DNPI dari tgl 26 – 29 Mei, 2011, datang ke gerai SMTV ( di depan Metro TV), dapatkan gratis Buku Damai, ‘dari Krisis menuju Damai – Vegan Organik adalah Jawabannya’ oleh Maha Guru Ching Hai. Dan ambil juga beberapa kudapan vegan untuk disantap gratis dari para counter staff vegan kami)
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From Crisis to Peace (Dari Krisis menjadi Damai)
To read/download online:
(Foreword, for English Scroll Down)
Kata Pengantar
Dalam berbagai konferensi video, wawancara dengan para jurnalis, dan pertemuan dengan para siswa di tahun-tahun terakhir ini, Maha Guru Ching Hai telah berbicara tentang keadaan darurat yang terus meningkat tentang krisis iklim di Bumi saat ini. Sebagaimana yang beliau nyatakan, “Planet kita adalah sebuah rumah yang sedang terbakar. Jika kita tidak bekerja sama dengan semangat kesatuan untuk memadamkan api itu, kita tidak akan memiliki rumah ini lagi.” Tetapi beliau juga memberikan solusi yang mengangkat bagi umat manusia, solusi yang dengan mudah dapat dilakukan oleh setiap individu: “Jadilah vegan untuk menyelamatkan Bumi.”
Ketika krisis meningkat, bencana-bencana alam merenggut puluhan ribu jiwa dan mengusir jutaan dari rumah-rumah mereka, dengan kerugian finansial hingga miliaran dolar. Meningkatnya permukaan air laut telah menenggelamkan 18 negara-negara kepulauan dan mengancam banyak lainnya. Selain itu, pola curah hujan yang tidak menentu dan meningkatnya kekeringan telah mempengaruhi banyak wilayah, karenanya hal ini memperparah kekurangan pangan dan air. Dan para ahli iklim memperingatkan akan datangnya kondisi cuaca yang jauh lebih ekstrem, dengan kemungkinan adanya “pemanasan global tak terkendali.”
Dalam buku ini Maha Guru Ching Hai menyajikan faktor-faktor utama yang terkait dengan pemanasan global, dan yang lebih penting, akar penyebabnya: industri peternakan.
Faktanya, banyak penelitian ilmiah yang mendukung pandangan Maha Guru Ching Hai, yang telah beliau jabarkan selama lebih dari dua puluh tahun. Pemeliharaan hewan untuk makanan tidak hanya memboroskan jumlah air yang berharga, tanah, dan energi yang tak terhingga, tetapi juga menyumbang bagi 51% emisi gas rumah kaca di planet ini secara mengejutkan.
Karena itu, seperti yang Maha Guru Ching Hai katakan, adalah hal yang logis bahwa menghentikan produksi daging dan “menjadi vegan” atau menerapkan pola makan nabati akan segera mengurangi suhu global, memulihkan kerusakan lingkungan yang disebabkan oleh peternakan dan mengurangi biaya-biaya untuk meredam perubahan iklim sampai triliunan dolar. Juga, peralihan itu mampu mencapai hasil-hasil tersebut hampir sepenuhnya tanpa dampak negatif bagi planet ini dan masyarakat. Kebalikannya, memangkas karbon dioksida yang dihasilkan oleh industri dan sektor transportasi dapat menimbulkan dampak kehancuran ekonomi. Lebih jauh lagi, sebagian besar teknologi hijau membutuhkan waktu tahunan untuk berkembang, sementara pemotongan emisi metana dapat dicapai seketika dengan setiap hidangan vegan. Jadi menerapkan cara hidup vegan adalah solusi termudah, tercepat, dan termurah bagi krisis iklim, dan juga merupakan satu-satunya penyelamat kita karena kita tidak punya banyak waktu.
Banyak ahli iklim, aktivis lingkungan, dan pejabat pemerintah mulai mendukung pendekatan ini untuk menyelamatkan Bumi dari dampak perubahan iklim yang terburuk. Suara-suara mereka terangkum dalam laporan Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa Juni 2010 yang mendorong transisi global dari pola makan hewani ke nabati, menggaungkan permohonan genting Maha Guru Ching Hai: Siapa pun yang memiliki kekuasaan untuk mengambil keputusan harus mengambil langkah berani untuk memberlakukan hukum yang segera memfasilitasi peralihan ini.
Mungkin yang bahkan jauh lebih merusak dibandingkan jejak-jejak karbon kita yang telah menyebabkan krisis iklim ini adalah jejak-jejak berdarah yang kita ciptakan dalam penjagalan miliaran hewan ternak tak berdosa setiap tahunnya. Maha Guru Ching Hai memperingatkan bahwa kejahatan moral ini telah mencapai proporsi global, dimana tindakan kekerasan kita kembali kepada kita dalam bentuk bencana-bencana alam: “Apa yang kau tabur, itulah yang kau tuai.” Hal ini adalah ajaran universal yang ditemukan dalam seluruh kitab suci agung di dunia.
Memang, umat manusia sedang menghadapi titik balik krusial. Kita hanya punya satu kesempatan untuk menyelamatkan planet ini dan sekaranglah saatnya. Hanya dengan menerapkan pola makan nabati yang penuh kasih, menyelamatkan hidup maka kita dapat mengusir kegelapan yang menyelimuti kita. Dan langkah kecil ini nantinya akan memacu umat manusia ke tingkat kesadaran yang lebih tinggi. Kita akan memulihkan keharmonisan di planet Bumi sehingga menuntun kita menuju Zaman Keemasan yang damai, indah, dan penuh kasih. Sebagaimana yang dijanjikan oleh Maha Guru Ching Hai, kita akan menikmati Surga di Bumi.
Marilah kita semua meraih kesempatan ini dan melakukan perubahan hari ini. Marilah kita semua memilih untuk berevolusi dan mengangkat peradaban dan planet kita.
Staf Editorial
Foreword
At video conferences, in interviews with journalists and at gatherings with disciples in recent years, Supreme Master Ching Hai has spoken with increasing urgency about Earth’s current climate crisis. As she states, “Our planet is a house that is burning. If we don’t work together with a united spirit to put out the fire, we will not have a home anymore.” But she also offers humankind an uplifting solution, one that every individual can easily achieve: “Be veg to save the planet.”
As the crisis escalates, natural disasters are claiming tens of thousands of lives and displacing millions from their homes, with financial losses amounting to billions of dollars. Rising sea levels have already submerged 18 island nations and are threatening many others. In addition, irregular rainfall patterns and intensifying droughts are affecting many regions, thus worsening food and water shortages. And climate experts warn of even more extreme weather conditions to come, with the possibility of “runaway global warming.”
In this book Supreme Master Ching Hai presents the major factors associated with global warming, and more importantly, its root cause: the livestock industry.
In fact, many scientific studies support Supreme Master Ching Hai’s view, which she has expounded for over twenty years. The raising of animals for food not only wastes massive amounts of precious water, land and energy, but also contributes to a staggering 51% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. Livestock farming is also the greatest single source of atmospheric methane, a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, but one with a shorter lifespan.
Thus, as Supreme Master Ching Hai says, it is only logical that halting meat production and “becoming veg” or adopting a plant-based diet will immediately reduce global temperatures, heal the environmental ills caused by livestock and reduce the costs of mitigating climate change by trillions of dollars. Also, such a shift can achieve these results with virtually no negative impact on the planet and society. In contrast, similar cuts in the carbon dioxide produced by industry and the transport sector could have devastating economic effects. Furthermore, most green technologies take years to develop, while cuts in methane emissions can be achieved immediately with every vegan meal. So adopting the vegan lifestyle is the easiest, quickest and least costly solution to the climate crisis, and it is also our only salvation because we are running out of time.
Many climate experts, environmentalists and government officials have already begun advocating this approach to saving the earth from the worst effects of climate change. Their voices culminated in the June 2010 United Nations report urging a global transition to a meat- and dairy-free diet, echoing Supreme Master Ching Hai’s urgent plea: Everyone who has decision-making power should take the courageous step to enact laws that immediately facilitate this shift.
Perhaps even more devastating than our carbon footprints that have caused the climate crisis are the bloody footprints we leave behind in slaughtering billions of innocent farm animals each year. Supreme Master warns that this moral crime has reached global proportions, as our violent acts come back to us in the form of natural disasters: “As you sow, so shall you reap.” Such is the universal teaching found in all the world’s great scriptures.
Indeed, humankind is facing a crucial turning point. We have only one chance to save the planet and the time is now. Simply by adopting the benevolent, life-saving, plant-based diet we can dispel the darkness engulfing us. And this small step will in turn propel humankind into a higher level of consciousness. We will restore harmony to planet Earth and thus usher in the Golden Era of peace, beauty and love. As Supreme Master Ching Hai promises, we will then have Heaven on Earth.
Let us all seize the opportunity and make the change today. Let us all choose to evolve and elevate our civilization and the planet.
The Editorial Staff
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Top 10 Vegan Cookbooks Best Seller
http://veganworldwidenews.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-vegan-cookbooks-bestsellers.html
Top 10 Vegan CookBooks- Bestsellers
Top 10 Vegan CookBooks: It’s incredible that a vegan cookbook has made it into the amazon.com best sellers list, something no one would have thought possible a few years ago, in fact a few weeks ago.
No doubt it’s a lot, nay, all to do with Forbes no. 1 celebrity Oprah Winfrey, as it was Oprah that featured Kathy Freston’s book, the Veganist on her show, and on the Oprah website, and got 378 of her staff to follow the book’s advice for a week.
The American Vegan Cookbooks dominate sales of vegan recipe books, (especially ones about cupcakes) even on amazon.co.uk you won’t see a British vegan cookbook tackling vegan diets until number 6 on the ‘Vegan cookbooks’ listings.
Its a good book too even if I do say so myself, so many of the books don’t have pictures and us cooks like pictures. The Complete Book of Vegan Cooking is full of them, but is currently down to rank number 41 in the Vegetarian and vegan section, despite selling out and having to be reprinted within 6 months of it’s publication.
Still, having a vegan cookbook in the bestsellers list bodes very well for the Plantarian 2011 One World Day.
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Dari Krisis Menjadi Damai (From Crisis to Peace)
 From Crisis to Peace by Supreme Master Ching Hai
http://www.crisis2peace.org/ina/
Sebarkan perdamaian dan wujudkan masa depan yang indah!
Anda bisa ikut mendukung petisi ini dengan mengunjungi http://crisis2peace.org/ina/petition.php atau dengan langsung menandatangani petisi itu di rumah-rumah makan seperti Loving Hut atau saat ada kegiatan bertema lingkungan. Anda bisa memberi tahu seluruh dunia betapa besar kepedulian Anda bagi planet yang indah ini, rumah kita satu-satunya. (Pengumuman lebih lanjut tentang tanggal untuk menandatangani secara pribadi guna mendukung kampanye ini akan segera diumumkan. “Tempat Damai-Cemerlang” bertambah banyak . . . .) Lebih jauh lagi, untuk memberi tahu orang-orang tentang situasi pemanasan global yang sebenarnya dan mengaitkan dengan wawasan batin Maha Guru Ching Hai, kami juga mengundang Anda untuk ikut dalam kampanye “Matahari Terbit: Sebarkan Pesan Perdamaian”. Kami telah memilih beberapa kutipan dari buku Dari Krisis menjadi Damai – Vegan Organik adalah Jawabannya bagi Anda agar bisa dengan mudah menyebarkan kebijaksanaan ini kepada teman-teman Anda. Dengan keikutsertaan Anda, kami yakin bahwa sinar kebijaksanaan sejati akan mencapai dan menerangi Hati mulia semua orang. Anda bisa mengunjungi http://crisis2peace.org/ina/quotes untuk memilih kutipan favorit Anda dan dengan beberapa klik saja, membagikannya kepada orang-orang di sekitar Anda. Atau, Anda bisa juga mengikuti ID twitter kami @c2p_e dan menambahkan ID Facebook kami “TheOrganic VeganWay”. Dengan beberapa kutipan, kita bisa memulai suatu reaksi berantai yang positif di seluruh dunia. Anda sungguh bisa membuat dunia menjadi tempat yang lebih baik! Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, silakan kunjungi http://crisis2peace.org/ina dan http://suprememastertv.com/ina |
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Leaders preserving our future: pace and priorities on climate change
Climate change conference from London, UK. featuring leaders and experts with video conference message from Supreme Master Ching Hai, airing live on Wednesday Nov 3 session (9:40 am – 11:50 am) and start from 2:45 – 5:05 pm (UK time)
“Leaders preserving our future: pace and priorities on climate change”
http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/event_venue.php
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