BPF Boston: proposal for a Global No Car Day

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 From Louise Dunlap:

I am hoping that the BPF can help gather signatures for this petition 
by circulating this email and posting it on the web.

Peace

Louise


   SUPPORT A GLOBAL NO CAR DAY

   From Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh

  Only collective awakening can help us to solve the difficult 
problems in our world like war and global warming. In an upcoming 
talk which I have been invited to give at UNESCO (United Nations 
Education Science and Cultural Organization) on October 7th, I will 
propose that UNESCO organize a Global No Car Day-- a day when people 
refrain from using their cars, except in emergencies. It may take six 
months or more to prepare for such a day. UNESCO can promote this day 
around the world and use it as a means to educate and inspire 
collective awakening concerning the present environmental dangers 
facing all of us on planet Earth. I will suggest that UNESCO itself, 
from the director to ambassadors and other members, try to live in 
such a way that the message becomes a true message; not just a call 
for action, but action itself. In our daily lives, we should each try 
to drive a car that doesn't pollute the environment, or ride a 
bicycle more often, or use public transportation.
  Every one of us can do something to protect and care for our 
planet. We should live in such a way that makes a future possible.

  Thich Nhat Hanh

  September 16, 2006
  Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, CA

  Please click the link below to sign the petition and show your 
support, and invite your friends to sign as well.
  We are trying to collect 10,000 signatures by the time Thich Nhat 
Hanh gives a talk at UNESCO on October 7th--that's less than two weeks away.

  http://www.deerparkmonastery.org/petition/index.html

  If you can, please also send a personal letter directly to the 
Director-General of UNESCO, the Honorable Koichiro Matsuura at: bpi at unesco.org

  Thank you so much for your support!
   Please contact us at deerparkmonastery at gmail.com if you have ideas 
for or would like to help us develop and promote a Global No Car Day.