" This helps us to know only protect the earth, peace, and take in the present and future life care. If we all know, of course we will minimize the use of plastic bags. This is a peaceful action, the basic types of peace operations. "Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step '(1992) Last week, I had the privilege to participate in the exciting five-day Buddhist monks, human rights activists and green crusader, a long line of Zen retreat very honored. Thay, because he knew his followers, lectures, writing about the impact of truly awake as possible on our lives, our happiness and sick of the Earth so profound. After I was immersed in his book his beautiful retreat, which from the 'world, we have' (2008) offer is one that I feel the need to share:
"Mindfulness bell calling us, trying to awaken us and remind us to look at our profound impact on the Earth."
This is such a right, in this month of the year, when we witnessed the devastating Pakistan and unprecedented floods, in Russia, China, landslides and forest fires. But somehow, we still "like sleepwalking, do not know what we are doing or our title." Climate scientists tell us that the floods in Pakistan is not just a terrible natural disaster in a distant country. We can no longer ignore the fact that they caused, at least in part by the fact of global warming. "There is no doubt that climate change is a significant contribution, an important factor" (World Climate Research Programme). Storms, floods and droughts bleak forecast is now a reality.
If climate change is causing these unfortunate incidents, we are all responsible. Each of us individually contribute to climate change. In they public lectures in London earlier this month, entitled to our future global ethic, he said: "We have borrowed too much from this planet from our children we have already borrowed her too much. "