Save the Planet

Mumbai:- The Bombay Catholic Sabha  &  Jago Re Nagrik Manch along  with AVAAZ.ORG,  and others  has organised a candle light vigil on  Saturday, December 12 between 6.15 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. outside the Orlem Church. Please bring a candle and also pass the message around to join in large numbers.

On December 12,  there will be over 2000 events in 130 countries , to light up the world with  a call to action, a signal of hope. The fragile balance of the earth that has always sustained us is changing. We are changing it. We are causing warming that leads to more warming. Climate change is not far away, but close at hand. Many of us have slumbered until now. But for others, climate change is always a living devastation.

It is the dying light in a child's eye, as advancing deserts turns a farm to dust , and a family starves.

It is a home, a livelihood, and a lifetime of memories wiped out by ever-rising floods and bitter storms.

These are the bitter foretastes of the gathering storm. This is the future that threatens us all-for no one will be untouched by these ravages, rich or poor, north or south.

But we can save ourselves,  by changing the energy that powers our societies. We can stop burning all this oil, coal and wood. We can shift to the natural energy of the sun, the wind and the water. But we must do this all together, and we must do it now.

The decisions we make today will decide the future of humanity.

We call on our leaders to take urgent action and agree a Real Climate Deal:

A real deal must be fair. We want a deal that commits $200 billion per year to help poor countries do their part to fix this crisis which was not created by them.

We want a deal that makes the protection of our planet the law of all lands. This is the most important deal of our time. Every country must be part of the solution. We will accept nothing less.

On December 12, 2009 we will gather as global citizens with a chance to build a world we can be proud to leave to our children and grandchildren.

The hour is darkest before the dawn. Our movement is awake, this moment is ours to seize, the future is ours to build and our message is clear:

The World wants a real deal.

-Bombay Catholic Sabha