Hear Audio Introduction/Invocation by Jim Garrison (mp3 - 35MB)
Global warming has reached a crisis point. If unaddressed, rising global temperatures will trigger dramatic increases in extreme weather events and cause the oceans to rise, threatening all coastal cities, displacing hundreds of millions of people, and destroying thousands of species. At the very most, we have about ten years to act before natural forces spin out of any human capacity to control events.
Make no mistake: this will impact you and certainly all of our children.
The State of the World Forum and a growing number of coalition of groups worldwide are coming together to develop a ten year plan to green the world. We must move beyond rhetoric to action.
First, we must grasp that what all our governments are negotiating for 2050 must be accomplished by 2020 if there is any chance to stop rising global temperatures. Second, the only way to accomplish this is to take an integral approach. We must all recognize that our lifestyles are just as unsustainable as our economies and thus what we value and how we act are integrally linked with both our plight and the solutions we seek.
This may be the most important gathering you have ever attended.
Your future and the fate of our civilization is at stake. Please join us. Every person counts.
