blending an assortment of thoughts and experiences for my friends, relations and kindred spirit

blending an assortment of thoughts and experiences for my friends, relations and kindred spirit
By Alison Hobbs, blending a mixture of thoughts and experiences for friends, relations and kindred spirits.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Millions more voices

Petition to the 110 Presidents and Prime Ministers at the Copenhagen talks last week:

We call on each one of you to make the concessions necessary to meet your historic responsibility in this crisis.[...] Do not leave Copenhagen without a fair, ambitious and binding deal that keeps the world safe from catastrophic global warming of 2 degrees

Close to 15 million people (including me) signed on-line, and after hearing the result of the Copenhagen talks, an AVAAZ supporter from Africa wrote

It takes a lot to get an elephant moving, but when you do it is hard to stop...the elephant is moving...

After signing the petition, supporters are invited by email to "join a global, instant translation multilingual live chat..." During the last couple of days I have been reading the multilingual messages popping up every few seconds since that suggestion was sent out and I estimate that there have been between 15000 and 20000 comments. Here's a typical selection:

Ein grosses Dankeschoen an alle Mitwirkenden. Lasst den Elefanten weiterlaufen, er ist hochintelligent. Viel Kraft und Gottes Segen.

Merci de donner l'espoir que l'éléphant se met en mouvement. Canada

Gràcies a tots i a totes. Podrem canviar el món sense cimeres! Catalunya

Desde PERU nos unimos a este gran movimiento ..sigamos adelante!

Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat! Let us all keep fighting the good fight. Padayon! (Philippines)

Tackar Kiitän Merci (de la Finlande)

Köszönjük! Thank you from Hungary

it is a good move ... don't give up. Hargeisa, Repubic of Somaliland

شكرا وامتنانش

gracias por hacer visibles nuestros deseos.

Tusen takk!

grazie, grazie a tutti, da parte dei nostri figli e dei figli dei figli!

Go raibh mile maith agaibh. Tosach maith leath na h-oibre! (Ireland)

El Amor mueve al mundo.

I thank you. My children thank you. My grandchildren thank you. by Tom, U.S.

Chenoragaloutioun ner (= "Thank you" in Armenian)

CONTINUEMOS NA LUTA POR UM MUNDO MELHOR.

Debemos mejorar nuestro mundo interior tanto como el exterior. Estamos en marcha.

Thank you to all those that acted for those that could not, and for enabling our collective voice to be heard. Please keep it up! England

A união faz a força, todos juntos contribuiremos para um mundo melhor

Elephants run through the bush making the paths.

...deze wereldwijde ketting

Samen zijn we sterk !

je suis émue aux larmes en lisant l'impact qu'a eu la campagne d'Avaaz. De me sentir reliée à tous ces gens que je ne connais pas, mais animés par le même espoir et le même amour.

The Copenhagen Conference was the first step towards a World Government, and the thousands of NGO´s assembled in front of the Conference building were the beginning of the beginning of a World Parliament.Thank God that we have reached this point.

Thank you for the well worth effort! sure the Elephant is moving!! Sri Lanka

Нам надо продолжать кампанию!

Il mondo in azione,con solo la forza delle parole come forza..

Il faut viser la Lune. Même si tu la rates tu iras dans les étoiles. (Burkina Faso)

Best wishes from Sweden...

Gracias de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

great to know there's so many people of good will in the world. Festive greetings from Liverpool

Eskerrik asko (Basque) Eta elefantea ibiltzen hasi da

Makibaka!! Huwag Matakot (= "Fight, do not be afraid", in Tagalog)

good on ya all who gathered together, raised their voices and put pen to paper. Don't stop now. (Australia)

Many of us in Australia CARE! Thank you everyone, we're in this together.

"Nur wer selbst brennt, kann Feuer in anderen entfachen" (Augustinus)

I am a New Zealander, at present in Thailand, and have got all the members of the Class I am teaching to join Avaaz and help fuel this fight! It's truly great to see such people power- gives one hope!

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