Current Campaigns
Current Campaigns
This section contains information on our latest environmental campaigns and initiatives, along with suggestions of how each one of us can help repair the Web of Life and restore the Balance of Nature.
- 1. Global Warming and Sight (From the Trustees of SAI Sanctuary Trust)
‘Hindsight is 20/20,’ so the saying goes. But what we need to develop now is ‘20/20 Foresight’ to see clearly the choice staring each one of us in the face—the vision of two futures, and the urgency of making the right choice NOW.
During the past few weeks, the eyes of the world have been focused on two very different points on the globe, those points representing opposites in many ways—Oslo, Norway and Bali, Indonesia. In chilly Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to former US Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, for their efforts in focusing world attention on the perils of Global Warming. Conversely in balmy Bali, heated discussions between representatives from 190 nations underscored the volatility of the subject, with consensus for the truly dramatic concerted global action that is needed to avert climate catastrophe and planetary ecosystem collapse being as far away as ever, reminding one of a scene from history—Emperor Nero fiddling away as Rome burned.
Read More - 2. Global Warning on Global Warming—Part 1 (From the Trustees of SAI Sanctuary Trust)
BREAKING NEWS: The President of the United States today declared most of the southeastern and mid-western portions of the country ‘disaster areas’ after dozens of tornadoes packing winds up to 600 kph struck a number of large metropolitan areas in different states. The ‘twisters’ were spawned by the latest in a series of what have become known as ‘Super Hurricanes’ (storms with wind speeds exceeding 400 kph) that have caused havoc up and down the Atlantic coast throughout this hurricane season.
While the East Coast of the country is reeling under the effects of both horrific winds and torrential rains, the West Coast is still in the grip of the worst drought in history, with temperatures hitting record highs and forest fires ravaging hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Communities throughout the western United States have seen hundreds of homes go up in smoke as a result of these blazes. The number and severity of these and other recent natural disasters have not only crippled the Insurance Industry, but have brought the American economy to its knees.
Read More - 3. Global Warning on Global Warming—Part 2 (From the Trustees of SAI Sanctuary Trust)
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.” ~ Winston Churchill
Scientific evidence has now proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that Global Warming is a reality. Its consequences are being seen and felt around the world—climate change and disruption of the seasons, bizarre weather patterns with extreme temperatures both high and low, more frequent and more severe storms, floods and droughts coupled with massive forest fires, the melting of the polar icecaps and mountain glaciers, the drying up of vital water sources accompanied by the spread of deserts, and perhaps the most alarming of all—the slowing and temporary shutdown of the ‘North Atlantic Ocean Conveyor Current’ or ‘Gulf Stream’—the ‘engine’ that has driven global weather and kept it stable for the past 10,000 years—that is, for the entire history of human civilization. If this pattern of slowing and temporary shutdowns continues or the Current stops altogether, the consequences for humanity are incalculable. Indeed, among other catastrophes, the world could be plunged into another Ice Age.
Read More - 4. Global Warning on Global Warming—Part 3 (From the Trustees of SAI Sanctuary Trust)
Recognition of the problems we face must not mean giving up in despair. There are things we can do to help save the planet and ourselves. First and foremost is protecting what remains of our forest cover.
How will this help? Trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere while releasing oxygen during the process of photosynthesis. The average small tree sucks up more than 1000 kgs. of CO2 per year, their roots performing the dual tasks of raising both the water table and minerals to the soil surface, with essential nutrients from their dead leaves further rejuvenating the soil.
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