Over the years I have tried to limit the damage that I am creating all be it unintentionally just by my existence. This is includes changing the types of products I use to not tested on animals, cutting back on using fossil fuels/electricity or eating food that hasn't been soaked in chemicals, to name a few. I have also tried to think long term about what effect my actions might have elsewhere, not just in my immediate surroundings.
A bit deep you might think but it is a fact that not only is the climate changing our everyday weather but it is also changing and challenging the lives of plants animals and their habitats. And surely if somewhere along the lines we could help what is an essential part of our existence survive then that is good? The following is the opening Welcome statement for this years United Nations Action, a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. If it interests you and makes you want to find out more then please click on the logo to the right (big green thing "2010").
Welcome to the International Year of Biodiversity
You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world.
You rely on this diversity of life to provide you with the food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. Yet this rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of human activities. This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability of the living systems, on which we depend, to resist growing threats such as climate change.
The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss. This is vital for current and future human wellbeing. We need to do more. Now is the time to act.
The International Year of Biodiversity is a unique opportunity to increase understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.
On the pages of this website, you will be able to find out a bit more about the International Year of Biodiversity. Visit the pages to find out:
The important role biodiversity plays in our lives and what is happening to it.
What people are doing around the world to combat biodiversity loss
How people are celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity
Some of the resources available to you in your celebrations Take Action in 2010 and beyond, because
Biodiversity is life
Biodiversity is our life
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