   22 Apr 2011 @ 15:42, by Heiner Benking
todays trilogy of important days for me needs attention, even when "not in town" and busy with all these interconencted issues, needing contexts adn "elevators" between the scales.
I will not focus on Good Friday, but the idea to sacrifice for a global common makes sense and can reduce the the inflcition of suffering. See PANETICS and Eulogy for Ralp G. H. Siu and his International Society
TODAY IS WATER DAY UN [link] and IIED [link]
I have written extensively about Water as a common and link for survival, see all the events in Geneva and Berlin the last weeks.
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Here he objective: "World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems. This year's theme, "Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge," aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the defy of urban water management"
So check out Intelligent Water and C2C, and ....
TODAY is April EARTH DAY: [link]
I returned 4 weeks ago from EQUINOX EARTH DAY - and after having met John McConnell in the early 90ies it is very clear that I feel that there is only one original Earth Day, and that this day is in concord with the traditions around the world.
please see EARTH DAY entries here nearly every year, http://www.google.de/search?q=quergeist.info&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a#q=quergeist.info EARTHDAY&fp=9bb93680a5df7206&hl=en&rls=org.mozilla:de:official
maybe start with us ringing the PEACE BELL in Geneva together with the Geneva - Shinagawa Friendship Association given the tragic of Fushiyama.http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v396/__show_article/_a000396-000107.htm
Let us sum-up: Two Earth Days - One Earth. I have many friends on both ends, so why not have to parties? One the other hand we are flooded with International and UN Days for various reasons. Maybe we should connect and bundle ? in order to get lost and dumbed-down by another after another meaningless day. Specially in times when we should care better about Water & Earth - all living or even compassionate and sentinent beings and other life-forms - the endangered ones.....
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