Supporters
Rob Wheeler
UN Representative for the Global Ecovillage Network, Association of World Citizens, and US Citizens Network for Sustainable Development. Founder of the EcoEarth Alliance UN Partnership Initiative.
Michael Carroll
Photographer, currently working on the devastation of the Hemlocks in North Carolina.
Howard Stollar
Worked in Education and Horticulture for over 30 years.
Garrett Blessing, Student
Currently working to restore streams and forests.
Polly Wise, Learning Support Assistant and Mum
As a mum and a Learning Support Assistant at a large middle school I am surrounded by children all day everyday, which is fantastic. What concerns me though is what the world will be like when they are adults and have families of their own. I feel that it is our responsibility as adults to start making steps, however big or small, to help restore our natural environment. We need to be setting an example to our children.
Lina Mata, Law Student and Executive coordinator of the National leadership training program entitled "Agentes de Cambio" (Agents of Change).
I have been working for Agents of Change since 2005. I really believe in it, and I think it is very important for future decision-makers in order to become effective leaders well prepared to assume new challenges, advocate social justice and defend human rights. I truly believe in young people, with the abilities, enthusiasm, and engagement to advocate for the environment.
Geoff and Liz Furber, Founders of Ripple Africa, Malawi
We are happy to be part of the Restore the Earth coalition because time is running out. Before we started our reforestation programme in Malawi I rarely used to give deforestation a thought but since becoming involved with tree planting and finding out what is really happening I am horrified at the speed of destruction. Malawi has lost 30% of its forests in the last 10 years and this is being repeated all over the world! We can all do something to reduce this destruction so that trees like the one in the photograph are not just a memory.
Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance
Global ecosystem restoration will be the greatest challenge of the coming generations if Earth's climate is to stabilized at safe levels. Natural ecosystem services control our atmospheric gases, climate, water, soils, and fisheries. But over the last few decades we have destroyed or degraded most of their capacity to maintain these essential life support mechanisms. Conservation of what is left is completely inadequate to restore their capacity to regulate our environment at satisfactory levels. Only large scale restoration of the vast areas of forests, wetlands, and reefs we have wiped out will allow us to avert the worst consequences of runaway global warming. A global emergency restoration program is urgently needed to reclaim our lost capacity to maintain our soil, water, agricultural, and fisheries resources, and reversing atmospheric CO2 buildup. The price of global ecosystem restoration at a scale that provides these benefits will be far less than the costs we will incur if we fail to do so. Large scale restoration must be seen as an essential component of any effective treaty to control climate change.
The Elders Team
We have taken note of the work of your organization and the initiative you have to call on the General Assembly of the UN to pass a resolution to help restore our ecosystem. We applaud your efforts and wish you success.
Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche President of ROKPA International Founder of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre
Global ecosystem restoration will be the greatest challenge of the coming generations if Earth's climate is to stabilized at safe levels. Natural The Earth and everything it contains and supports is composed of the five elements. When the elements are balanced then we have conditions conducive to the health of ourselves and our planet. But if we upset the balance by taking out minerals, oil and other resources we deplete our planet, and ultimately ourselves, of the conditions needed for healthy life. The food we grow no longer has the nutritional value to sustain us and the water we depend on becomes scarce or polluted. Our inner health and outer environment are inseparable. To be healthy humans we need a healthy Earth, therefore we must preserve and protect the Earth. Where we have already taken too much out we can redress the balance by putting something back. In many ancient wisdom traditions, including that of Tibetan Buddhism, spiritual masters can advise us how to plant sacred objects of great healing power in order to heal the Earth and help balance and harmonise the elements. We must use all the means at our disposal, from ancient wisdom to modern technology, in order to protect and restore our planet for the benefit of all beings and future generations.
Paul Crane Tohlakai, Director of Sacred Mountains Foundation, Inc.
Since time immemorial, Mother Earth has gone through cycles. Four times, earth - sky changes came about because of imbalances caused by human beings negligence, greed, and other ills. Nowhere in time has there been more need for mankind to address the impending future of uncertainty. Indigenous People's world-views implores all conscious minded to be Care takers of Mother Earth. It is reassuring that organizations like the Earth Restoration Service has a true and unselfish vision to assist in regaining that balance and harmony so needed for all our survival. Nature's laws were once ours. Earth did not belong to man, rather we once belong to the Earth has been said. Perhaps there is time yet for all of us to behoove ancient wisdom. Supporting is not enough anymore, we all need to become involved in Mother Earths healing process, thus our own as well...
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