The Letter to the Future urges politicians to consider the health of the planet, for the sake of future generations, when they are making decisions about where to invest money and where to make cuts.
It aims to get Governments to spend more money on saving wildlife and the environment
READ THE LETTER
We need as many people as possible to sign the letter so that we can let the government know how important nature is to us all.
We will achieve this by showing politicians that hundreds of thousands of people care about nature and want to see it protected not just for the short term, but for future generations.
We'll use signatures to ask politicians to do six things, which are at the heart of our conservation work:
create a countryside fit for wildlife;
safeguard our sealife;
stop extinctions;
save the rainforests;
stop climate chaos; and
inspire children through nature.
300,000 signatories by early spring 2010 — for immediate use in the Westminster general election run-up.
500,000 signatories by spring 2011.
For 120 years, we have given nature a voice, fighting injustices against wildlife with tenacity and passion. These are moments in our history which demonstrate again and again how people standing together can change the world.
Today, in signing the RSPB's Letter to the Future, we have the opportunity to help nature win its biggest ever battle.
Thanks for reading and please do feel free to discuss your thoughts about the letter in this thread! Do you have some inspiring thoughts/messages to contribute to the campaign? Please share your thoughts on why you would like to sign the letter..
RSPB
Very well said everyone. {thumbs up}
The thing that saddens me is that we have not discovered so many species of plants, wildlife and birds. The world is our oyster.
I remember attending a college course many years ago. As a group, and as individuals we had to produce this montage of pictures to show how we all felt about the worlds wildlife, and all it splender. It was a way to express ourselves with our true feelings - no words just pictures of the subjects. Pictures of endangered species speak volumes over words to be honest at the end of the day.
The biggest thing that goes in our favour as member of the human race is that we can find medicines from natural products. So much better than a man made artifical product ie cures for cancer as we know it is the biggest killer of all.
So much knowledge at our fingertips, and so much being lost all over the world simply through ignorance, greed and for the love of money. Scientific interest needs to be put forward well above everything else. Science needs to be funded by the goverment to help (not hinder) what we have on our doorsteps.
Sadly I will be at Leighton moss on the 5th December, but I will still be thinking of the march!!!
Now I will get off my soapbox!!
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Oops I had forgotten. Thanks for bringing it to the top. It's done.
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Tony
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It's important to keep the profile of our precious wildlife high. Have you ever flown back into England on a plane and got a lump in your throat...that's why we need to sign!
Heron 77
I loved your words and I am,signing too!!¬
Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence.
I've just done it again as I'm not entirely sure it worked before (when site was having problems).
I signed this some time back plus put a link on my facebook
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the D.D.T now. Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please!
I believe in 5 of the points here, but as for stopping climate chaos...I just don't think that is possible because I see it as a natural process and not souly man-made. I personally think we should be adapting to changes in the climate, not attempting to mitigate such processes that I think are out of our control. I will think about signing. Sounds like a good cause I must admit.
Hi Andre,
I believe the RSPB is talking about the chaos caused by climate change, to help wildlife adapt to the changes which are now inevitable. For example they're creating inland wetlands to compensate for the ones that will be lost around the coasts as sea levels rise. Have a browse elsewhere on the website, there are quite a few articles about this kind of thing.
If nothing else, I think the Letter to the Future will tell the new Government that lots of people out here really care about nature, and want to see them think carefully about the effects of their decisions on nature. Please sign it!
And if you're open to learning why almost all scientists now believe that climate change is happening much faster because of human activity, please watch An Inconvenient Truth. The title of the film says it all: it's easier for us all to pretend it's not true and carry on as normal. The truth is, indeed inconvenient...
Thanks,
LB.
I signed the letter!
i want to bring something important to everyone's attention. i need your help to save the destruction of the natural habitat of many different birds, including hawks, buzzards and pheasants. can you help to save Oaken Wood?