Better stewardship for bees’ survival. Expressing concern about the drastic decline in international bee populations, Canadian Professor Mark Winston at Simon Fraser University said, “Beekeepers all around the world are noticing their bees dwindle and disappear.
Over the last few years, they have been losing a third of their bees.
That's pretty catastrophic.” Professor Winston went on to observe that the disorder known as colony collapse
is worse in countries with industrial farming practices such as mono-cropping and heavy pesticide use, noting that bees continue to flourish in areas such as Bolivia, where rural farmers are diversifying crops and practicing traditional organic methods.
Without the industrious bees, humans would be at a loss to pollinate hundreds of vital food crops such as nuts, berries, grains and vegetables.
Professor Winston and colleagues, many thanks for this reminder of the delicate balance of our environment.
Through such sustainable practices as organic vegan farming, surely we can preserve the precious bees and their valued contributions to our lives.
Supreme Master Ching Hai often offers insights to help ease such situations faced by humanity, as in a July 2008 videoconference with our Association members in California, USA.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:Organic farming is the best. It’s the ideal for health and the planet. When I say planet, I mean for all the inhabitants, the bees and insects and animals alike.
Because if we’re using chemicals, then of course they’re going to die out, sooner or later, big and small.
That’s why the bees are disappearing. We have been destroying this ecosystem.It’s a very sad affair.
Farming policy has to change and every farmer must know about it. Otherwise, not just bee colonies collapse
Many other useful insects and helpful animals, they will be dying out. They’re dying out every day now. A lot of them.
If you can, tell the farmers, tell the government to change it. Do anything you can to support this organic vegetarian farming.
Referencehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-and-marc-kielburger/to-bee-or-not-to-bee_b_265421.html http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S1097178.shtml?cat=10349US senators visit national parks to call attention to global warming. Senators John McCain of Arizona and Mark Udall of Colorado recently visited the Rocky Mountain National Park, known for its high-altitude passes and spectacular views, to call attention to the climate-related problems as reflected in the country’s national parks.
Senator McCain urged for more attention to cope with such effects as a pine beetle infestation that has caused
the perishing of more than1.5 million acres of forest in Colorado state alone.
Biologists say that the beetle larvae thrive in the warming climate,which is already stressing the trees, making them more vulnerable to disease.
Your Excellencies Senators Udall and McCain, our sincere thanks for highlighting the real and urgent issue of global warming. Let us all lend our supportive actions to harmonious contributions that restore the balance
of the ecosphere.
Referencehttp://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/08/25/Sens_McCain_Udall_sound_alarm_on_warming_national_parks/Extra NewsThe International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change is holding a September meeting in France to discuss how broadcasters worldwide can better disseminate information and inspire action for climate change.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28503&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Marine scientists in Alaska, USA report that the state’s coastal ocean waters are becoming overly acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases due to increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and are thus endangering the marine ecosystem.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090824/ap_on_sc/us_acid_oceans_alaska_2
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