Tanzanians in dire need of food. Prolonged drought in the east African nation has caused food shortages for humans and animals alike.
With virtually no rain two consecutive seasons, farmers have been unable to harvest, especially in the hardest hit regions of Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Manyara.
Linking these unfortunate effects to climate change, Environment Minister Dr. Batilda Burian promised the government’s further help, saying that 22,000 tons of cereals had been distributed already to those most in need.
Environment Minister Dr. Burian and Tanzania, we appreciate your efforts to assist the affected Tanzanian people.
We pray for the blessing of gentle rains and that humanity may quickly usher in a new age through more compassionate treatment of our fellow beings.
Ever concerned for humanity’s welfare, Supreme Master Ching Hai highlighted the most effective way to conserve Earth’s precious resources via a June 2009 video message during a climate change conference in Mexico.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: We can stop water shortage. While droughts are plaguing more populations, we cannot afford to waste water. Meat production uses massive amounts of water, as you know. It takes up to 1,200 gallons of fresh and good clean water to produce just one serving of beef.
In contrast, a full vegan meal costs only 98 gallons of water. That is 90 plus percent less. So, if we want to stop water shortage and to preserve precious water we have to stop animal products.
Referencehttp://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/2009073023203/tourism/tanzania-drought-threatens-serengeti.htmlhttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MUMA-7V69BC?OpenDocumentExtra NewsSafaricom Ltd., the largest mobile phone company in Kenya, has launched the nation’s first solar-charged cell phones, which are expected to provide great benefit to rural towns and villages where conventional electricity supplies can be scarce.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/21/solar.cellphone/Ms. Pelenise Alofa Pilitati, a community leader on the island nation of Kiribati, teaches cooking classes that
use alternatives to rice such as nuts and lentils, to help residents maintain health as their gardens become contaminated by salt water due to the rising sea levels of climate change.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592705In New York City, USA a very rare occurring powerful storm with strong winds, lightning and hail that felled hundreds of century-old trees in the city’s Central Park is being linked to global warming.
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/08/20/a-summer-hailstorm-prompts-inevitable-questions-on-global-warming/ In the largest ever youth gathering for climate change ahead of the Copenhagen conference, attendees of the Tunza International Children and Youth Conference, organized by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and held in South Korea, call for more government and environmental group action to protect people, plants, and animals.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31834&Cr=unep&Cr1= http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=593&ArticleID=6253&l=en
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