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Headlines from the Spring 2009 Positive News - US Edition
Coming This Fall to a Location Near You: Peace and Nonviolence
March kick off in New York City.
Jolie Clifford
By Marty Luster
Remember the old slogan, "What if they threw a war and nobody came?" Over the next several months that might well be changed to, "What if they held a peace march and everybody came?"
That's exactly what WorldWithoutWars and other sponsors of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence are hoping will happen when this worldwide event kicks off on October 2, 2009 (Gandhi's birthday) inWellington, New Zealand.
The March will take 90 days, ending in Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina on January 2, 2010. It will pass through 6 continents, 90 countries and travel 99,419 miles through every climate imaginable, from temperate to desert to polar to tropical. In 90 days the March will twice pass through all four seasons of the year.
The March aims to achieve the eradication of nuclear weapons, the progressive and proportional reduction of non-nuclear arms, the signing of non-aggression treaties among nations and the renunciation by governments of war as a way to resolve conflicts.
It is expected that about 1 million people will participate directly in the March with virtual participation by ten times that amount. According to the sponsors, because theMarch is "open to any person, organization, collective, group, political party, business, etc., that shares the same aspirations and sensibility, this project is not something closed. Instead, it is a journey that will be progressively enriched as different initiatives set their contributions in motion." An invitation is extended to all to participate freely, "so that wherever the March goes, the local people can contribute their creativity in a great convergence of multiple activities."
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That's exactly what WorldWithoutWars and other sponsors of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence are hoping will happen when this worldwide event kicks off on October 2, 2009 (Gandhi's birthday) inWellington, New Zealand.
The March will take 90 days, ending in Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina on January 2, 2010. It will pass through 6 continents, 90 countries and travel 99,419 miles through every climate imaginable, from temperate to desert to polar to tropical. In 90 days the March will twice pass through all four seasons of the year.
The March aims to achieve the eradication of nuclear weapons, the progressive and proportional reduction of non-nuclear arms, the signing of non-aggression treaties among nations and the renunciation by governments of war as a way to resolve conflicts.
It is expected that about 1 million people will participate directly in the March with virtual participation by ten times that amount. According to the sponsors, because theMarch is "open to any person, organization, collective, group, political party, business, etc., that shares the same aspirations and sensibility, this project is not something closed. Instead, it is a journey that will be progressively enriched as different initiatives set their contributions in motion." An invitation is extended to all to participate freely, "so that wherever the March goes, the local people can contribute their creativity in a great convergence of multiple activities."
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Young Swede Saves Fins
Marcus Marcus and his Save the Sharks Campaign
Marcus Marcus
Six year old Marcus Marcus, from Stockholm in Sweden, was so outraged when he heard about sharks having their fins cut off to make soup, that he decided to take action and start his very own Save the Shark Campaign. "You must do something," Marcus explained. "That ́s what it ́s all about. You must do something."
"My goal was to show my son that one person, even small people, can make a difference," his father, Fredik Marcus told us. A web designer, Fredrik helped set up Marcus's informative and easy-to-use campaign website, which is gaining more international recognition every day. Soon to be translated into a fourth language, the site contains a page where people can add their name to an already 20,000-strong list of protesters from 58 different countries. His recently launched facebook group has also gathered over 1,000 members. "When my mum was little there were twice as many sharks as there are today," said Marcus. "Of the biggest sharks - like the hammerhead shark, the tiger shark and the blue shark - 95 per cent have disappeared - and soon the hammerhead will be put on the list of endangered species too."
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"My goal was to show my son that one person, even small people, can make a difference," his father, Fredik Marcus told us. A web designer, Fredrik helped set up Marcus's informative and easy-to-use campaign website, which is gaining more international recognition every day. Soon to be translated into a fourth language, the site contains a page where people can add their name to an already 20,000-strong list of protesters from 58 different countries. His recently launched facebook group has also gathered over 1,000 members. "When my mum was little there were twice as many sharks as there are today," said Marcus. "Of the biggest sharks - like the hammerhead shark, the tiger shark and the blue shark - 95 per cent have disappeared - and soon the hammerhead will be put on the list of endangered species too."
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