AN OPEN LETTER TO WORLD LEADERS
From 83 year old John McConnell – The Man Who Started
Earth Day
The approaching celebration of Earth Day at the United Nations on
March 20, the first day of Spring, provides a great
opportunity.
When the United Nations Peace Bell rings at the moment Spring
begins, people world wide are invited to join together in
heartfelt silent prayer and dedication to the nurture of our
planet and the welfare of its people. Actions good or bad
begin in the mind.
Here is a chance to win enthusiastic support by people of
goodwill – who are in the majority, for what they believe
will best help people and planet. In assuming such
responsibility, they will be acting, each in their own way, as
trustees of Earth.
To succeed, this task must be a first priority. To provide
headlines, follow-up and reports of progress, we need His
Holiness, Pope John Paul II and other concerned world leaders to
request all TV, radio and web sites to provide live coverage of
the United Nations Earth Day Ceremony – when the Peace Bell
is rung at the moment Spring begins:
Saturday, March 20, 1999 at 8:46 p.m. EST. (0146 GMT March 21)
This can be a Great Day for Planet Earth and begin Earth’s
rejuvenation. Every institution (government, business, schools,
religions, etc.) will be urged to plan, act and report to media
how they are helping. The first responsibility of mass
media will be to seek solutions that are working best and feature
them so they can help others. Here is a chance for a moral
equivalent of World War II that will excite the young with hope
for the future.
As we approach the new millennium we are confronted with the
horror of the last hundred years – with its senseless wars,
greed and deception. The basis for a true and honorable
future must be repentance for the sins of our past, forgiveness
of others who have sinned (regardless of whether less or far
more) and a sincere humility that will make us meek – a
necessity in working effectively with others. (And the
"meek shall inherit the Earth").
Please forward this message to someone you know.
John McConnell
www.earthsite.org