Global No Car Day

SUPPORT A GLOBAL NO CAR DAY

From Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh

Only collective awakening can help us solve the difficult problems in our world like war and global warming. In an upcoming talk which I have been invited to give at UNESCO (United Nations Education Science and Cultural Organization) on October 7th, I will propose that UNESCO organize a Global No Car Day-- a day when people refrain from using their cars, except in emergencies.
It may take six months or more to prepare for such a day. UNESCO can promote this day around the world and use it as a means to educate and inspire collective awakening concerning the present environmental dangers facing all of us on planet Earth. I will suggest that UNESCO itself, from the director to ambassadors and other members, try to live in such a way that the message becomes a true message; not just a call for action, but action itself.
In our daily lives we should each try to drive a car that doesn't pollute the environment, or ride a bicycle more often, or use public transportation. Every one of us can do something to protect and care for our planet. We should live in such a way that makes a future possible.

Thich Nhat Hanh September 16, 2006 Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, CA

Please click below to sign the petition and show your support, and invite your friends to sign as well. We are trying to collect 10,000 signatures by the time Thich Nhat Hanh gives a talk at UNESCO on October 7th--that's less than two weeks away.

http://www.deerparkmonastery.org/petition/index.html

If you can, please also send a personal letter directly to the Director-General of UNESCO, the Honorable Koichiro Matsuura at:bpi@unesco.org Thank you so much for your support! Please contact us at deerparkmonastery@gmail.com if you have ideas for or would like to help us develop and promote a Global No Car Day.