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達賴喇嘛澳洲地球友善之旅 執行碳平衡

2007年04月25日
摘譯自2007年4月19日ENS澳洲,雪梨報導;Nina L. 編譯;蔡麗伶審校

達賴這次世界之旅的許多談話,將以環境問題作為重點。(照片來源:The Dalai Lama)14世達賴喇嘛的世界之旅,6月將到達澳洲,屆時他的許多談話,將以環境問題作為重點。而他的部分旅程將首次執行碳平衡。這位西藏人民的宗教政治領袖,也是1989年諾貝爾和平獎的得主,在談話中特別提到:「地球就是我們的家。愛惜這個世界,愛地球,就像愛我們的家一般。我們必須依附著地球、環境,方得生存」。

「澳洲保育基金會」及「綠色澳洲」等本土植物管理專家,將參與此次達賴喇嘛在雪梨地區的相關行程。

綠色澳洲將把這次在雪梨區域旅程產生的碳排放整理出一個「碳帳單」,提供規劃人員此次旅程一個達到碳平衡的排放數據。達賴喇嘛及其隨從的每次航程也會一併計算在內。他們將種樹,以中和溫室氣體排放量,使這次旅程成為達賴喇嘛首次的「碳平衡之旅」。

達賴喇嘛一直以來認為,環境議題是目前人類面臨的關鍵議題。他說:「地球蒙難,需要我們以地球生靈為己任的愛心投入,我們認為自己可以控制自然,這完全是錯誤的認知。」

澳洲保育基金會(ACF)與達賴喇嘛共同合作,將在6月6日於柏斯的刺果木大廳(Burswood Dome)舉行一場免費的「永續及性靈論壇」。達賴本人及ACF主席羅伊(Ian Lowe)教授,以及團體及企業的負責人將與會,針對全球氣候變遷現象,人們應在道德上採取的必要行動進行討論。

Kindness to the Earth Focus of Dalai Lama's Australia Tour
SYDNEY, Australia, April 19, 2007 (ENS)

When His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, travels Australia in June as part of his ongoing world tour, many of his talks will have an environmental focus, and for the first time, a portion of the tour will be carbon neutral. The spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people and 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner says, "This planet is our own home. Taking care of our world, our planet, is just like taking care of our own home. Our very lives depend upon this Earth, our environment."

Both the Australian Conservation Foundation and Greening Australia, specialists in native vegetation management, will be involved in the tour events scheduled to take place in the Domain, Sydney.

Greening Australia will be conducting a carbon audit for the Domain segment of the tour, providing the organizers with a neutral carbon output result for the events. Included in the calculations will be the details for the Dalai Lama's flights, as well as those of his entourage.

Trees will be planted to neutralize the greenhouse gas emissions, making this the first carbon neutral tour ever undertaken by the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama has long considered environmental issues to be among the key challenges currently facing humanity. "There is suffering on this planet and there is a need to strengthen our love for our planet and our service to the living Earth," says His Holiness. "We think we can control nature, which is a false perception."

Organized by the Australian Conservation Foundation, ACF, in collaboration with the Dalai Lama, a free Sustainability and Spirituality Forum will take place from on the morning of June 6 at the Burswood Dome in Perth. His Holiness and ACF president Professor Ian Lowe, joined by other community and business leaders, will discuss the moral imperative to act on climate change.

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作者

蔡麗伶(LiLing Barricman)

In my healing journey and learning to attain the breath awareness, I become aware of the reality that all the creatures of the world are breathing the same breath. Take action, here and now. From my physical being to the every corner of this out of balance's planet.