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SAVE OUR PLANET… Drought raises concerns in both Europe and Cuba. With some of the
warmest temperatures and driest spring conditions in decades, concerns of European farmers are
being raised as wheat, corn and other crops are threatened. In France, the nation's Nuclear
Safety Authority is studying plans to ensure that nuclear power plants depending upon the
Loire and Rhône Rivers have adequate water to cool the plants' reactors.
Meanwhile, transport companies using the Rhine and the River Danube in both Austria and Germany
have reduced ship cargo weights due to waters having dropped to their lowest levels in 100
years. Meanwhile across the ocean in Cuba, a drought that is the worst in 50 years has
left over 100,000 people in the city of Havana reliant on water being delivered by trucks,
with access to running water allowed only for a few hours each day. The eastern province
of Las Tunas has also been severely affected, with over 220 communities requiring outside
water sources as firefighters also cope with dozens of blazes that have ignited because
of the drought.
We pray for easing of the dry conditions and the blessing of gentle rain across both Cuba
and Europe. May such conditions be eased as we all join in caring more conscientiously
for our shared Earthly abode.
Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai
and Supreme Master Television staff Los Angeles, California, USA – January 1,
2011
Supreme Master Ching Hai: As you know already from scientific news report, we have tens
of thousands of people hungry due to the Amazon drought. Also, such a severe, they call “mega-drought,”
usually occurs only once in many decades or century. Now, the latest one is only several
years ago, five years ago, scientists say that droughts related to global warming are
very different from normal droughts. They are more permanent, more severe, and irreversible.
Trees die, not only the oldest ones, but of all ages, even the young ones, and all sizes.
Regions most vulnerable are the US Southwest, southeast Asia, eastern South America, Western
Australia, southern Europe, southern Africa, and northern Africa.
And if we continue to live our lives the way most people do right now, it will get worse
and worse. Karma (retribution) changes so fast because we create new patterns of karma
(retribution) all the time and that, in turn, affect the weather. And the weather affects
us, of course. And all this are due to the consequences of the way we live our lives.
Not benevolent enough�