On the eve of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in autumn 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recommended five specific areas as focal points of discussion for the global forum: Water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity. In his address, "Towards a Sustainable Future," delivered just four months before the WSSD, Secretary General Annan contended that concrete progress in each of these areas, often referred to by their acronym WEHAB, would be key to improving the quality of life not only in the developing world but across the globe. For most people, I think it is fair to say that the inclusion of biodiversity in a list that focuses on basic human needs may not be self-evident. Water, energy, health and agriculture, yes. But why biodiversity? The truth is that biodiversity is just as critical to global well-being as water, energy, agriculture and health. This is because biodiversity both drives and shapes nature's intricate and dynamic structure in an enduring form and force that enables both current and future generations to enjoy its bounty.

On the eve of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in autumn 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recommended five specific areas as focal points of discussion for the global forum: Water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity. In his address, "Towards a Sustainable Future," delivered just four months before the WSSD, Secretary General Annan contended that concrete progress in each of these areas, often referred to by their acronym WEHAB, would be key to improving the quality of life not only in the developing world but across the globe. For most people, I think it is fair to say that the inclusion of biodiversity in a list that focuses on basic human needs may not be self-evident. Water, energy, health and agriculture, yes. But why biodiversity? The truth is that biodiversity is just as critical to global well-being as water, energy, agriculture and health. This is because biodiversity both drives and shapes nature's intricate and dynamic structure in an enduring form and force that enables both current and future generations to enjoy its bounty.

In these pages, yogic traditions meet Western psychology to create an explosion of new insights for transformation. To accelerate this emerging awareness, this stunning 49-card deck and its comprehensive guidebook offer easy access into the chakra system. With illustrations created by an expert in the Tantric tradition and a guidebook grounded in authors research, training, and working knowledge of oracles, this deck and book give you the right tools for advancing your personal quest. Understand your key qualities by engaging your vibratory energy, looking within to interpret your bodys sensations, thinking processes, emotions, and pathways of Spirit, including your inner and outer awareness. Discover detailed, helpful spreads; find out how to awaken your third eye; and start reading right away with a keyword reference guide. This unique chakra deck will help you dive into the ancient well of Tantric wisdom and is appropriate for all levels of card readers, including Tarot readers, yogic practitioners, counselors, healers, and those who want to see inwardly.

This hard-hitting response to false statements about our nations values and ideals by rigid radical right-wing extremists unmasks their deceptions by using the actual words of the founding fathers-both brief quotations and longer passages. It pays tribute to the America you always knew was hidden behind smokescreens of rigid partisan ideological rhetoric and tells how to get it back. The spirits of Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, Samuel Adams and others walk through these pages, telling you what they themselves thought said and meant. Throughout, the author asks you to think for yourself rather than accept his views or those of any party or partisan. This engaging work bares the origins of the widening gap between rich and poor, tells how religious imperialists are imposing their views on everyone, and lets the founding fathers speak directly to freedom, equality, justice, and other central values. It examines the Warfare State's never-ending aggression and beggaring of our nation's treasury, and the twisted view of liberty that places freedom for corporations above freedom for people. It reviews women's and African-American's past and present struggles for freedom. Remarks by historic and contemporary humorists lend a lighter touch. The book's three parts are: Democracy in Crisis; Dimensions of Our Concerns; and Heal Yourself, Heal the Nation, Heal The World. Each chapter is arranged around a foundation stone of democracy that is under siege today. Each starts with an orienting paragraph, moves into the quotations that are its central feature, then provides the author's comments and solutions. It challenges you to help rescue the America that most of us know and loved from the quicksands of right-wing ideology that now threaten it.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Dictionnaire Alphabetico-methodique Des Ceremonies Et Des Rites Sacres Contenant Textuellement: Avec Une Traduction Francaise Litterale, Sommaire Ou Amplifiee ... Le Tout D'apres La Liturgie Romaine ...; Volumes 15-17 Of Encyclopedie Theologique Ou Serie De Dictionnaires Sur Toutes Les Parties De La Science Religieuse / Publiee Par L'Abbe Migne; Volume 2 Of Dictionnaire Alphabetico-methodique Des Ceremonies Et Des Rites Sacres Contenant Textuellement: Avec Une Traduction Francaise Litterale, Sommaire Ou Amplifiee ... Le Tout D'apres La Liturgie Romaine; Jacques-Paul Migne ((Paris)) Victor-Daniel Boissonnet Jacques-Paul Migne ((Paris)) Chez L'editeur, 1846

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Dictionnaire Alphabetico-methodique Des Ceremonies Et Des Rites Sacres Contenant Textuellement: Avec Une Traduction Francaise Litterale, Sommaire Ou Amplifiee ... Le Tout D'apres La Liturgie Romaine ...; Volumes 15-17 Of Encyclopedie Theologique Ou Serie De Dictionnaires Sur Toutes Les Parties De La Science Religieuse / Publiee Par L'Abbe Migne; Volume 3 Of Dictionnaire Alphabetico-methodique Des Ceremonies Et Des Rites Sacres Contenant Textuellement: Avec Une Traduction Francaise Litterale, Sommaire Ou Amplifiee ... Le Tout D'apres La Liturgie Romaine; Jacques-Paul Migne ((Paris)) Victor-Daniel Boissonnet Jacques-Paul Migne ((Paris)) Chez L'editeur, 1817