his offering will begin with a consideration of
the Eden project and progress to an explanation of its theoretical grounding.
Included
will be a look at this project's promise as well as the methodology by which it will
achieve its stated goals. With significant international
support
now in place, it is time to secure the financial
commitment required to make this project a reality. To that end, I am appealing
to all sectors of the global community.
Don't be deceived by the naive claims of overt militancy. Force of arms will never be able to
control the willingness of the
hopeless to sacrifice themselves for what they believe is essential to the
maintenance of their identity. Only education holds that promise through its ability to
encourage rational thought and the change which necessarily attends it.
Whether this education can find application before
some weapon of mass destruction pushes civilization into chaos is the only
real question here. Given the current state of
the world, this could obviously happen at any time.
That leaves only a small window of opportunity
for us to make the needed difference. Yes, we can continue to
slap band-aids on growing problems with varying success, but only a globally acceptable peace
initiative stands any chance of positively affecting the greater
outcome that we now have real cause to fear. Thankfully, providence
and exceptional need have once more converged to provide a solution to
what was previously an irresolvable dilemma. It comes in the form of the Eden
project; the world's first and only global peace initiative
with a real potential for true multicultural applicability.
Yet, in spite of the tremendous amount of work that has
gone into qualifying and otherwise advancing this project's cause, we may still suffer the consequences
of human madness if those of you who can make the needed difference don't come forward and do so.