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Summary:
The text of the document is in draft form (appearing below) and follows the same format used for the Earth Day Proclamation (also below).
Sign the World Run Day proclamation on the Internet starting October 15, 2007 Original copy of Earth Day Proclamation (courtesty wowzone.com)
World Run Day Proclamation: Whereas: A new society has evolved through the eyes of our research scientists and the pens of our statisticians. We now see many of our beautiful people becoming increasingly unhealthy and generally unfit by our self-imposed standards. Whereas: Modern mankind is facing a grave crisis which only the people of the world can resolve, and the human body, as borne healthy from our own flesh, oftentimes becomes the statistic of an increasingly obese society, can only be saved through a global effort, involving all of us to help educate the benefits of exercise – in it’s most pure, unadulterated, and most available activity to all: running. Whereas: In our shortsightedness we have failed to make widespread education for the poor, as well as the rich, for their families and for their children to extend their lifespan and to fulfill their life potential here on Earth, and our new understanding of healthiness requires that the newly borne be given a just stake in life’s sustenance, and general well-being. Whereas: Through voluntary action, individuals can join with one another in running on one unique day each year, embodied by a network of cities promoting the sport of running and building the education of fitness thru running, and promote support thereof by private and government agencies, and making available the resources of parks, trails, roadways, school grounds, and health facilities to support this cause. Whereas: Individuals and groups may follow different methods and programmes in the nurturing of running, and their education efforts may be separate, nevertheless by constant friendly communication with other groups and by the momentum carried by this day onward, they will tend more and more to be aligned with each other for future anniversaries. Whereas: An international WORLD RUN DAY each year can provide a special time to draw people together in appreciation of their mutual fitness, it can also support local charities through fundraising efforts for needed causes that shall be communicated from the heart and soul of each city. Whereas: As charities and their volunteers so steadily have raised funds throughout the year to support needed initiatives in each city, runners will voluntarily provide donations to local causes for the betterment of their communities and humankind as a whole. Whereas: Be it know and understood that this day, designed as both an international day of running and an international day of charity, is to be a day of fit awareness and a day of celebration – for all those who partake in, for all those who educate, and for all those who’s passion is to help guide and facilitate the sport of running. Be it Therefore Resolved: That each signer of this People Proclamation will seek to help change Man's terrible course toward ill health by searching for activities and projects which in the best judgment of the individual signer will promote running on this day – The second Sunday in the month of every November.
The Text of the Earth Day Proclamation is as follows: Whereas: A new world view is emerging; through the eyes of our Astronauts and Cosmonauts we now see our beautiful blue planet as a home for all people, and Whereas: Planet Earth is facing a grave crisis which only the people of Earth Can resolve, and the delicate balances of nature, essential for our survival, can only be saved through a global effort, involving all of us, and Whereas: In our shortsightedness we have failed to make provisions for the poor, as well as the rich, to inherit the Earth, and our new enlightenment requires that the disinherited be given a just stake in the Earth and its future -- their enthusiastic cooperation is essential if we are to succeed in the great task of Earth renewal, and Whereas: World equality in economics as well as politics would remove a basic cause of war, and neither Socialism, Communism nor Capitalism in their present forms have realized the potentials of Man for a just society, nor educated Man in the ways of peace and creative love, and Whereas: Through voluntary action individuals can join with one another in building the Earth in harmony with nature, and promote support thereof by private and government agencies, and Whereas: Individuals and groups may follow different methods and programmes in Earthkeeping and Earthbuilding, nevertheless by constant friendly communication with other groups and daily meditation on the meaning of peace and goodwill they will tend more and more to be creative, sensitive, experimental, and flexible in resolving differences with others, and Whereas: An international EARTH DAY each year can provide a special time to draw people together in appreciation of their mutual home, Planet Earth, and bring a global feeling of community through realization of our deepening desire for life, freedom and love, and our mutual dependence on each other, Be it Therefore Resolved: That each signer of this People Proclamation will seek to help change Man's terrible course toward catastrophe by searching for activities and projects which in the best judgement of the individual signer will: peacefully end the scourge of war provide an opportunity for the children of the disinherited poor to obtain their rightful inheritance in the Earth redirect the energies of industry and society from progress through products...to progress through harmony with Earth's natural systems for improving the quality of life That each signer will (his own conscience being his judge) measure his commitment by how much time and money he gives to these purposes, and realizing the great urgency of the task, he will give freely of his time and money to activities and programmes he believes will best further these Earth renewal purposes. (At least 9 percent of the world's present income is going to activities that support war and spread pollution. Ten percent can tip the balance for healthy peaceful progress.) Furthermore, each signer will support and observe EARTH DAY on March 21st....(Vernal Equinox -- when night and day are equal throughout the Earth) with reflection and actions that encourage a new respect for Earth with its great potentials for fulfilling Man's highest dreams; and on this day will join at 1900* Universal Time in a global EARTH HOUR -- a silent hour for peace..... * Time changed to moment of the Equinox in 1973
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