Paul Thompson
I plan to fast the first 3 days, the first 3 days of the COP and the last 3 days of COP in Copenhagen.
Single Dad, recently retired Minneapolis 2nd grade teacher (17 years) to work full time on Climate Action, community building and formatiopn of Green Teams in area schools, neighborhoods , businesses and faith communities. My initial awakening happened in 1971-75 teaching school in Sabah, North Borneo with the Peace Corps for 3 years and then traveling through SE and South Asia for 2 years studying yoga, meditation and discovering that as a new born World Citizen, from the richest country on Earth it was time to do something to awaken my country to the richness and beauty of our planet, especially the developing world and that community and true happiness have very little to do with GNP and consumption of resources. I feel that ...as Obama says..."this is our time"....we inspire each other to be more than we thought we could be and that by living into that possibility we create the possibility of creating something that has not been seen or experienced before....a world that works for everyone. I have fasted for 10 days and 11 days for ending hunger through " "Skiers Ending Hunger" and consider Gandhi an incredible mentor and inspiration for us all...Martin Luther King grew up with Gandhi's photo over their dining room table...my intention is to bring as much healing energy to the COP 15 as possible and like what I see and feel with this group....if you are a practicing yoga student or frisbee player please contact me directly...I will be in Copenhagen from Dec 3-21....blessings to all....this time we need to be heard and seen....when I asked Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the IPCC, what could I do in Copenhagen to help create 350 and him he simply said "visibility and youth engagement"....we can do that. Namaste.
