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EARTH DAY, APRIL 22, 2015: IT'S OUR TURN TO LEAD

Watch our pre-recorded scheduled national for their leaders to recognize the catastrophic a sustainable island. Step aside and let the
address for Earth Day 2015 on local channel implications of climate change. environmentalists, private sector, including the
22 on Cable TV on April 22, 2015, which will be green hoteliers who have been around since
shown in the evening. Time for a Treaty: Over the past 20 years, there 1994 and the professionals in the public sector
have been a series of failed attempts to create an who do know what sustainable development
Speech: Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General UN effective international treaty on climate change according to the UN framework is all about,
mitigation. In 1997, the first major international take charge again.We the environmental
2015 - Earth Day’s 45th anniversary - could be agreement was passed, The Kyoto Protocol. professionals in the grassroots movement,
the most exciting year in environmental history. The US—one of the top polluters—didn’t ratify. civil society, private sector, including the
Since then, many Summits and many efforts to tourism industry and educated, trained and
The year in which economic growth and come to agreement—Rio, Copenhagen—have experienced professionals in the public sector
sustainability join hands. The year in which ended in a flop. are telling you, the Government of Aruba.
world leaders finally pass a binding climate
change treaty. The year in which citizens and Aruba- It's Our Turn to Lead: Time IT'S OUR TURN TO LEAD!
organizations divest from fossil fuels and put
their money into renewable energy solutions. for a Change Marina (Amy) Silva, Secretary & Milton
These are tough issues but we know what’s at
stake is the future of our planet and the survival In Aruba we have witnessed an attempt by the Ponson, President - Rainbow Warriors Core
of life on earth. Government of Aruba at becoming a global
leader in achieving sustainable development as Foundation
On Earth Day we need you to take a stand so a Small Island Developing State. Unfortunately
that together, we can show the world a new the two consecutive Cabinets of Prime Minister Na Sabana Basora
direction. It’s our turn to lead. So our world Mike Eman, (2009-2013) and 2013 to date have hobennan a yobe
leaders can follow by example. For many, ignored all basic tenets of what constitutes bus cu piedra
climate change seems like a remote problem, sustainable development according to the UN
but the reality is that it’s already affecting principles and have deliberately sabotaged the E chauffeur di bus a bay dialuna pa 20:30,
people, animals and places around the world. UN recommended Eight Major Groups dialog warda di Polis na San Nicolas y a bisa cu e
A change needs to be made. On April 22 we model for national stakeholder participation in tabata core den e bus 24 y a bisa cu mas o
are harnessing the power of Earth Day to show decision-making for sustainable development. menos 14:40, e tabata coriendo direccion
our communities and our leadership that we pazuid door di Sabana Basora noord. Na
want action on climate. It’s our turn to lead. The result is an almost irreversibly bankrupt haltura di Basketball Court, un grupo di hoben
island nation, with NO legal framework in a manda piedra riba e bus. El’a bisa cu el’a
In 2015, let's redefine what progress looks like. place for zoning and NO legal framework mira un grupo di mas o menos 5 mucha. El’a
It’s Our Turn to Lead for environmental management and where para e bus pa un pasahero drenta den e bus. E
destruction of natural habitats and landscapes ora un mucha homber bisti cu un short berde
Sustainable Development: One billion people is very common, and oil spills, pollution and y su cara tapa cu un T-shirt preto a manda
still live on less than $1.25 per day. One of the waste destroy the environment. un piedra den direccion di e bus cu a alcanza
biggest controversies over a treaty has been e bentana, pero no a kibr’e. E chauffeur a
the issue that developing countries don’t want Tourism development is wholly unsustainable bisa cu no ta prome biaha cu muchanan ta
to give up economic growth no matter the with 12 new resort projects underway of which benta piedra riba e bus. Central lo pone polis
environmental cost, since the US and other Bahia Principe Don Pablo Collection Resort will na haltura pa tene extra vigilancia den e
developed countries got to pollute their way to be the beginning of the end of the internationally vecindario.
the top. recognized Important Bird Area of the San
Nicolas Bay (See: http://www.birdlife.org/
Grassroots - Making a Difference: Over 400,000 datazone/country/aruba)) and the Zoetry Isla
people came together this past September di Oro will destroy the island's largest stretch
in NYC for the biggest climate march of all of undisturbed mangroves along the southern
time. Their call for action from the city streets coast of Aruba.
reverberated around the world. They rallied
It is time to stand up and tell the Government of
Aruba, you have failed in your attempt to create
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