We, the undersigned, being the founding officers of Global Ark Projects & The Tree Ark Project, demand our democratic right to host THE debate.

We are totally inclusive and without prejudice, the debate is open to all concerned, regardless of:

Geography, race, colour, age, ability, religion, faith or other philosophy, gender or sexuality, geography or ethnicity, class, politics or other.

The scientists' evidence is now unequivocal:
Right now, 10% of all species are facing extinction due to climate change & lack of natural habitat.
Right now, millions of people are suffering and dying as the direct result of climate change.
By the turn of this century – in ninety years – our own children's lifetimes, the global temperatures will rise to a level unseen on this planet for 2,000,000 years.
33% of all species of life on this planet will be gone from the face of the Earth by C2100.
The loss of polar ice caps will change the Earth's weight distribution between land to water, which will result in an increase in earthquakes and volcanoes.
Solar winters will occur due to the levels of volcanic plume.
Huge areas of land will be engulfed by the sea.
A new ice age will dawn.

This will all happen in our children's lifetimes.

It is no longer a question of “IF”, it is now a question of “WHEN”.  Our only option is to slow the process to give our children the opportunity of A tomorrow – and to educate them to give them the means to survive within the arid, scorched landscape they will be left with.  

As a non-profit distributing organisation that prides itself in its ethical, transparent & fair-traded operations, we recognise that there are several organisations with similar visions to our own, but what we are asking is that we all join our energies through the network we have opened as the hub which is www.GlobalArkProjects.com.  (Many whispers make a shout.)

In order for the debate to begin and for all our voices to be heard we need you to complete our on-line survey form.  This is NOT a data-capture exercise, your details will NOT be shared.  

The focus of the survey is to assess the total number of people that recognise the effects of climate change, and to determine how, as an organisation with its supporting membership, we can move this project forward for everyone and to save the complex chains of species totally dependant upon this beautiful planet - to whatever extent it may be possible to achieve this aim now.

Date 1st June 2009        
Signed:
Linda Beamish, Founder & Chair; Global Ark Projects, The Tree Ark Project, The Ark Communities Project, The Ark Portal of Innovations, The Ark Water Project, The Ark Elements Project & Information 4 Tomorrow.
Michelle Harrison; Company Secretary & P.A., Global Ark Projects & The Tree Ark Project.
Laura Boughen, Educational Liaison Leader;  Global Ark Projects & The Tree Ark Project.
Cat Williams, Company Treasurer;  Global Ark Projects & The Tree Ark Project.
Debbie Grint, Youth Team Co-Ordinator;  Global Ark Projects & The Tree Ark Project.
Graham Grint, Visitor (alternative) Transport Co-Ordinator; The Tree Ark Project.
Ron Peach, Sustainable Construction Co-Ordinator; The Tree Ark Project.
Fiona Peach, Woodland & Community Garden Co-Ordinator; The Tree Ark Project.
Han, Project Assistant & Administrator; The Tree Ark Project.
DW, Project Assistant & Administrator; The Tree Ark Project.
Caroline Russell, Website Administrative Co-Ordinator; Global Ark Projects.
LMac, Networking Co-Ordinator; Global Ark Projects.
Felicity Fickling, Campaign Assistant; Global Ark Projects.
Stuart Walduck, Website Administrator; Global Ark Projects.
FV, (Canada)Youth Team Leader & Sustainable Community Networking Co-Ordinator; Global Ark Projects.