His Holiness blesses the Global Convention on Climate Change in
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh on May 31, 2008

His Holiness Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj graced the Global Convention on Climate Change organized by the World Environment Foundation at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh (India), on Saturday, May 31, 2008.  He launched a Global Human Chain where thousands of people took a pledge to combat the change in climate.  The participants of the Convention were joined by thousands of devotees of the Mission to form the chain.

Addressing the on-going three-day Convention Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj said that no doubt he would look at the phenomenon of Climate Change as a layman only, but he was very much concerned as a member of the human family.  He said that we must create awareness among the masses so that we all participate in the efforts to combat global warming and the change in climate.  He observed that we must act with the spirit that ‘we have no passengers on the spaceship of earth, we are all members of crew’. Hence everybody should work with the spirit of responsibility as also a sense of answerability.

Baba Ji said that whether we are executives in the corporate sector, officers, businessmen or anywhere else in the society, we must be conscious of our responsibility to the present as well as the future generations of humanity.  This is so because we are all human beings first and anything else later.  We may use the natural resources for our own comforts but bear in mind at the same time that we must hand down a better world to our children.  Let us, therefore, avoid creating pollution.  Let each one play his or her role towards this.  Let us not consider it the duty of the Government alone to control the pollution of air, water etc.

Referring to the Mission, His Holiness said that we preach the oneness of God and oneness of man.  This takes one above negativity and promotes positivity in one’s approach to life as such.  A spiritually enlightened person does not think in terms of selfishness or harm unto others.  He thinks for the welfare of all.  Naturally he will feel happy to do his best to save the environment from pollution.

Earlier, Dr. Madhav Mehra, President, World Council of Corporate Governance, welcomed Baba Ji and said that the organizers were fully convinced that Spirituality has a deep relevance to the subject of the Convention.  He said that all the participants were feeling blessed with the benign presence of His Holiness.  The Convention was being attended by specialists on ecology from across the globe.  They included the former Prime Minister of Sweden Mr. Ola Ullsten also.

His Holiness Presented the Golden Peacock Awards for Environment Management and Occupational Health & Safety.  He also joined the delegates in the cultural programme that marked the Golden Peacock Awards Night.  Baba Ji also launched Reva Car produced by Maini Group of Bangalore for world market.

Major J.D. Sharma, Member Incharge Public Relations, Sant Nirankari Mandal also addressed the plenary session of the Convention dealing with the role of Women, Children and Media-persons to combat the climate change.

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