Hello, this is Jane Goodall. I'm a UN messenger of peace and it honestly isn't easy to think what message I should share this year. Because right now the world is so very far from being peaceful, yet so many millions of people around the world hate war and dream of living in peace.
Mothers protest when theirhusbands or sons are forced to fight, and weep when they return wounded or in body bags. And the young men who survive often deeply traumatized by the horror of war.
And there seems to be war or armed conflict all over the place. The Russia-Ukraine war, The continuing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The wars and armed conflicts in many African countries. The acts of terrorism by religious extremist groups, the oppression of indigenous people and minority groups. The school shootings, the increasing violence on the streets. And, of course, racism and discrimination.
And then there's our continuingattacks on the natural world. The deforestation, pollution, mining and industrial agriculture, with its use of often poisonous chemical pesticides, herbicides and artificial fertilizers. The very soil is being killed and there's a terrible effect on biodiversity.
We are in the midst of the sixth great extinction of plant and animal species, this one caused by human acts of violence against nature and this is made worse by human induced climate change.
我们正处在第六次生物大灭绝的时代,这次是由于人类肆意破坏自然,这还带来了气候变化在内的众多问题。
We're treating billions of sentientanimals with great cruelty as pets in entertainment, in medical research laboratories and then ourso-called factory farms. Just imagine what the world would be like if everyone paid heed to the golden rule, common to every single major religion - Do to others as you would like them to do to you - and those others should include animals and Mother Nature.
This year, the UN set the theme Actions for Peace. A call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster peace. This call to action helps us to work on manageable projects that will collectively make a difference.
And this, of course, is themission of JGI's humanitarian and environmental program, Roots & Shoots, which is now active in almost 70 countries around the world.
Members for Peace will be flyinggiant peace doves made of recycled bed sheets and chicken wire or papier-mâché. They'll be flying them in many countries around the globe while the song by Dana Lyons, Circle the World.
They'll also be choosing projectsto promote peace with the natural world - projects such as clearing trash from rivers, lakes and oceans, planting trees or raising money for conservation organizations.
他们还发起一个项目促进人与自然和谐,比如清理河道,净滩,植树或为保护组织筹款。
Some groups are working withthose seeking to end the illegal wildlife trade. Some are volunteering in shelters for abandoned dogs and cats, or sanctuaries for rescued farm animals, or animals rescued from the illegal wildlife trade.
Some are walking dogs forsick or elderly, tending their organic gardens, gathering together in their neighborhood to share projects and stories with food and drink and costumes from different cultures - having fun.
And in this way, they'relearning that more important than the color of skin, language, culture, and religion is the fact that we're all human. We all feel mental and physical pain. We all weep and laugh and love. We can, each and everyone of us, do our best to show kindness to and respect for the people, animals and nature around us.
We can try to reconciledifferences within our families or with friends or work colleagues. We can reach out a hand in friendship to a newly arrived refugee. We can make ethical choices in what we buy, what we eat, what we wear - which means we can refuse to buy products that have harmed the environment, being cruel to animals, are cheap because of unfair wages.
We can support the manywonderful organizations working to free the world from nuclear weapons, find ways to help the leaders of warring factions to try and find peaceful solutions to their differences. I'm trying to bring together young people from Israel and Palestine to work together on projects to make the world a better place for people, animals and the environment.
I was just in Tanzania, andeverywhere Roots & Shoots members, Muslim and Christian alike, are working together on projects of their choice. I want to end this by describing a Roots & Shoots project that seems somehow symbolical. It's about the first group of Roots & Shoots that was formed in DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They decided for theirproject they wanted to put the forest back on what was once a sacred hill. It was actually not really possible, but their mentor, not wanting to discourage them, found some saplings that a friend of his donated.
But he also had to go to the head of the group that was there, because this is in the area of conflict in Eastern DRC where all the minerals are. So there's always warring factors, factions there.
但他还是要带领他的小组去那儿,可在刚果东部正因矿产而爆发冲突。那里交战不断,派系林立。
The head guy said; "Well, it's a silly project, but I suppose there's no harm in it, but I'm afraid I'll have to send soldiers."
领头的说:“这真是个愚蠢的项目,但是我支持,因为它不会带来伤害,但我需要派士兵去。”
Well, imagine here's this little groupof about 15 young people, aged about, I don't know, 10 to 12, each carrying their little sapling and something to dig with. And it's very hot and it's much further than they thought. And when they get there, the ground is very hard.
With them are four big Congolesesoldiers with AK-47s slung across their shoulders. And they stand there and watch the children. And after a little while the youngest, a little girl, starts to cry because the ground is so hard and she can't dig the hole for her tree.
And after watching this forabout 10 minutes, maybe less, one of the soldiers lays his gun against a tree and goes to help her. And within the next 10 minutes, all the soldiers have laid aside their guns and are working with the children to help restore nature. That's how the world should be.
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