Below is the Declaration of Dependence, which I hope you enjoy.  I ask that you distribute it, or
its' website address - www.declarationofdependence.us - far and wide.
Thanks.

Peace always - Cliff

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DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE

In Paonia, Colorado, the United States of America, on Earth;
this twenty-first day of June, 2006.

A DECLARATION FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL

When, in the course of human events, it becomes apparent that the activities
of humankind are causing severe and potentially catastrophic injury to the
land, air and water that compose our home - Earth - it becomes necessary to
declare  humanity's innate Dependence on the Earth, and demand that
governments take immediate action to redress such harmful acts and make
elemental changes to prevent further injury.  Such declaration requires the
causes that impel such demands be set forth.

I hold these truths to be self-evident: that all people are created equal,
that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness; that humans are
but one life-form amidst the chaotic perfection weaving the web of life that
exists on Earth; that should humanity    damage the web, life, as it is now
known, will cease to exist; that time is of the essence. – That to safeguard
these rights and ensure the continuity of Homo sapiens as a viable species,
Governments are instituted among People, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed. - That when world business practices coalesce with
the laws of governments to harm life on Earth, it is the right of people to
bring an end to such injurious practices and ineffectual laws, and enact new
laws; laws rooting their foundations in principles that will secure the
continued vigor of the web of life, and provide for the prolonged existence
and welfare of humanity.  Prudence, indeed, will dictate that laws long
established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and,
accordingly, all experience hath shown that people are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by modifying
the forms to which they are accustomed.  But when a long train of
environmental abuses, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design
to overwhelm life on Earth; it is their right, it is their duty, to alter
such design and demand new laws to protect the web of life, thus securing
sanctuary for the human race.  Such has been the patient sufferance of
people, and such is now the necessity, which compels them to demand
fundamental changes to laws not suited to safeguard the environment. - The
history of humanity's relationship with the Earth is a history of greed and
power to take from nature without recompense, all having in direct object
the establishment of monetary wealth with little, if any, regard for the
sacredness of life.


The world's current and growing population of over 6,500,000,000 people
transcends the Earth's capacity to absorb our consumptive and polluting
behaviors.  To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world:

I.      We are fouling the skies with greenhouse gases that have altered the
Earth's atmosphere, initiating global warming.  Such warming is causing
planetary climatic change that endangers all life forms.

II.     We are polluting the air, water and land in, and around, towns and
cities of the world so that the health of humans, flora and fauna is
imperiled on a global scale.

III.    We are diverting, depleting and polluting the Earth's fresh water
resources so that humans are oft unable to find potable water and, in many
locales, water borne flora and fauna struggle to survive.

IV.     We are overfishing and polluting the Earth's oceans, seas, lakes and
rivers so that survival of a growing number of aquatic species is
threatened. [Some 30% of the Ocean's fish population has been "harvested" and the trend continues - don *]

V.      We are endangering and causing the extinction of a wide variety of plant
and animal species by disrupting, polluting and destroying their habitats.

VI.     We are contaminating productive soils with fertilizers, herbicides and
pesticides; modifying natural crop species via genetic engineering; and
paving over and building upon untold acres of fertile land.  Taken together,
these practices jeopardize the Earth's agricultural bounty.

VII.    We are cutting vast tracts of natural forests resulting in denuded
hillsides that erode in rain showers and, in countless locations, no longer
sustain trees that recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen.

VIII.   We are mining immense amounts of the Earth's rich ores and minerals
causing pollution to land, air and water.

In summary, we are taking freely from the Earth, irresponsibly using her
natural resources with a wanton disregard of the future.  We now live in
fear of our own  unsustainable needs and desires, which gravely injure life
on Earth and threaten our ongoing survival.


In every stage of modern human activity causing harm to the web of life,
citizens have petitioned courts for Redress in the most humble terms.  These
incessant petitions have been met by new and ever-increasing injury to the
Earth.  Thus, the laws involved are tainted by every act that despoils the
environment and are unfit to shield the Earth from harm.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our governments.  We have
relentlessly warned them of the daily injuries inflicted upon the Earth and
the far-reaching consequences thereof.  We have reminded them of our
inherent connection to the Earth for everything we have – from air, water,
food, clothing and shelter to cell phones, palm pilots, computers,
automobiles and atom bombs.  We have drawn their attention to our birthright
on Earth, and appealed to their intrinsic bonds with nature and religion.
They too have been deaf to the voices of reason and action.  Hence, I must
acquiesce in the necessity, which demands immediate attention to humanity's
peril on Earth and hold them, as I hold myself and present-day civilization,
Enemies to our continued existence.

I, therefore, a human on Earth, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the
Universe for the rectitude of my intentions, do, in the Name, and by the
Authority of the good people of the world, solemnly publish and declare:
that humans are dependent on the Earth for our survival; that the Earth is
in imminent danger of irreparable injury to her life supporting functions;
that we have found these functions unique to the Earth in our exploration of
the near bounds of space; that now is the time to act firmly, with resolute
conviction, to save our home – the Earth.  And for support of this
Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, I
pledge my life, worldly goods and sacred honor.

Cliff Seigneur, Esq. (inspired  by President Thomas Jefferson)
Citizen of Colorado's Western Slope, United States of America
Resident of the Earth

Joined by: ___________________ Signature:: _________________
Address:  _____________________________________________

With the Earth enduring ever-increasing environmental harm each ensuing day,
it is   time to declare our dependence on the Earth.  Please joiin me and
send a signed copy of the Declaration to the: Secretary General of the
United Nations, UN Headquarters, First Avenue at 46th Street, New York, NY
10017; and the President of the United States, The White House, 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC  20500.  Please also send unsigned
copies of the Declaration and/or the following web site address to family
members, friends and acquaintances.  Together, we can save our home - the
Earth.

www.declarationofdependence.us