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Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour" is a documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.

The mission of our community is to inspire action at every level: from individual action, up through our communities, to the state, national and international level. The actions are all shifting our civilization to a sustainable future. Let's work and take action together. The time is now. The hope is you. Let's begin.

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Big Sur Bohemian Club

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Big Sur Bohemian Club

We are an earth friendly club based around a single princlple which is reflected in our motto:

"Thanks for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever."

Four years ago, we started the Club by printing our motto on one side of a business card and Big Sur Bohemian Club on the other. We passed these cards out to our friends and that's how we got started. Feel free to do the same with your friends.

We are not associated with the famous Bohemian Club located in San Francisco. We are open to everybody and not isolated through elitism.

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Our meeting place is the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, California:

http://www.henrymiller.org/library.html

Our pledge is taken from ecobuddhism:

http://www.ecobuddhism.org/

THE BIG SUR BOHEMIAN CLUB INDIVIDUAL ACTION PLEDGE

Composite picture of planetary ground lighting at night seen from space, courtesy NASA

I PLEDGE

1. To demand that my country join an international treaty within the next 2 years that cuts global warming pollution by 90% in developed countries & by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy earth

2. To take personal action to help solve the climate crisis by reducing my own carbon dioxide pollution as much as I can & offsetting the rest to become carbon neutral

3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap & store the carbon dioxide

4. To work for a dramatic increase in energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship & means of transportation

5. To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources & reduce dependence on oil and coal;

6. To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests;

7. To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crisis & building a sustainable, just, & prosperous world for the 21st century

Please check out the source: Live Earth

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If you happen to be Buddhist, you may find the sutra of Golden Light useful. Audio downloads are found here:

http://www.fpmt.org/golden_light_sutra/

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Here are a few reasons we chose "Thanks for everything...I have no complaints whatsoever" as our motto:

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won't survive the week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.

If you attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive, you are very rare, especially in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.

HOW TO JOIN THE BIG SUR BOHEMIAN CLUB

The Big Sur Bohemian Club is pretty simple to join. Just print up a few business sized cards on your computer with "Thanks for everything....I have no complaints whatsoever" on one side and "Big Sur Bohemian Club" or simply "The CLUB" on the other side. If you like, you can put this blog address on the cards as well. Keep a "Club" card in your wallet for an occasional reminder and pass a few cards out to your friends.

I was surprised by the results when I gave my accountant one of these cards two years ago. He shared the card with everybody in his accounting firm. While visiting his office last year, several of his employees came over to me and thanked me for starting "The Club".

I would be interested in hearing your results.

That's it. Welcome to the CLUB.

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