SEPT 21 UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE CELEBRATION: CLIMATE CHANGE PEACE BUILDING PROGRAM W/ AMB ZARA JANE JUAN, SAILING FOR PEACE

Join! Public Forum via web on Sept 21 GMT 10:00AM. You are needed because your opinion matters about climate change and peace building. Opinions are powerful and can help shape the world to end the culture of hate and make way for the culture of peace. As the climate is changing, peace is now a basic necessity. People have the right for peace at home, schools and workplaces. So, come! Share your thoughts. How will you work for Peace?

How to do it? Here is an Initial Step-by-Step Guide from Wellness for Peace Education on Climate Change, 2011 Philippine Contribution to UN International Day of Peace by Amb Zara Jane Juan: First, we can Educate Peace via Wellness for Peace Education - Include in your policies and programs the need for Wellness in Mind, Body, Spirit, Environment & Economics to Achieve Peace within Self and Share it to Others for Nation-Building. Second, we can Innovate Peace via Climate Change Peace Building Adaptation Businesses & Job Opportunities - Include in your Business clubs a business forum wherein the agenda is to open up new businesses that supports climate change peace building programs. This include Opening up of Investments on Renewable Energies, Discussion on Carbon Credits, Brainstorming on the Various Services to be Provided during Disaster, Climate Change Friendly Entrepreneurship, Virtual Business Offices for Global Internet Connections, etc. The business possibilities and employment opportunities are endless and we can face the changing climate with grace by preparing our family and our community peacefully to the effects that goes along with it. Third, we can Initiate Peace via Interfaith Interracial Intercultural Prayers for Peace - Set a Prayer meeting whatever is your religion or congregation on Sept 21. Pray for Peace and join the worldwide prayer for peace @ 12:00noon. For a moment of a prayer, we are all united globally as one on Sept 21 regardless of race, creed, gender, culture, or faith. We initiate Peace through Prayers and we become Peace Leaders! For any more inquiries, please e-mail ambassadorzara@gmail.com or text/call +63 926 678 7938. For instruction on how and where to join the Public Forum via web, please navigate to https://www.facebook.com/events/353928184710649/500487316721401/?notif_t=event_mall_comment Also, follow or add the Author via facebook for the updates: https://www.facebook.com/ambassadorzara For Attendees and Participants in Manila. Here is the venue in the Philippines: UNO International Main Office, 355 Ortigas Ave., Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City, 1555 Manila, Philippines. Time: 8AM-12:30PM. THIS SERVES AS YOUR FREE INVITE: FOR PUBLIC ATTENDEES, JUST COME! FOR RSVP PLEASE CALL / TEXT: MS. PIERRE HERNANDEZ +63 9189488463 or call/text UN INT'L DAY OF PEACE + 63 9266787938 Thank You! Peace & Love:-) God bless you! https://www.facebook.com/events/353928184710649/500487316721401/?notif_t=event_mall_comment

WELLNESS FOR PEACE @ SCHOOLS: Restricting access to high sugar beverages as School Policy makes Students healthy and discipline too!

The CDC’s website offers a comprehensive overview of school wellness polices at www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/wellness.htm. While there’s still much work to be done, evaluations indicate schools have been establishing environments that better support nutrition and physical activity. Examples include: Restricting access to high-sugar beverages and other less-healthful foods from vending machines, school stores, cafeterias, fundraisers and in some cases even class parties. Offering nutrition education at each grade level. Offering physical education classes that promote a physically active lifestyle or focus on personal fitness. Integrating physical activity throughout the school day, such as offering activity breaks in the classroom.

WELLNESS FOR PEACE @HOME: PREVENT FALLING, FAILING & GETTING OLD

Select your mindset. Choose to be aware and cautious rather than fearful of falling. Be proactive and mindful by modifying certain activities and environments to prevent falls, but don’t let the anxiety of falling rule your life. Check the surface. When walking in new places, check the type of surface you will need to travel on or across. Make sure to choose sidewalks and roads with minimal cracking and buckling. Also, be wary of walking in the grass as dangerous divots and bumps easily hide. Consider using a steady partner if walking in the grass. The softer the surface, the greater the challenge to balance. Tidy up. Check your home for fall hazards. Remove unnecessary clutter from the ground, place cords away from walking paths, and pick up area rugs to ensure a safe living environment. Focus on lighting. Vision plays a key role in balance. Keep your home well lit and place night lights in hallways, bedrooms, and bathrooms. When traveling to dimly lit places or events, again consider using a steady buddy for safety. Stay active. Perhaps the most important way to prevent falls, staying active is crucial to maintaining health and well-being. A consistent exercise regimen prevents the natural decrease of strength and mobility that accompanies the aging process.

WELLNESS FOR PEACE @WORKPLACES: Wellness Programs Encourages Workers and Employees to be More Healthy

Many use financial incentives to motivate workers to monitor and improve their health, sometimes through lifestyle-modification programs aimed at lowering cholesterol or blood pressure, for instance. Some programs offer a carrot, like discounts on health insurance to employees who complete health-risk assessments. Others use a stick, penalizing poor performance, or charging people more for smoking or having a high body mass index, for example. Wellness programs are popular among employers. An analysis by the RAND Corporation found that half of all organizations with 50 or more employees have them. The new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 36 percent of firms with more than 200 workers, and 18 percent of firms over all, use financial incentives tied to health objectives like weight loss and smoking cessation. Even more large firms — 51 percent of those with 200 workers or more — offer incentives for employees to complete health risk assessments, intended to identify health issues.

UPDATE: Ozone Layer is recovering because of the phase-out of certain chemicals that harm it.

Earth's protective ozone layer is beginning to recover, largely because of the phase-out since the 1980s of certain chemicals used in refrigerants and aerosol cans, a U.N. scientific panel reported Wednesday in a rare piece of good news about the health of the planet. Scientists said the development demonstrates that when the world comes together, it can counteract a brewing ecological crisis. For the first time in 35 years, scientists were able to confirm a statistically significant and sustained increase in stratospheric ozone, which shields the planet from solar radiation that causes skin cancer, crop damage and other problems. From 2000 to 2013, ozone levels climbed 4 percent in the key mid-northern latitudes at about 30 miles up, said NASA scientist Paul A. Newman. He co-chaired the every-four-years ozone assessment by 300 scientists, released at the United Nations. "It's a victory for diplomacy and for science and for the fact that we were able to work together," said chemist Mario Molina. In 1974, Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland wrote a scientific study forecasting the ozone depletion problem. They won the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work.https://ph.news.yahoo.com/scientists-ozone-layer-recovering-181611231.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY: CHILE: 115 MW wind plant has the capacity to power 200,000 homes in the region

Michelle Bachelet, the president of Chile, together with Jean-Paul Luksic, chairman of Antofagasta Minerals SA (“AMSA”) and Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy Group Inc officially opened operations at the 115 MW El Arrayán Wind facility in a grand opening ceremony at the project site, which is located 400 km north of Santiago on the coast of Chile. The El Arrayán Wind facility, which completed construction in June, will generate clean, renewable power equal to the needs of approximately 200,000 Chilean homes each year, according to the World Bank. The facility is utilizing 50 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines, which Pattern Energy is also using at other wind projects in Canada and the United States. El Arrayán Wind connects to the Sistema Interconectado Central's 220kV transmission system. The facility is located on approximately 15,320 acres of coastal land on a long-term lease with a single landowner. Pattern Energy owns 70% of the El Arrayán Wind facility, which it also operates. AMSA owns the remaining 30% minority stake. The project sells approximately 70% of its output to Minera Los Pelambres through a long-term fixed-for-floating hedge. The facility sells its remaining output into the Chilean spot market at the prevailing market price at the time of sale. In addition to its minority interest in the facility, AMSA is the controlling party of Minera Los Pelambres. "This project is important for our present and future energy needs, President Bachelet said. "El Arrayán is the biggest wind farm in Chile, and we are pleased at what we can achieve when we use the natural resources the earth has to offer. This project is another step toward meeting our energy agenda objectives." 1

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Eat less red meat to help save the planet, say academics

People should eat no more than two portions of red meat per week to help the environment and meet increasing global food demand, scientists have found. A study by Cambridge and Aberdeen universities found that population growth and the trend for Westerners eating more meet means that soon farmers will not be able to raise enough livestock. And researchers warn that attempting to produce more meat could be devastating for the environment. Increased deforestation, fertiliser use and livestock methane emissions likely to cause greenhouse gas emissions from food production to rise by almost 80 per cent by 2050, experts from the University of Cambridge and University of Aberdeen warn. The authors warn that without radical changes to diets the food industry alone would spark dangerous climate change, even if every other industry was to cut carbon emissions to zero.