Cancun talks start with a call to the gods
2nd December 2010
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, invoked the ancient jaguar goddess Ixchel in her opening statement to delegates gathered in Cancun, Mexico, noting that Ixchel was not only goddess of the moon, but also “the goddess of reason, creativity and weaving. May she inspire you — because today, you are gathered in Cancun to weave together the elements of a solid response to climate change, using both reason and creativity as your tools.”
Which just underscores the notion that environmentalism is just a form of neo-paganism. Imagine the uproar if a U.N. official had said a Christian or Jewish (or Hindu or Buddhist) prayer? (Not that a U.N. official would do such a thing, of course).