But that transition would require a spiritual strength that humanity had so far wasted at its own peril. Global leaders planned to review the Kyoto Protocol in 2012, the same year as the thirteenth B’Aqtun of the Maya people -– a year which, according to Maya wisdom, would usher in a new era of respect for others, love, solidarity and brotherhood. The Kyoto Protocol followed the Maya tenet of balance with nature and all living beings as necessary for sustaining the well-being of the planet and current and future generations of mankind, he said. Lucas Ticum said, adding that “The Earth does not belong to human beings. “The International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Governments must recognize the sustainable development that indigenous people have been promoting for centuries”, Mr. Indigenous Peoples into Uphill Battle over Safeguarding Their Natural ResourcesĪll of humanity must work together to re-establish harmony and unity with the natural environment by implementing the Kyoto Protocol and creating a global governance system that respected and supported vegetable, mineral, animal, human and cosmic life, Nicolas Lucas Ticum, a Maya priest from Guatemala and a researcher on the Calendario Maya, told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, as it continued its eighth session. PERMANENT FORUM HEARS AS IT TAKES UP ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, LAND TENUREĭepartment of Economic, Social Affairs Chief Warns Financial Crisis to Pitch The outdoor Christmas decorations light up and the singer walks outside and sings toward the camera as the video ends.‘THE EARTH DOES NOT BELONG TO HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN BEINGS BELONG TO THE EARTH’, It starts with a dark house decorated for Christmas, and then follows with the scenes where Miller-Heidke in a peach-coloured dress singing in numerous locations in a house, including the living room with a fish tank. The music video was filmed by Mark Alston in a house on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and released on 3 August 2009 through the official Miller-Heidke page on Facebook.
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Beyond that, the song was used on the spin-off episode of the TV series I'm a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here!, as well as used on the American TV show The Big C and on the Australian TV show Dance Academy. The episode achieved the series' best ratings with 4.5 million viewers for its first broadcast. The song was also used on the show Piers Morgan's Life Stories on 31 October 2009, in a segment where Dannii Minogue as a guest discussing sister Kylie's cancer. In 2009, "The Last Day on Earth" was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2009 ARIA Awards. In total, "The Last Day on Earth" lasted in the top 50 for 25 weeks. For six weeks it peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart and also reached number 1 on the ARIA Australian Artist Singles Chart, staying there for 6 weeks in a row.
Īfter the release of the physical single, released on 24 July 2009, it shortly became a huge success for Miller-Heidke, making a dramatic leap from number 35 to number 7, becoming therefore her first ever top ten hit song. With the debut on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 35, it was announced that the song would be released as a physical single. The song, initially not intended for release as a single, was used in promo advertisements for Australian soap opera Neighbours, and in result it began selling digitally by peaking at number 2 on iTunes.