NurtureGirl

Gore made me cry December 11, 2007

I watched this today:

And I cried. Shook even more deeply than before. Long have I felt like we have about 5 years to make serious changes or our world will become ever more unstable and within my lifetime unlivable. And yet, I still find myself planning out my life as if we will change. As if our world will remain much the way that it is. It will not stay the same. Either we will choose to change or our lack of action will make changes that we can’t live with–and global migration as well as economic and political crisis will be devastating. But today, listening to Gore, it sank in deeper than before. We have been told we have terminal cancer. Or we, as a planet, have AIDS. I am not sure what the analogy is, but basically we are being told by scientists that death is forthcoming. Yes, there are those who push back the fate of death…and so might we as a whole, but it will take tremendous effort and innovation.

My use of a reusable bag to take home my groceries isn’t going to make THE difference. My committment to not eat meat (especially from cows) isn’t going to cut global CO2 emissions significantly. My efforts and those of my friends are simply not going to add up to ENOUGH. I don’t really know what enough might be. But I do know we need to act fast, decisively, and thoroughly to deal with THIS ISSUE or our other issues will be obsolete. Poverty? Genocide? Internet Freedom? Women’s Rights? Abolishing Slavery? I care about these issues, but if we don’t have a planet to live on, they will not be issues to deal with.

The largest movement in human history (thanks Paul Hawken) must awaken to its power–> and broadly and vigorously push for the greater good of all–our survival on this planet (we have so abused).

Tonight I am going to stop what I am doing, ignore the daily pressure, and focus on figuring out what I need to know to make my effort have impact. I promise to share what I learn. What do you plan to do?