A 13 YEAR OLD APPEALS "SAVE THE PLANET"

Hi PDJ MOO ~ Sometimes when in protective mode, we feel a sledgehammer is an appropriate tool of choice when sending important messages regarding respect for all of creation. I have been there. Becoming involved is so important that we need as many people on board as possible, therefore, it is crucial to send concise messages that will be heard with the hope they will yield positive results. Severin Suzuki ( from the video) is still fighting for the future of our planet and as an environmental activist, she has a broad audience.


" I speak to very wide range [of people], from adults to elementary school kids. I was speaking to the Nike Corporation a couple months ago and I really didn't know what to do at first--whether to address them as a corporation, or as individuals--but I decided to speak to them as individuals and asked them to think about what was important to them, and shared what was important to me. I think we share a lot of common human values, and they are connected to how we treat our environment and our communities. "

"When I was young I formed ECO, the Environmental Children's Organization, because of an experience I had in the Amazon where I witnessed this incredible world and saw that it was being burned. I thought, "Someone has to do something about this!" So eventually we went to the World Summit in Rio. We went there to remind the delegates why they were there and ask them to do the right thing.

We got back, and ten years passed, and what do we really see from that summit? Well, I don't know that we've seen too much.

Over the last few years, after Rio, I was invited to many, many different conferences. Over time I've realized: this is not where we're going to see change. We've seen positive activism happening in the last ten years at the grassroots level, in small communities. It's about the individuals that make up the statistics about consumption and pollution, as well as the people who feel the negative impact, who are actually going to be the change. "

Greenwalas, we need to BE the change :)

PDJ MOO, Thank you. I have lived most of my life trying to 'rescue people' and 'fix things' for everyone, not necessarily because they have asked for my assistance, or even expressed the desire to experience change in their lives. I believed my intentions were always from a good place, however, me deciding my loved ones, friends and causes needed support and/or deserved more in their existence on this planet was based on my own wants, needs and desires for them. I felt they needed more. I felt the causes I believed in were worth supporting. I was passionate. I did not want anyone or anything to suffer. I campaigned on their behalf and tried to recruit supporters because I believed there is strength in numbers. People followed me due to obligatory feelings, but deep down inside, did they genuinely support my causes? Not really. Then when people grew tired of showing their support, I became frustrated because I wanted to shake people by the shoulders and wake them up. How could they ignore the obvious? How could they bury their heads in the sand? How could they allow this to continue? How could they..... How could they.....? I judged them and tried to convince them that they were making terrible mistakes, but alas....I was the one who was making the mistakes.

It can be devastating to watch people suffer, or even crash and burn. Witnessing this world deteriorate before our very eyes, due to our self-centeredness, actions and lack of action, greed and overall gross neglect, is horrific.....and very real. When something touches us so deeply that it consumes us and becomes our purpose, we want to share it with the world, so that others can help us to convey our messages. There is one problem with that, as long as this society revolves around ME, ME, ME....we as a whole will have difficulty becoming the change that this world needs.

We need to ask questions that cause people to self reflect. Introspection is the key to understanding. What is important to us? Are we as individuals doing things that reflect our stated beliefs? Do we even believe change possible? Are we doing the best job we possibly can to support the things we believe in? When we lecture others and judge them, they shut down. They tune us out. People need to feel that they are given choices, not ultimatums. A very wise and wonderful man in my life opened my eyes several months ago when I expressed my frustration about so many things in this world. He listened and thought for a moment. He responded by saying this "All you can really do Jen is to be the best possible person you can be. By being the best possible person you can be, you may inspire others to become the best possible people they can be." From that point on, I decided to live as LOVE. No contingencies. Just pure, unadulterated LOVE.