Worth watching is an 8-minute videotape of
Severn Suzuki's speech at the 1992 World Summit in Rio.
Daughter of renowned environmental scientist and author Dr. David
Suzuki, a 13-year-old Severn spoke on behalf of the Environmental
Children's Organization (ECO) and silenced the world's leaders with her
message. What have we done and what will we do to respond to her call
for responsible action?[
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Nope, the name of this post is not a misspelling. I mean warning! I
wonder…when does a ignoring a dire warning become denial? When does
someone hearing, “You are drinking too much” become an alcoholic? As
someone who has had my fair share of after work drinking and after
dinner toasts, I can tell you that you never know you are in denial
when you are in denial. If enough people suggest there may be a
problem, then the only way to know if there is a problem is to assume
they are right. If they are, then there is still time to recover. If
they aren’t, then a little abstinence never hurt anyone. At the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali last week, Canadian Prime
Minister Stephen Harper took a stance along the lines of “We will if
they will” that is tantamount to an immature parent saying “I won’t
lose my temper if you’ll stop crying.”[
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