so weather and the climate are making
news in more than one reach
flooding has killed at least 72 people
under siege in the grip of unmitigated
disaster the evidence is now clear
industrial civilization has caused
irreparable damage our political and
corporate leaders have consistently
ignored the overwhelming scientific
evidence not only is it the 11th hour
it's 11:59 what we saw with Katrina is
just prologue worse is yet to come
the UN estimates that by the middle of
the century there may be a hundred and
fifty million environmental refugees
there are too many of us using too many
resources too fast
the problem is that every living system
is in decline and the rate of decline is
accelerated the tragedy is the potential
extinction of humankind we face a
convergence of crises all of which our
concern for life
will our pivotal generation create a
sustainable world in time people need to
realize there are things they can do in
their everyday lives everybody making a
change to adds up to something
meaningful our project today is the
welfare of all of life as a practical
objective with existing technologies we
could literally reduce the human
footprint on planet earth by 90% we have
to imagine what it would be like to
redesign design itself these are not
technical issues nearly as much as they
are leadership issues there was a time
when Republicans and Democrats joined to
pass major environmental laws five
hundred years out people look back at
this time that this was our finest hour
what a great time to be born what a
great time to be alive
because this generation gets to
completely change this world
life a miracle in the universe appeared
around 4 billion years ago
and we humans only 200,000 years ago
yet we have succeeded in disrupting the
balance that is so essential to life
in 50 years in a single lifetime the
earth has been more radically changed
than by all previous generations of
humanity
we know that the solutions are there
today
we all have the power to change
so what are we waiting for
we've known about this for decades for
over half a century try to have a
conversation with anyone about climate
change people just - now climate change
climate change and change and the
problem seems to be getting worse and
worse and worse the truth is the more
I've learned about this issue and
everything that contributes to the
problem the more I realize how much I
don't know Oh paradise that has been
degraded and destroyed we're knowingly
doing this
I just want to know how far we've gone
and if there's anything we can do to
stop it
the US has been the biggest emitter of
greenhouse gases in history you're a
fossil addicted country we are doing
more investment in solar today than the
u.s. is half the people in office still
don't believe in climate change why do
you think there is such opposition about
the science
I think it's politics people are so
arrogant to think they can change
climate the environmental issues have
become the biggest reason for mass
demonstrations we want to hold them
accountable
this is the most important issue of our
time question is can we change our
course in time you need 100 gigafactory
to transition through tango energy that
would make the United States the whole
world all energy all that I have seen on
my journey shows us we have the means of
stopping this devastation politicians do
what the people want them to do once the
American people are convinced the
politicians will fall in line very
quickly
if we keep pushing there's no reason why
we can't solve this problem
the world is now watching we asked you
to protect it
are we and all living things we cherish
our history
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