I just found this great video on the Facebook site “Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament”, and traced it back to the blog “I Phone The Prime Minister of Canada Everyday” right here on WordPress.com. Check out this hilarious video that blogger Hinson Calabrese from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia recorded, and then head to his blog for more. It’s wonderful political commentary and a call to political action at the same time:
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We Don’t Want To Believe What We Know
“We don’t want to believe what we know,” says Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The French photographer and filmmaker, who has spent years traveling the world documenting its wonders, is convinced of the importance of sustainable development. His message, through his photographic projects, is that each and every individual should take note that we are all personally responsible for the future of our planet.
His latest project is the movie Home. The movie website states:
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate.
The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.
For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.
HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
Check out the trailer for Home below. If you want to watch an entertaining and passionate 15-minute speech that Mr. Arthus-Bertrand gave at a TED Conference earlier this year, click here. To download Home in its entirety, click here.
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“Our Choice” Presents a Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
I’m on a weekend trip to Vancouver, British Columbia this weekend (I’ll address carbon credits when traveling by air in an upcoming blog), so will keep my postings short and sweet. I’ve just picked up Al Gore’s new book “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” and will share a paragraph from it with you.
In any case, despair serves no purpose when reality still offers hope. Despair is simply another form of denial, and it invites inaction. We don’t have time for despair. The solutions are available to us! We need to make our choice to act now.
Mr. Gore goes on to quote an African proverb:
If you want to go quickly, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.
Enjoy your weekend, and don’t despair – make a choice to act! Remember, when people lead, leaders follow.