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There's been a bit of news about a 22 yr old girl's walk from Brisbane to Sydney to promote climate change awareness. The trek culminates on March 31 when she arrives in Sydney at 7:30pm striking the start of Earth Hour. Everyone in Sydney is expecting to turn off all power for one hour. Part of her inspiration came from the movie An Inconvenient Truth. So I decided to rent it out. Now I see why she was so inspired. It's a very nicely spun presentation of Al Gore's long time passion. I've always been a sucker for 'the rising of the underdog' especially in cases where the message affects many people. And this message affects all of us. I am so joyous for him to have finally found an avenue to effectively relay something that has been so obvious to him for so long. His determination is quite amazing. I am reminded of a conversation I had with a friend the other day where he took the stand that all of us lead insignificant lives... We are each too small to make any ripple in the vast ocean of the world. Well, the cascading effect of this movie and Al Gore's efforts has made more than a ripple -- it's turning off Sydney's lights and cooling down the oceans. I don't think we need to be an Al Gore to affect the world. Everything we do has a butterfly effect on our friends, our family and our surroundings. I believe each of us are significant.
To quote Mother Teresa:
"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."