The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

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Kommentert av IsleOfView den 31 oktober 2009 kl. 17.46

Megabra! Takk for den, har sendt den videre.

Kommentert av Lydia den 30 oktober 2009 kl. 17.33

Denne burde alle se! Takk for at du legger den ut og håper andre gjør det også med jevne mellomrom.

Legger ved denne, som jeg fikk i et nyhetsbrev:

“If not here then where, if not now then when, if not us then who?”

This was the question Yugratna, a 13 year-old girl from India, asked hundreds of world leaders at the UN’s Climate Change Summit last month. With nearly 3 billion young people making up our world’s population, I am particularly moved by this question, knowing that the worst effects of climate change mean so much more to someone her age.

Quite a few of you have told us about your concern for the future of younger generations, given all that global warming threatens to take away from them. Whether it’s that cool mountain stream where you fished with your grandfather or the clean drinking water that Himalayan glaciers provide to millions, we all worry that our kids and grandkids won’t enjoy the same experiences or resources we have.

However, we continue to be amazed at the reactions and actions of young people themselves on this issue. From our vantage point, they aren’t sitting around waiting for climate change to unfold:
Upcoming graduates are looking for jobs in renewable energy and sustainability;
Thousands of millennials are petitioning online to have a voice in Copenhagen;
A boy in Africa is teaching himself how to make an operational wind turbine;
And individually, youth are making “going green” a lifelong practice, not just a trend.
Youth-led movements such as the International Day of Climate Action clearly show us that this generation is not waiting for the answers - they are finding their own solutions – now.

It’s time to follow their lead: tell us what you will miss because of climate change and if we change our course, what do you have to look forward to?

Best,

Kaitlin Barry, Director of Campus Outreach &
The Climate & Energy Team (Reid, Ryan, Jana, Kurt and John)
http://www.UNFoundation.org