This presentation was given to 500 university students in early August. Entitled One Person Can Take One Step, it is about the personal responsibility of individuals and how individuals CAN change the world one step at a time.
5. Something was not gelling with me. NGOs were all on the climate change bandwagon The Discovery Channel was telling me I could live a sustainable life of luxury without sacrifice No one was willing to tell Starbucks that the paper cup was an unsustainable business model ⊠and while we were being told that climate change was the biggest issue we would face as humanity, COP 15 closed without resolution. Ministers went home, NGOs packed up their polar bears, and the media tuned off .. and yes⊠this paper cup is still unsustainable