We are right now in the beginning of a climate and
ecological crisis
And we need to call it what it is: an emergency.
We must acknowledge that we do not have the situation under
control, and that we don't have all the solutions yet
Unless those solutions mean that we simply stop doing
certain things.
We must admit that we are losing this battle.
We have to acknowledge that the older generations have
failed.
All political movements in their present form have failed,
but Homo sapiens have not yet failed.
Yes, we are failing, but there is still time to turn
everything around.
We can still fix this.
We still have everything in our own hands, but unless we
recognise the overall failures of our current systems, we
most probably don't stand a chance.
We are facing a disaster of unspoken sufferings for enormous
amounts of people
And now is not the time for speaking politely or focusing on
what we can or cannot say.
Now is the time to speak clearly.
Solving the climate crisis is the greatest and most complex
challenge that homo sapiens have ever faced.
The main solution, however, is so simple that even a small
child can understand it
We have to stop our emissions of greenhouse gases, and
either we do that, or we don't.
You say that nothing in life is black or white, but that is
a lie, a very dangerous lie.
Either we prevent a 1.5 degree of warming, or we don't
Either we avoid setting off that irreversible chain reaction
beyond human control, or we don't
Either we choose to go on as a civilization, or we don't.
That is as black or white as it gets because there are no
grey areas when it comes to survival.
Now we all have a choice
We can create transformational action that will safeguard
the living conditions for future generations
Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.
That is up to you and me.
And yes, we need a system change rather than individual
change, but you cannot have one without the other.
If you look through history, all the big changes in society
have been started by people at the grassroots level
People like you and me.
So, I ask you to please wake up and make the changes
required possible.
To do your best is no longer good enough.
We must all do the seemingly impossible.
Today, we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single
day.
There are no politics to change that; there are no rules to
keep that oil in the ground.
So, we can no longer save the world by playing by the rules,
because the rules have to be changed.
Everything needs to change, and it has to start today.
So, everyone out there, it is now time for civil
disobedience.
It is time to rebel.
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