Thinking tonight of the many 1000s of awesome, dedicated, tough (and often funny!) advocates for the human future on planet Earth I have met over 30 years of this work.
Bunch of fricking misfit geeks, wonks and rads —who may have actually staved off human extinction.
Respect.
Bunch of fricking misfit geeks, wonks and rads —who may have actually staved off human extinction.
Respect.
Humanity owes a vast, unpayable debt to the good, kind people who transformed themselves thru love & commitment from unremarkable citizens, scientists, back-to-the-landers, artists, engineers, parents & professors into the thin edge of the wedge that may turned us from disaster.
Even today, we fail to understand what these folks did for us all, and our kids, and their kids, and generations stretching out into the vastness of time.
Heroes with day jobs and kids to care for.
Heroes with day jobs and kids to care for.
"When they rose to speak, they spoke not for themselves, but for human possibility and and the renewed bounty of life on Earth. They spoke for bold action, begun quickly. They got to work, knowing time was short."
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I'm not ashamed to admit that sometimes when I think of the beauty and tragedy of this sacrifice — and the gift it bought — my eyes well up with tears.
Most people still don't know.
Most of these heroes have never had their songs sung, or their gray years made comfortable...
Most people still don't know.
Most of these heroes have never had their songs sung, or their gray years made comfortable...
When the history is written it'll no doubt be one of famous leaders, of nations, huge corporations, philanthropists, mass movements and meetings.
But some of us will know that the real story was one of brave, smart "little" people who gave themselves totally to stopping this.
But some of us will know that the real story was one of brave, smart "little" people who gave themselves totally to stopping this.
Particularly those fighting in the early years.
A great climate injustice is the casting aside of those elders who accomplished so much, at such a cost, in such obscurity, feeling it out as they went along.
We might now, at least, honor the reality of how few they were.
A great climate injustice is the casting aside of those elders who accomplished so much, at such a cost, in such obscurity, feeling it out as they went along.
We might now, at least, honor the reality of how few they were.
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