The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children
Interpretation
We must recognize the need for significant changes to preserve the world for future generations.
Al Gore highlights the urgent and unavoidable need for substantial transformations in our society and environment. He emphasizes that the luxuries and resources we often take for granted may not be available to our children if we do not take immediate action to address the pressing challenges that we face.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about environmental conservation efforts.
Global warming is real and human activity is the main cause. The consequences are mainly negative and headed toward catastrophic, unless we act. However, the good news is that we can meet this challenge. It is not too late, and we have everything we need to get started.
The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.
CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past.
Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete.
I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.
During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that.
This is the fear that made fish crawl out onto dry land and evolve lungs, the fear that teaches us to run, the fear that makes us bury our dead.
In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.
'Me Too' became the way to succinctly and powerfully connect with other people and give people permission to start their journey to heal.
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