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.
From the pain come the dream_x000D_ From the dream come the vision_x000D_ From the vision come the people_x000D_ From the people come the power_x000D_ From this power come the change.
What I've seen, and the reactions from 'The Final Quarter' and 'The Australian Dream', is that a lot more people are more willing to share their stories around racism.
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.
Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children
Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on.
You have to know how to evolve with age without trying to hang on to your younger image of yourself from the past.
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