I've known this site for several months now. A very good friend of mine, Adrian, showed it to me in awe.
As I saw it (I didn't even watch it entirely, only half of it), the first thought which popped into my head was: "When does this boring video end?"
...yet after having plucked up every single grain of my motivation (and after countless nags from the person who had shown it to me), I finally got myself to watch the videos posted there... and I instantly regretted even THINKING that.
"Story of Stuff" renders its viewers a new insight into the actual situation of things - from the consumeristic society we live in, to the way we all complain, although we actually are the ones who should be changing.
We sit down and wait for things to magically rearrange themselves into the right place... I mean, why not? After all, we are "only human"... and that IS common for human nature ...
but... well, ...don't forget:
we no longer are small children...
... and we all know that THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS MAGIC .
We human beings take too much , and never give anything back - we've never returned the favor planet Earth has been doing for more than countless of years - ... and we even dare to jammer about the faults we blindlessly create (and WE consider ourselves the most intelligent creatures on the planet).
I just don't get how we human beings keep on criticizing how devastating our world is when we ourselves are the problem.
I wish I could be able to do something for the world. Annie Leonard's "Story of Stuff" motivated me even more to finally make a change for 1) myself and 2) the community.
Ok, so I'm merely sixteen years old- a sixteen year old who is still capable of speaking, making a point and writing what she thinks.
Let's ALL take off our media-controlled glasses.
It's time to act!
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Wishful thinking? Nope, don't think so.
(Someday.)
P.S: I just refracted the other day ; the glasses on the picture are brandnew (even though they look like the old ones)... AND it was all for free - ... the only thing I needed to do was to willingly give 20 minutes of my time.
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Excellent link -- I'm going to bookmark that site. And don't sell yourself short because you're only sixteen. All the really successful people in the world were sixteen once, too -- and probably wish they'd started then instead of later.
omg! i feel you when it comes to the mother earth :D
i hate how some people try but the rest just don't care so much :/ like some of my friends don't care about littering because they think others will pick it up for them.
you're right, we ourselves are the problem. but just so you know... mother nature knows how to pay back. and her pay backs can be devastating :X
you look cute in new glasses and you certainly will do something more for this planet. you have done one thing already, you have become a caring daughter of the planet.
@ Briane: Thank you very much for the consoling words. I really DO want to do something for the world, but I just don't know WHAT.
@Abby: You're absolutely right... mother natures DOES pay back; look at the things that are happening all over the globe now! .. it's our fault,though... we've made her angry!
@Thoughts: Haha, thanks. The glasses aren't exactly new; it was actually used as a metaphor in the post. :)
Thanks for the link.Nice post...
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