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Wanna be inspired? Check out this Call to Action from 1Sky.org. (Ok, it's inspiring to me, at least. Maybe I'm funny that way. See what you think . . . )
Calling America: It’s our time
This year, right now, marks a turning point in human history. We have arrived at a clearly marked crossroads. Our defining challenge, our greatest opportunity, is now. We have only 1 sky.
We can turn toward a brighter future—a new, durable prosperity in healthy communities, an economy that sustains abundance and shares it well. Or we can barrel ahead toward climate disruption, economic decline, growing inequality, and growing insecurity. This crossroads is brightly lit. We cannot fail to see it. And we cannot miss the turn.
Until recently, it was possible to believe that global warming was not real, or not caused by humans. But the truth is now clear: people cause global warming and people must fix it beginning immediately. Until recently, it was possible to believe that fossil fuel addiction was the price of a good, prosperous life. Now, this dependence bleeds our economy and threatens our security.
We know these things now. The images they produce are etched in our hearts—from the ravaged Gulf Coast to the dwindling snows of the arid West, from lost livelihoods in Detroit to lost lives in the Middle East. With our knowledge of the truth comes an irresistible moral responsibility: we must turn—quickly and decisively. We have the tools to do it. America in particular, with all of our blessings, has a responsibility to do it.
For too long, we’ve been told we can’t make big changes to build a brighter future. Our leaders have reduced our expectations and underestimated our potential. Our political system has divided and diminished us instead of calling us to higher ground.
We’re not having it anymore. We won’t take "can't" for an answer.
We can rise to the defining challenge of our generation and stop global warming. We can build a fair, prosperous clean energy economy that secures our future. We can show the world America’s true colors and lead the global campaign for climate solutions.
It’s our time. It’s not too late or too early or too hard or too easy to do what’s right and necessary. It’s exactly now that we must act boldly to secure a future worthy of our kids.
We call on all Americans to:
Be the solution. With wise energy, transportation, and consumer choices, we can waste less and live better. And from this foundation of personal responsibility, we can rise to our collective responsibility as citizens and...
Demand leadership. Our leaders and aspiring leaders must commit to solutions at the scale of the problem, or we will choose different leaders. We can and must immediately mobilize America to build a thriving clean energy economy that protects our children from dangerous climate change, increases energy security, and creates lasting economic opportunity for all.
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