Sustainability and Leadership…
On approach to Lady Elliot Island.
Let me ask you – if your child was in danger, you’d do anything to save them, RIGHT?
Of course you would! All of us would not hesitate to save our children or grandchildren!
This point is appropriately made in the book I’ve just finished reading, Saving The Planet Begins At Breakfast, by Jonathan Safran Foer, and I’ll openly say that it was a challenging, not at all enjoyable read.
For those that know me, I’ve been voicing my concern regarding the issue of pollution, our environment and global warming for some time. I am also aware that for most of us, given the issue is not knocking on our front door, we are not seeing or acknowledging the threat.
Given this, I in late 2019 I hosted a group of clubbies for a day at Lady Elliott Island Eco Resort to expose them to how you go about environment change, whist still remaining commercially viable – see article ‘Sustainability and Leadership’ - https://www.flipsnack.com/55CAFEF569B/ci-dec-jan-19-final-web.html
The outcome of that day was both inspirational and life changing.
I was prompted to write this post today on the eve of a new decade, 2020, given the increasing number of social media posts I’ve seen (posted by what I’ll call uniformed morons), that continue to inappropriately attack Greta Thunberg for her environmental stance and comments.
The science does not lie, and the facts have been confirmed – our planet is sick and she is in trouble.
Please, IMMEDIATELY, play your part in reversing the damage done to our earth by humanity and contribute to nursing our environment back to good and sustainable health. If we don’t act now, then the danger to our children is genuinely real.
Get involved, have a voice, become informed, push for URGENT change and importantly ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to your impact around sustainability and the future.
We can fix this; however, the majority of humanity must be involved.
I’m up for the challenge – because selfishly, I want my two children to have a beautiful world to enjoy and, in turn, to contribute to. Importantly, I don’t want them exposed to danger that could have been avoided by me being consciously and actively involved; that could have been avoided collectively by we.
Bob Brown the ex-Greens leader once said to me, when I asked what advice he would give to the then Prime Minister of Australia Hon Tony Abbott – “all politicians should govern through the eyes of our grandchildren and not for tomorrow.” I agree!
PS… A forced break for our planet, has been in play as a consequence of the COVID-19 shut down world wide. This small respite after years of abuse might be enough to kick off the sustainability change required if WE pay attention and act. Let’s make this next decade count.
