The Earth Charter

The Earth Charter
principles to live by

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Creating hope one action at a time

I want to share with you that it doesn't take someone to be  educated, rich, gifted , talented or to have had struggled in life to be able to contribute to a better future. This  pages have been created  by my daughter and me. My daughter is 14, but has the wisdom of someone twice her age. I have always believed that it is our generation that is responsible for the  decisions that have shaped the world as we see it today. Through the mechanism of education and the medium of  the popular media we have come to believe  and aspire for things that are not of our own choice. Commonly known as the forces of Globalization, it has created immense wealth for  many, but has left behind many people all over the world  unable to share in this prosperity. Almost 80% of  all humanity live in some form of poverty.
 This is unacceptable!   
I am convinced that  if we are not part of the people looking for a  solution, then  we must be in the crowd that created the problem . At the same time, I am optimistic, since we created this problem, we are then capable of  creatively finding solutions.  It is my sincere hope that through changing   attitudes to commerce and redefining  the meaning of success,  we may  reshape  our own destiny. It is my intention that we can create this hope one action at a time through local  people who think on a global  level

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