The girl who silenced the world: "If you can't fix it, quit breaking it."

[trof]

13 year old addresses UN on climate and ecology.
Inspiring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0&feature=related

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. *applauds wildly*

:applause:

[malaise]

2. Freaking brilliant

6,563,850 and counting

[babylonsister]

3. Fantastic! Thank you, and rec'd. FB gets it, too. nt

[rhett o rick]

4. k&r

[Paka]

5. So very moving and articulate.

We need to listen more to the children. It is indeed their future that we are throwing away.

[Magoo48]

6. May her heart and her message saturate the planet....

[laylah]

7. Powerful! K&R!

[Greybnk48]

8. What an amazing person. I wonder where she is now? n/t

[Greybnk48]

9. BTW, I also posted this on FB and I'm showing it in my

Environmental Ethics class this afternoon. Thanks for posting!

[Electric Monk]

12. She's David Suzuki's daughter, and she's now 31 and married, living in Haida Gwaii, BC.

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Cullis-Suzuki

K&R

[Laelth]

10. The First Rule of Holes

"When you're in one, stop digging."

Credit due to the late, great, Molly Ivins.

-Laelth

[Highway61]

11. That was great

Thanks for posting.

[Saving Hawaii]

13. Nah, this is by far the biggest "silencing" I've ever seen.

Delingpole is completely speechless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQLvK6kxeU

Jaw-dropped. It's absolutely beautiful. One of the most cocky and ridiculous deniers completely without a clue of how to respond to his opponent.

[Saving Hawaii]

14. quote

"yeah...
umm...
should we talk about should we talk about climategate...
cuz...
you know...
i...
i...
i...
i...
i...
i...

don't dissent your analogy really
i...
i...
i...
think its...
uh...
i think its..."

He spends the remainder of the video giving a very stupid response that basically says "I disagree with you but don't know why". It's the most brilliant example of a good arguer being floored that I've ever seen.

[trof]

15. Kick for the hell of it.

YEA!

[Gin]

16. WOW...she was/is terrific...