Greenpeace

    Recently a few students at my school, myself included, succeeding in pressuring the administration into having recycling bins being placed around the school. This was a huge achievement considering we had never before had bins for plastic, aluminum, and other material.

    However today while I was re-filling my water bottle, I was infuriated to see about a dozen water bottles in the garbage can. This itself is annoying, but the real kicker? The garbage can is RIGHT NEXT TO A RECYCLING BIN! 

    I've never been met with such a challenge as to change a mind.

        "Things do not change; we change."

                 - Henry David Thoreau

                    (Wow, two Thoreau quotes in a row!)
 

    I feel an overwhelming sense that I was born in one of the most pivotal moments in the course of human events. Consider: you are reading this entry from somewhere far, far away from me. I have never met you, and may not in my life. Yet, through precisely timed jolts of electricity and trillions of 1's and 0's, we can share our ideas, our passions, and our hope for a better world.

    We are also alive at a time when the world is not simply being abused, but being torn apart piece by piece for the benefit of few, and the devestation of all.

    We, together, are part of something much greater than just you or me. We are part of the age of change, communication, and thought. We are part of a silent creed sweeping our planet one mouth at a time: something must be done. 

    We cannot be content to simply let this message be repeated, but to carry it with us in everything we do, in all we are, and in everything that MUST be changed.  

    We have the most powerful tool of change within us.

    "If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see." - Henry David Thoreau