"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
- Albert Einstein
The idea of drilling for oil in the Arctic sends, for want of a better word, chills through me. As someone who cherishes the world we live in, and understands that we need to live in balance and harmony with our world, I can't understand how anyone else could possibly want to put such a beautiful part of our planet at risk, for the sake of making money. But then, I am not driven by materialism or greed, or power.
Sadly, much of the world still is.
The dreaded time has come where oil giants move ever closer to being able to drill for oil in melted areas of ice, caused by the very fuels they brought the world in the first place.
I take my hat off to Lucy Lawless and the Greenpeace activists who are currently camped out on the Shell drill ship in New Zealand, determined to prevent it setting sail for the Arctic despite the imminent threat of arrest. If I was there I would be up there with them in a heartbeat, for the same reason I would be chaining myself to a tree in my local wood were it threatened, or campaigning and protesting to protect wildlife, countryside or ocean, be it local or global.
Save the Arctic is something we should all be getting riled up about.
It's time to stop letting big business rule our world. It is time to stop being apathetic and thinking we can't make a difference. It is time to stand up for what we believe is right, and more importantly. it is time to believe in OURSELVES. We CAN make a difference. Why shouldn't we? Because if we don't, then our children, grandchildren, and countless generations of the future will look back and ask just one question.
Why?
