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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ~Jane Goodall, Primatologist, Author, Activist



I am participating in the Project Green Challenge 2017, a 30-day long challenge devoted to creating a more sustainable lifestyle, one action at a time. Today is Day 1 and I was prompted to think about why I want to live more consciously. And if you are reading this, I want you to do the same.



This video made me think. It made me think that all that we have done to this planet can be healed. That, though we have hurt our home and hurt our fellow man, there is still hope that we can reach a day where we no longer fight over resources that should not be fought over in the first place. It taught me that instead of fighting, collaboration and humility can solve our problems and inspire future generations to take better care of the planet we call home. Blaming others and focusing on mistakes does not solve the problem. Learning from those mistakes and using our advanced technology to make tomorrow better than yesterday does.

After watching this amazing video, I think it is possible to create the ideal world—the world Morgan Freeman so beautifully described at the beginning of the video. Often, people who are on the forefront of sustainable living feel like they are fighting a losing war but if you can see the progress we have made just over the past 10 years, the past 20 years even, hope comes flooding back. If we use every day that we have to inspire our family and friends and even strangers to do one action a day that helps counteract the harm humans have caused on Earth, we are that much closer to living in a better world. A world less negatively impacted by our uneducated actions. That is why I try to live as sustainably as possible. I want everyone to have the passion that I do to restore our environment, to move forward instead of backward, and to have a genuine connection with nature once again.

So today, take one step. Then tomorrow, take another. If we all intervene in one way or another, we can ensure that our children and grandchildren will have a safer place to live tomorrow.

© 2017 Caleb Powers All Rights Reserved
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