The Girl Who Silenced The World For 6 Minutes
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki Today, photo and article excerpts credited to: http://www.thegreatwarming.com
Cullis-Suzuki is one of the environmental heroes featured in The Great Warming, a three-part television documentary on the devastating effect of climate change. We’ll do some research and look into showing the series at an upcoming Trikaya Tribe Awareness Event. Stay tuned.
To read more about Severn’s projects, visit http://www.thegreatwarming.com/localhero-interviewsevernsuzuki.html
Tags: 11th Hour Movie, David Suzuki, Environmental Awareness, http://www.trikayatribe.com, Kraig Ward, Kris Ward, Recycling, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Sustainability, Trikaya, trikaya tribe blog, Yoga
What a great message. Just imagine what this world would be like if we turned our energy into solving these problems that face us today, rather than the “so called” problems that are areated by the media and by our power hungry leaders in Washington. What is really freightening is the candidates who are running for office and their hindden agendas. They need to take a page from Severn’s book, put it under thier pillow at night and say a prayer that things will change.
Thank you very much and god bless, what you guys are doing is great, what a legacy you will be able to look back at.
Hugo de la torre
What a powerful story!! It is so sad that the world cannot work together for the good of the whole. Instead we fight our own little battles and never really look at the big picture. Our creator did not intend for us to abuse our resources like we are doing. It’s up to each of us to do “our” small part to make the world a better place for everyone and everything.
Diane M
It shows what you can do when you realize that we are all one and what you can happen when we believe we are separate from eachother.
I am moved and inspired! Thanks Kris & Kraig for raising our conscienceness. I am open to action. We are One!!
This is so inspirational…and…yet given that Severn spoke in 1992, what has changed in the 16 years since. They clapped/applauded, but then did they dismiss it because…it came so honestly, simply from a young girl 12 years of age? Did it stay with them for a few days, a few weeks only…still waiting in the silence of their minds? What action was taken, if any? What is the momentum driving this message forward today? Can we still re-capture this; educate others? Tell me…what is the next step?
Hi Linda, It’s Kris. The next step…
Well, as always, it boils down to what we think, say and do.
All of these contribute to our own experience AND the collective consciousness that created this mess we’re in, in the first place. We must become uncompromisingly authentic and aware of our own personal choices; to choose consciously, in favor of our highest intentions, rather than choosing unconsciously, in favor of convenience or HABIT. That’s the whole premise this TRIBE is built on; that while our lives are a gift from GOD, what we DO with the lives we’re given is OUR gift to GOD.
We ARE our habits, so we’d better take responsibility for them. We can start by making sure that when we are voting with our dollars, every purchase we make, we are agreeing to support companies and causes that are being a part of the SOLUTION, not the problem.
We ARE our priorities. We must make it a priority to take time to read labels and KNOW the companies we’re voting for with our dollars and purchases.
We must be committed to learning and implementing all that we can to catalyze global change through personal choice. Baby steps… to bigger steps… but continual steps.
Every time we choose oneness and community over separation and competition, we help heal the issue at its root. Every time we choose sharing over greed: every time we forgive someone, and let go of the burden of judgment or anger, our thoughts, words and actions contribute to a new possibility for this world.
Then suddenly, as our awareness expands and our habits and priorities shift… the world becomes short one complainer/reactor, and positive one leader/creator. And one by one, new leaders who are consciously evolving and facilitating that evolution and elevation in others, emerge to do their part. It’s like Gandhi said, “We must be the change we wish to see in the world”.
If you do not already have access to the Trikaya Tracker, it’s a powerful and effective tool for creating shifts in your habits and priorities, and getting feedback on how you’re doing. It’s a part of our Bhakti Buddies program, although, we did make it available for free last month. If you never got your account, in about 2 weeks, we’ll be posting a link to purchase the Bhakti Buddies Tripepod MasterMind Quickstart guide for around $20. You’ll find in here on the blog.
Thanks for being a part of this Tribe, and we hope to connect with you at one of our live events soon!
Namaste.
-Kris
Seven Suzuki’s 1992 speach was just sent to me by a friend from my pre-college years. Notice how many vacant chairs? THose who did not care then and do not care now? I graduated HS in 1969 when America’s youth was opening their eyes to the truth. We collectively spoke in one voice that eventually could not be ignored by “those over 30″. But big business and those who spported it had an excellent plan to silence us. Beside allowing our society to be flooded with drugs like heroin in the late ’60s and later cocaine in the ’70s, the carrot of wealth was extended and America was forced into a recession so that our concerns for the environment were overwhelmed by money-money earned and money borrowed. “Kaching” became the way of America and as the family unit deteriorated so too did our concerns for the plights of the world around us. The words of the late John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert and Rev. Martin Luther King became meaningless ghostly echos on which to build political platforms. American unification became secondary to global economy as the World Bank and politically influencial and powerful corporate leaders sought personal gain at the expense of both third world countries as well as the blind Americans who gradually relinquished their rights and mentorship responsibilities, first in pursuit of the “brass ring” and later just to survive. Americans and the world looked at the “flower children” of the 1960s as hippe freaks and drug addicts, eliminating any and all credibility which we may have once enjoyed. The half million who were drafted to serve in Vietnam, mostly against their will, returned to an America who blamed them and hated them, eventually giving only lip service to the 58,000 who gave their lives and conveniently forgot those MIAs along with the 60,000 who took their own lives after returning. The same corporate names that profited from our involvement in Southeast Asia continued to do so for the decades that followed throughout the word as they do now, winning government contracts as rain forests are destroyed along with areas that were once pristine and are now toxic, leaving local residents homeless, diseased and dying of starvation. 26,000 people die every day from starvation and related disease yet “the beat goes on”. We were not perfect in the 1960s, but we were unified in purpose and our many voices across the country became one load voice that could not be ignored. Today our numbers and voices are scattered and too small to be heard, with no credibility. We no longer exercise our rights of public assembly to demonstrate our wishes and words in a unified voice, as Americans today are greatful to have a job and afraid of losing what they have, materially, or not getting what they want or thing they can get. American’s have forgotton that we have representatives who we need to let know how we feel and what is best for us and if we are not represented then our representatives will not get re-elected. Yes, the internet is great for those who use it, but AMericans who really care need not to be afraid to speak up and be heard by writing letters to editors and Congress and our local states and community legislators, and to our executives in Washington. It is only when people unite and speak out in person in large enough numbers will we be heard. Small groups are labled as troublemakers and crazy people. This land is our land, and this planet is ours to preserve and protect. Let us stand up and be heard once again. This is the only way to get media attention. We can learn from the past and let none forget that he who fails to remember are condemned to repeat.