Antarctica log 11 - Occupy World Street
- By Richard Branson -
- Feb 07, 2012
The global community has proven it can tackle threats like acid rain, CFCs, and protecting the whales. Why not climate change?
The problem with climate change is that the vested interest has such huge financial resources that it is difficult to get the public (particularly in America) to see behind such huge propaganda.
Over time Mother Nature will make things clearer but by then the damage will be severe and many of our species will have disappeared.
The science is clear. Government policies must catch up with the science.
My son Sam says: "Young people should start Occupy World Street." He feels that this movement should be built at breakneck speed. Global warming is by far the greatest threat our youth faces and they should not allow governments to continue to ignore it. He feels young people should hold our governments accountable.
Gandhi and Mandela showed what is possible. Young people in North Africa have shown the difference they too can make.
It is movements like this that will save the continent of Antarctica – so our grandchildren can visit them and enjoy the breath-taking beauty of it.
Read Antarctica log 1 - first 24 hours at sea
Read Antarctica log 2 - "no lie can live forever"
Read Antarctica log 3 - the world will never have another ice age
Read Antarctica log 4 - having a whale of a time
Read Antarctica log 5 - icebergs and penguins
Read Antarctica log 6 - one iceberg too many!
Read Antarctica log 7 - Antarctica is a whole lot closer than you'd think
Read Antarctica log 8 - Sam, Holly, Freddie & iceberg sculpture
Read Antarctica log 9 - heavy seas
Read Antarctica log 10 - breath-taking Antarctica
By Richard Branson. Founder of Virgin Group
