I spent the day yesterday at the Opportunity Green Sustainable Business Conference at UCLA. It was a collection of movers and shakers in the Green Business world. I was inspired professionally by many entrepreneurs that are making the world a better place with innovative environmentally friendly products. But the lifechanging inspiration came from Documentary Photographer Colin Finlay. I arrived late, I quickly found a seat. When I looked up and saw what was on the huge screen in front of me I was moved to tears. Colin Finlay spoke quietly of "Cause and Effect." Our everyday actions have an effect on the environment and the inhabitants of our earth each and every day. The images of starving children in Sudan and starving Polar Bears in the Arctic, amputees from land mines, poisoned families in West Virginia were not what I was expecting at the Green business conference but it has inspired to work harder and do more, to spread the word. I felt guilty of my life and the opportunities I have. For the organic food that I have an abundance of. I now feel that I urgently need to get involved. I want to write my officials, sponsor a fund raising event, help in any way I can. Lets make a positive effect. Please join me in spreading the word. Buy Finlay's books, show your friends, write your government officials, do whatever you can.
http://www.amazon.com/Darfur-Twenty-Years-Genocide-Sudan/dp/1576873854/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226286962&sr=1-3
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