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Ever since the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” came out in 2006, the wider public has more or less become aware of climate change, and the threat it poses to humankind and life on earth in general.

Strangely though, as by some type of cognitive dissonance, we collectively haven’t really done much about it in our day to day lives. Most of us are guilty of that, myself included. For most of the decade that followed the release of the movie, world leaders seemed to take a position that boiled down to “I’m just doing what’s best for my country”.

And as individuals, there’s only so much we can do, ranging from reducing meat consumption to better home insulation and/or solar panel installations. You know, the small things.

The question then is: Is it enough? Will the small, but collective efforts of the individuals that are well-off enough to afford thinking of niceties such as green energy be enough to offset the emissions caused by the other 98% of the population?

Of course not.

But it doesn’t mean that all hope is lost just yet.

Big things have small beginnings.

I’d like to introduce another viewpoint to the conversation. One that may not be entirely representative of the global state of affairs, but one that is very encouraging nonetheless.

And we need courage, now more than ever.