"MORE VOICES SHOULD BE RAISED IN PROTEST".

Ladies and gentlemen, the world is full of apathy; full of egocentricity and selfishness. Full of indifference, passiveness and insensitivity. We are happy to sit back and watch horrific things happen right in front of our eyes and we take no action. Look at the tidal wave in New Guinea, the massacres in Kosovo. It does not matter how terrible things are, if we are not personally affected then we do not worry or bother finding solutions. There are many things happening around the world which should, from a humanitarian perspective, concern all Australians. Some of these events will cause immense hardship, they'll create lifelong disabilities to the victims, and they will horrify the sensibilities of modern society but what do we do? Nothing!

(Pick up pace, be serious, be angry, get increasingly loud)

What do we do when children are murdered in the name of invasion? What do we do when women are raped during war? What do we do when people are imprisoned and tortured for what they believe in? What do we do when animals are made extinct, when forests are destroyed, when the seas become the dump

ing grounds for toxic wastes, when the air we breathe becomes thick with the noxious fumes of industry. (pause, change voice to deep and serious) It seems that the answer, in our increasingly "civilized" society, (pause) is nothing! (pause)

Ladies and gentlemen, it is not too late to halt the destruction. We are nearly past the point of no return but we can change. We must be prepared to think about others; our families; our friends; our fellow beings and all the creatures and life forms on our planet and to act with these in mind.

We have created so many problems that we now face a myriad of global issues that make our futures uncertain. We have contributed to pollution of the air, in the water and on the land. We have damaged the ozone layer, and our booming population has placed immense pressure on the world's agricultural industries. Chemicals, pesticides and fertilisers used to increase crop production have created environmental problems on a massive scale. Forests have been cleared and erosion has devastated the landscape. Habitats have been desecrated and species have been destroyed, and we have raised global temperatures with devastating effects. This global warming is the biggest threat to our survival in the next millennium.

Friends, get up and start acting. Get up and get motivated. Get up and start making your voices heard. Play an active role in environmental lobby groups, read widely, join protests, donate time and money, follow environmentally friendly

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