Challenge 2000 young people supported the second talk for “New Beginnings” given by Professor Boston from the Wellington University of Victoria. “New Beginnings” was held on Sunday 6th May at Uniting Church in Johnsonville, 70 people ages 11 – 80 attended the enlightening presentation. The focus of the talk was climate change and what we could do to help counter the effects of it. The talk was both an eye opening and informative experience.
Professor Boston shared his many insights into the topic and brought about good discussion amongst the crowd that attended. We learned about many of the natural wonders of the world that are slowly dying, and we as humans are the cause of much loss of life on Earth.
He was able to bring across a concerning issue and encourage us as individuals to not wait for a solution to come, but to instead bring about our own solutions! After listening to the Professor’s talk I feel very motivated to want to make a difference in the fight against climate change.
Small nations are suffering as a result of larger nations’ exploitations. As Professor Boston said: “God will not save us from our own folly – it will be up to us as a society and one people to find the solution to this global problem. The talk and discussion was followed by soup, rolls, conversation and community. Overall this was a profound, educative and motivational experience for all who came and there was a real commitment at the end to act locally and think cross politically here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Reported by Aaron Itinteang.