Earth Day!

If anyone watched Oprah today, you would be reminded of the fact that today was indeed Earth Day. Now I actually really enjoy watching Oprah, despite the fact that she has a spotted history with vegans. Her free KFC extravaganza and mockery of the vegan diet on her 30 day cleanse episodes has made me much more critical of her. But Oprah does have a huge appeal and thus audience. Today, in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day she discussed environmentalism and the brilliant award winning movie "The Cove." For those of you who haven't seen this film, it really speaks for itself and I implore you to watch this life changing documentary. If you want to learn more visit their website here. But please remember that there are still other animals suffering who are searching for a voice of their own, such as this movie presents for dolphins.

The first half of the show highlighted an "environmentalist's nightmare" family pinned against an uber "green" family in a switch-a-roo kind of scheme. Taking the "Wife Swap" television show ideals, the mother from each family goes to the polar opposite family's home and goes a little nutzo. The problem with this is that both families are made to look like total extremes on the environmental spectrum, but in actuality the first family is a totally average home. The "environmentalist's nightmare" family is really just the "average joe" family, with the "what can one person really do to make a change?" mentality. The problem is, everyone seems to have this mentality. As a vegan it's one of the most frequent arguments I get, "So what? Your not doing anything your just one person." It's so depressing when people don't realize that this thought process is the real problem. Because of course as a human race, one person has never made a difference. I mean who has heard of Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr., or Gandhi? *note sarcasm* I mean these people started out as nobodies but somehow they made a difference. I'm in no way relating myself to these men, but I am stressing the point that change is of course possible. Here is a youtube video I found that really illustrates my point: