Amelia Telford.
I feel like I am a very lucky person when I think about my life and the people I have been fortunate to meet and have drift in and out of it. Having grown up in the area I consider home, the Far North Coast of NSW, my beloved 'Northern Rivers', I have chanced upon some truly remarkable people who have left their marks on me as an individual. Some of them have shown me what it means to work hard, others the beauty of passion and the possibilities it opens up.
Millie has shown me both. I have such an immense respect for this girl. A year my minor, in other words my equal, Millie is somebody who inspires me. Having known her from a distance that really wasn't that far, I have witnessed her passion for ensuring environmental sustainability grow in leaps and bounds. This girl has so much to offer.
Recently, amidst her hectic year 12 HSC regime, she was selected to participate in a programe which involves the grouping of other like minded youth to embark on a journey to Antartica. They will trek the harsh yet completely incredible continent in order to examine the disastrous effects of climate change their so as to then acquire valuable skills to aid them in returning to their various countries to implement sustainable living and environmental management action plans. How awesome!
Slight problem, isn't money always? The trip costs a total of $25,000. That is a lot of money for one 18 year old girl to muster up. And so I write this blog in the hope that maybe even one person who reads it may feel inclined to help her by donating any amount they can. Because she deserves it and because I truly believe this girl has the potential to become one of Australia's most important and influential activists for environmental change. Some people just have a spark. Millie has a fire.
I do not believe we can honestly sit anywhere in this world and not realise just how vital the earth's health is to our own. It is everything, we cannot live without it, we are bound to its future and thus why do so many people still disregard and choose to ignore this fact. Inextricably linked. We depend upon it entirely and therefore should have an absolute sense of respect for it rather than none at all.
Somebody else who inspires me once said:
'...there is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness...''
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Every single one of us.
Strive for yours.
Peace.x
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