Recently I was talking with a friend who does really inspiring social change work with athlete volunteers. He remarked that one of the great things about working with athletes is their innate competitiveness: athletes plan and play to win– whether it’s on the playing field or towards their goals for social change. Which got me thinking about the climate community… Are we playing to win? Do we expect to win? What, and when? And are we planning backwards from those goals? And who are “we,” anyway? Comments, please!
Playing to Win
Published by megboyle, September 6th, 2010 Politics , Victories , Visioning , Youth Leaders 1 Comment1 Response to “Playing to Win”
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Hi,
Recently I attended an environmental fair. There I discovered a support group for a couple that are biking across southamerica in order to male concience and to tell other people that biking is a way to reduce CO2 and and its a way to show how you can be part of this battle against global warming. Not so long ago, the president of costa rica declared this event an event of public relevance, as theese 2 people are from costa rica. They are not giving up, no matter the lack of resources and they have kept on biking to make call on all latinamericans.
Also a bunch of people from costa rica just mae a huge walk from the place soon to be turned into a mine to protest this proyect and make a call for life and nature conservancy.
I do belive that athletes can change the world, as I belive that everyone can be part of this call. I don´t want to belive, I refuse to believe that we are folding back. People are doing stuff, they are walking, they are biking, they are writting. Its amazing!