Trying to figure how to concisely get across the almost bittersweet sense I get watching Al Gore address the annual TED conference. He speaks of a 'generational mission', an obligation and an opportunity. We have taken for granted all this planet had and has to offer, and we've gone a long way towards ruining it forever. In the eleventh hour, there's still a chance to turn it all around. "Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around"

Yeah, life's busy. We make it that way, maybe on purpose. Maybe that way we won't have to focus on the stuff that matters. "We have a culture of distraction"

I guess I'll rip this right off the website - I want to stay informed. I want to show my support. I want to be part of the solution.

"We can do this! Don't tell me that we don't have the capacity to do it. If we had just one week's worth of what we spend on the Iraq war, we could be well on the way to solving this challenge. We have the capacity to do it." - Al Gore