Una’s Blog

I just watched the youth video from the 2020 summit. It was very comforting and encouraging to realise that the youth of Australia are taking these issues so seriously, that there are those that are inspired to work towards the goals that we believe in. I hope the students that I will be teaching one day will develop this same energy, and consciousness.

From watching the introduction to the summit, and from hearing the PM Rudd speak about what he is trying to achieve with this summit, it is obvious that we are starting to think globally. Not only on a business and economic level, but also on a personal, educational, environmental and political level. It struck me that Australia’s politics has turned a corner, a very BIG corner. I couldn’t even imagine Howard doing something like this. Rudd is opening the doors to discussion, questions, creative ideas, and creative solutions to some of the key issues that are facing us as a nation. The most important part of this summit to me is that he is opening the nation up to communication. This is demonstrated by the thousands of blogs and forums that have been created and commented on in the last month. The Internet has been a perfect forum for all the people not one of the 1000 invited to the summit to express their views, ask questions, and generally start the ‘conversation’ around these issues. See the Blogocracy for one example.

Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp-F7diymq8