Comments on: Bioneers 2009 Speech

By: Bonnie Monteleone

Bonnie Monteleone — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:37:58 +0000

As the old saying goes, “you can’t buy happiness.” How true it is about the premise of happiness. When Sam Walton was dying from cancer, he said he would trade it all in for more time being with nature. For many of us time to enjoy life is obsconded by materialism. Thank you Annie for all your work. I have your “Story of Stuff” linked on my homepage. It is the best 20 minute explanation of why materialism does not serve anyone’s needs except big business and is destroying everything its wake.

By: Dr. Errol Wirasinghe

Dr. Errol Wirasinghe — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:32:45 +0000

An incredible message! A wake-up call to all of us.

I wish companies such as HP; Dell; Canon, etc. who refuse to allow us to re-fill ink cartridges, would re-think their responsibilities, rather than force s to throw away cartridges.

I know they need to make money; why not make it on the ink.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:52:23 +0000

Very nice presentation. Very nice attempt to explain the system. However, very flawed!

There is only one problem – and that is the Government!!!!!!!! Get rid of them, this will release our slavery to them, and allow us to really decide what to do to make the best choice. The heavy heavy taxation is what is driving this problem, and leaving us helpless to fight for the proper cause. Governments are keeping us broke, and them powerful.

Very soon, we will be total slaves, and will have only one master – The Government, – unless we act now.

People are not wasting these resources, Governments are. People are generally good, except when they are under the thumb of big brother, and ‘forced’ to do things they don’t want to do. Now, people will distroy other people – for money (Iran & Afghanistan wars). All these solders are missionaries, fighting only for money and pension, regardless of how many lives are killed. The Government works this way also – using us to build their empires.

The problems stops – not by helping to conserve our environment, but by not ‘feeding’ the Government and letting them destroy the environment.

Destruction of the environment is one of the new world orders objectives. By not fighting them, we are agreeing with them. Silence is Consent.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:53:40 +0000

yep….. cool

By: savana

savana — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:33:34 +0000

thats an awesome video!thanks for leting me watch it.

By: Lucie

Lucie — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:10:40 +0000

GREAT, GREAT, WONDERFUL MESSAGE!! ONLY ONE CRITICISM…. LEAVE OUT THE GARBAGE ABOUT FOX NEWS. SOMEHOW THOSE REFERENCES DIMINISH THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:02:36 +0000

I was listening, and you said that peopl have less friends than what they used to have,because we spend all our time in a cage of work and T.V. This isn’t the only reason. I’m in 6th grade,and I spend most of my time in school…with other kids. And whenever I say recycle that,or don’t litter, they look at me with the oddest expressions: disgust,distrust, who knows? Anyways that wasn’t my point. well I only have two actual friends in my class. Why? Because I don’t buy things as soon as they come out, I don’t watch T.V. all day,so I’m not up-to-date with all the stuff, and since that’s all my classmates talk about, I don”t have many friends. And when I asked them: When was the last time you were happy? they say, when my mom bought me an ipod touch…or when is the last time you laughed? When I saw that funny episode of Phineas and Ferb. Our values are being lost. We must save our humanity. Now, instead of (for example) integrity being valued, whether I have an ipod is valued. I don’t have an ipod, so I’m a nobody. Some day, I’m going to write a book, and the “theme” as my teachers say, will be about our declining moral values.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:38:41 +0000

Timely, yet long overdue. Fantastic. Presented with excellence. I am totally convinced that there are more wise persons who desire quality living than those who just want to make a living. Sadly, soooo many are so busy making a so-called ‘living’, they don’t have tme to ‘live’. I pray that God will open the eyes of politicians to both see and follow the truth. We do not absolutely need them but their facilitation of change can make that change less difficult. People count!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:47:52 +0000

Wonderful work Annie – a great life’s achievement, and I’m sure you’ve only just started what you can do to raise our collective consciousness about our world and all of our ingrained attitudes. I just read the article on your work in YES magazine, and saw your movie and Bioneers talk. Excellent. Inspirational.

Just an added comment to Andrew’s post – I am one of those people who chose to not have children, because there were too many humans on the planet, and from the vantage point of 50 years I can report that the issue is less about the number of people here, and more about how the people think. I would have been better off to raise a houseful of informed and enlightened adopted kids or foster children, instead of having zero population gain as my goal. Making more environmentally conscious people on the Earth is an acceptable reason to have kids.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:54:12 +0000

Great, really true. The real power lies with consumers, that’s why we are brainwashed, so that we don’t choose. What we choose, what we buy, will be produced, and what we don’t, won’t.
If all the consumers in the world started making the right choices, we would not even need Governments to slow down global warming. That means that the average American should not wait for the average Chinese or Indian or guy in Timbuktoo – who doesn’t even have electricity or running water – to reduce his carbon emission.
It’s all there in your film. Good for you, keep it up.