Commitment…

What does a wedding—time tested confirmation of the commitment between two people—have to do with climate change and the global energy market? The reality of the global energy market is that energy is at the center of every major issue in the world today—clean water, nutrition, provision of health care, elimination of poverty, economic well being and the list goes on. Everything that contributes to a better world happens through energy.

A commitment to making the world a better place, is like the commitment of the bond of marriage. It’s love, it’s faith, it’s trust, and it’s commitment between two individuals to a better world. It’s also their hope of a better world for their children and their children’s children. Making the world a better place is the responsibility of an individual and the case of the bond of marriage. It’s 1+1=3.

Addressing today’s and tomorrow’s challenges in the world of energy and climate change, starts with the individual. This is the first time in history that every single individual can make a difference. One by one, individuals are making the changes to more efficiently use energy, to produce energy and green technologies, and to change the mindsets of those that one touches. These are the answers to tomorrow’s problems. 1 by 1, then 2 by 2, and then 2 together makes 3 and touching those around them we’ll realize a better world.

The wedding itself is a starting point. Those who come and those who participate are doing what they can for that wedding to minimize their carbon footprint. They are beginning to change their own mindset about the role we each have as a global citizen in this global world. It becomes a commitment to themselves as individuals, as couples, as part of community at the service and to the couple being married. It becomes an escalating pyramid for a new world.