I recently starting getting one GOOD artcile a day and as much as I enjoy the content they report on and style of the writers, the news of yet another oil spill, this time in Montana on the pristine Yellowstone River (the longest freeflowing in the lower 48), is super disheartening and makes me wonder.

Did you know there's about 20,000 oil spills a year in the United States and that roughly 300 never make it to the public eye because they are so severe that the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't allow press to cover them and private contractors are hired to clean them up... I sure didn't.   

This spill dumped over 42,000 gallons of crude oil into the river as it was being pumped from Canada to the US. 

They even found a bald eagle- our brave mascot- drenched in sludge. 

It makes me wonder why we live in a time when power and greed are preferred over health and the well-being of a planet and its people. It makes me wonder what life is going to be like for my children on planet Earth. It makes me wonder what anthropologists will think when they discover that we were one of the most wasteful and destructive of all civilizations thus far. It makes me wonder if this fight for a more conscious lifestyle and greater social awareness will ever end.

It makes me wonder how much more I can tolerate before I lose steam or control. 

Article originally found at GOOD here. 

I was introduced to Our Time just recently by Holstee co-founder Mike Radparvar and after reading their recent blog post Why CEOs need to hire more young people, I am F-I-R-E-D U-P. Big time. 

Our Time is the movement we need. It's the movement we've been waiting for. It's the platform we should firmly construct together in order to say what's on our minds and in our hearts regarding our current state of affairs as the most educated, motivated and ambitious generation in the wealthiest country in the world. Ever.

THAT, right there, is power. While we don't sit in the Whitehouse and write up legislation, we have 1,000+ friends on Facebook and unprecedented reach as individuals and the best knowledge of how to connect under today's ever evolving social umbrella. These things our parents could hardly dream of. For us, it's our way of breathing. And it's time we capitalize on this wave of fierce independence that we first started by carving out untraditional lifestyles and paths towards success and happiness. 

If you give a damn, take a minute and check out Our Time. Read the blog post Why CEOs need to hire more young people. Subscribe to them and read what they send out. 

Say something. 

Say something about Healthcare as +25% of Americans are obese.

Say something about Education as +42% of college graduates never read another book again-ever.

Say something about International Diplomacy as our 2012 defense budget is roughly 1.4 T R I L L I O N dollars.

Say something about Capitalism as poverty rates hit an all-time high at 1 in 7 Americans. You know 7 Americans, don't you?

Say something about Individual Rights as the Patriot Act and Extraordinary Rendition mask the illusion of independence we think we have.

Say something about Environmental Policy as we are on the brink of an unimaginable massive marine extinction. 

Say something. 

Please. 

It's time. It's OUR Time. And you damn well know it.