The Future I Want: Brittany Trilford's winning entry for Date with History

UPDATE 11 June: We are thrilled to announce that Brittany will speak to over 130 heads of state and deputy heads of state at 09h55 local time in Rio on June 20, 2012, as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as the Rio+20 Earth Summit, opens next week. Follow her journey to Rio at tcktcktck.org/rio and send her a message of support!

More than 200 people around the world entered TckTckTck's Date with History competition for a chance to speak truth to power and tell world leaders about the future they want at the Rio Earth Summit in June 2012. Out of all the entries, the public and our diverse jury of environmental leaders, activists and celebrities, 17-year-old Brittany Trilford of Wellington, New Zealand was selected as the winner.

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[pseudorandomly]

This is hardly a fair criticism of a video that is clearly entitled "The Future I Want".

[LivingPaleo]

This kind of future can only be possible when we understand why our leaders talk instead of leading, why they are so corrupt, and why we keep falling for their lies. We will continue to make excuses for them until we learn that their nature is fundamentally different than that of a normal person. There is much evidence that they are psychopaths - a term that is very, very misunderstood. It does not mean violent, it does not mean insane. It means they are without conscience.

[Marc Leung]

haha, the only way to get to the top is through corruption, even if you forced yourself up there clean, you'd be taken down in a second.

this girl is competitive, wants to win all the time, wants attention, and she knows way more than a normal 17yo should. If I'm her parents I'd deem myself a failure, because I didn't lead my child to a proper childhood, I brought my child into this dirty society before maturity.

[Mohit Mago]

Wow, well said

[Patrick Rippman]

Brittany I find your video to be incredibly inspiring! I kept thinking about these closed loop cycles you speak of. As a freelance videographer I'm considering creating a documentary that discusses all the available possibilities that are being neglected. Kinetic energy is everywhere and we need to recycle it. From the shoes we walk in, to treadmills we run on, and the cars we drive, every motion we make can be recycled. By innovating everyday products on a mass scale we could change the world.

[Pedro Rivas]

Lo unico que esta niña debio haber dicho al Secretario General y a los lideres es: "Dejen de hacer Dinero". Gracias Henry Ford (dios Nazi del sistema capitalista) por haber inventado la produccion en serie, no sabias q estabas inventando el sistema d produccion que acabaria con el ecosistema. Actuemos YA, podemos empezar en casa, dejemos d comprar esos nuevos Toyota hasta q saquen el electrico presionemos, dejemos d tomar la coca cola, dejemos de comprar periodicos etc. todos somos culpables...

[Pedro Rivas]

Ese es el principal problema, nosotros nos la pasamos planificando para el futuro y bla bla bla hablando sobre el futuro y entramos en la paradoja de aquiles y la tortuga, nunca alcanzamos ese ansiado futuro. "El futuro NO existe, Empieza a actuar YA". A alguien mas que a mi, le resulta increible que hace 40 años hayamos enviado un hombre a la luna y aun no circule el auto electrico como medio de transporte generalizado?. TODOS nosotros tenemos la culpa del mundo q tenemos no solo los lideres.

[GoinVert]

Brittany, what about human population numbers in relation to poverty and environrmental issues.

What about the environmental consequences of 'too many people', which is a factor in both poverty and environmental issues. The responsibility is on all of us, your lifestyle choices matter. That's you Brittany, your lifestyle choices matter. Are you taking personal lifestyle responsibility? Are you just going to complain to others or are you going to act by your lifestyle of choice.

[john smith]

Well Done Girl. Keep up the good work and join the rest of the wiser earth peoples. There are many among us who demand these changes. Keep planting the seeds of change! Join as many groups as you can and spread the word.

[otipua08]

Yes, we do have the largest part of our electricity generated from renewable sources. With a concerted effort involving conservation and greater use of wind,PV and even geothermal, we could easily move to 100%. We are blessed with a great wind resource, high sunshine hours and lots of hydro capacity. Unfortunately our leadership is quite unimaginative. They have been promoting NZ as potentially the Saudi Arabia of the South Pacific and trying to attract FF exploration companies here.

[otipua08]

New Zealand is like a microcosm of other western countries. We have our own disinformation network, the Climate Science Coalition, which has received funding from the Heartland Institute. At the moment we have a centre right government which doesn't take environmental issues seriously. At the same time there is a large section of the community that do understand the urgency. The NZ Green party received 11% of the vote at the last election.

[stang 289]

Tick tock they have been saying the same old crap for years . You poor misinformed young fool . Eat your own crap then . You need to worry more about WW3 then Global Warming . You are what Lenin called a Useful Idiot . Wake Up girl You are being used .