Real Heroes/Heroines of the 21st Century

 The real Heroes and Heroines of the 21st Century love without borders.  They give without counting the cost.  They experience joy without measure.  People--all people are more important than profits.  All inhabitants of our living Earth Community are valued.  Children are assisted, not assaulted.  Human children, Yes.  "Grass children", "flower children", "fish children", "bird children", "deer children", etc.  They will go into a creative, enchanting, healthy future together or into a destructive, alienating and toxic one. 

How will we parents, grandparents, educators, young adults, students, religious leaders, farmers, scientists, artists, writers, IT professionals, musicians, actors/actresses, government leaders, medical personnel, lawyers, economists, business people, workers, employers, etc., as informed adults decide by our actions?  Every heroic venture requires love, overcoming obstacles, sacrifice and persistence.  How are we meeting the greatest overarching challenge of the 21st century, the environmental one? 

 How will we answer our children and grandchildren who will question us on this in 10, 20 or 30 years?  How will history record our environmental legacy?  How will we respond to the Mystery that brings so much life-giving Beauty and Abundance forth?  See the courageous responses of Sandra Steingraber, biologist/activist mother upper N.Y.; Vandana Shiva, Indian environmentalist/physicist; Dorothy Stang, SND, activist for the poor and rainforests in Brazil (murdered); Kenyan Wangari Maathai, Foundress Green Belt Movement and Cesar Chavez, farm worker/leader in CA.  (Note youtube videos on them).