Strasbourg Conference

About a month ago I applied and was accepted to join a conference on the environment in Strasbourg.  It was a conference between U.S. and European students to discuss environmental issues and what we can do to help.  Our keynote speaker, Polly Higgins, is currently working on making ecocide the 5th Crime Against Peace in the United Nations (http://pollyhiggins.com/Polly_Higgins/Welcome.html).  Another speaker was from IUCN, a leading organization in environmental efforts (http://www.iucn.org/about/).
One comment that really stands out to me from the conference is that we, as individuals, are not working to save the planet.  The planet would be just fine on its own.  What we need to do is save the planet from our own destructive ways.
Well yes! That is true.  Time is running out (as you can see by all of this wacky climate change - and you can't deny that things are changing, this has been a pretty wacky year for weather for example!) and the environment shouldn't be a this-side/ that-side political issue.  It is something that affects every single person whether you think you care about it or not. That is why it matters.

The conference went all weekend, but I still took some time to get to know the other students as well as the city.  Here are some pics!: