Can women save the planet?” After last night’s #WomenInTheWorld launch, I believe we’re our only hope! I want to post some of the highlights here because the next few days will be filled with more amazing information, and I want to share as much as possible. An important moment for me was being bolstered and given “renewable energy” from @Christiana Figueres, a founding partner of the @Global Optimism organization. She wants us to believe that we DO have the power to stop the devastation of #climatechange . Figueres On climate change deniers: “Climate change is not a religion. It’s not a myth. It’s not a ritualistic practice. It’s science. If you refuse to believe in science, then please refuse to believe in gravity and refuse to believe that the Earth is round.” On supporting youth activism about climate change: “If that outrage falls into cynicism and despair, we are literally fried. That outrage has to be folded and forged into a really stubborn optimism, which is living and working in the conviction that together we have everything it takes to do the right thing.” …see more