Celeb uses status to shine light on global issues

"We think we are so much better than the "lower creatures" yet they do so many things much better than us. If we truly respect their capacity as change makers to the world we live in, it will be in our favor through continuing innovations in health and science.

For example:
¤ There is a species of cone snail that produces a potential pain killer that is 1000's times more potent than morphine.
¤ Polar Bears have the ability to teach us much about diabetes prevention, they carry so much blubber yet their insulin levels remain stable.
¤ Some of our oldest plants are threatened and these plants have seeds that are not covered, they have no shells. The most famous gift these have given us is a compound that contains amazing anticancer fighting strength (a drug called Taxol). This drug treats ovarian, breast and endometrial cancers.

Each choice becomes an act, an act that either votes for or against the type of world you want to live in." - Ian Somerhalder foundation