The Cost of Environmental Change

Greenpeace speaker Amy Larkin talks about the cost of implementing environmental changes and the long term benefits of using renewable energy sources in this environmental damage speech. Larkin recognizes that reducing pollution is extremely costly for big businesses, and leads to short term loses. However, she states that the long term effects ultimately out-weigh these loses.

Larkin states that big businesses can swiftly change the world like nothing else. She encourages big organizations such as Google to team up with competitors in an effort to conserve energy.

Larkin discusses environmental debt. She states that companies and individuals will pay money later for pollution and environmental damage. She states that investing in renewable energy sources is a great way for big companies to reduce this environmental debt in the long run.