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We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbor.

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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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