It starts off with the jaded Ward telling the kids that they shouldn't bother caring about the environment because it's screwed no matter what they do, so they should just give up hope and focus on surviving the inevitable apocalypse instead. Owen counters this cynicism by explaining why they should bother trying to preserve all the great things about nature, and wins the kids over to his point of view.
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Earth Song
It starts off with the jaded Ward telling the kids that they shouldn't bother caring about the environment because it's screwed no matter what they do, so they should just give up hope and focus on surviving the inevitable apocalypse instead. Owen counters this cynicism by explaining why they should bother trying to preserve all the great things about nature, and wins the kids over to his point of view.
