Posted in action now, general on Jan 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Don’t wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself…and put one foot in front of the other.
Hazel Henderson
Posted in general on Jan 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Frank Outlaw
Posted in energy security, general on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
The country imagines who its future competitors are most likely to be. And looming large on that horizon is China. China is short on energy … Russia only has energy …
Most countries don’t have energy strategies. There is plenty of energy policies, plenty of energy regulations. There are even energy philosophies and enthusiasms. But [...]
Posted in general on Jan 10th, 2008 No Comments »
This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.
Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Posted in general on Jan 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Understanding environmental interactions involves some of the most difficult issues in engineering, chemistry, physics and computer science. Regrettably, many environmental students aren’t interested in the hard stuff; they want to influence policy. This emphasis occurs in a wide range of colleges. As an example, at Princeton we have an endowment to support ‘a Freshman Seminar [...]
Posted in general on Jan 8th, 2008 No Comments »
If it is to benefit humanity, concern for our planet and the future of our civilization needs to be matched with an understanding of the facts.
Richard Garwin and Georges Charpak
Posted in general on Jan 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Energy and persistence alter all things.
Benjamin Franklin
Posted in action now, climate, general on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
It is often necessary to make decisions on the basis of information sufficient for action, but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher
Posted in action now, general on Dec 20th, 2007 No Comments »
If we do it right, protecting the climate will yield not costs, but profits, not burdens but benefits, not sacrifice, but a higher standard of living.
Bill Clinton, October 1997
