WholeSum: Every Bit Counts
Every action of today defines the planet of tomorrow.
“Once our personal connection to what is wrong becomes clear, then we have to choose: we can go on as before, recognizing our dishonesty and living with it the best we can, or we can begin the effort to change the way we think and live.” -- Wendell Berry
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Created: May 07, 2008
Updated: Jan 14, 2009
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Within the scope of our community and our planet, every positive action we do, and every negative one we don't, counts. Our future depends on our small, incremental actions, and the whole sum of our actions today define the planet of tomorrow.
Micheal Pollan's "Why Bother?" article, which came out on the New York Times on 4/20/2008, makes a good case for the notion that WE, not politicians or corporations, are the only ones who can actually change the future. This group seeks to foster discussion around this notion and most importantly, how to spread this message to the masses.
Micheal Pollan's "Why Bother?" article, which came out on the New York Times on 4/20/2008, makes a good case for the notion that WE, not politicians or corporations, are the only ones who can actually change the future. This group seeks to foster discussion around this notion and most importantly, how to spread this message to the masses.
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WITTs, YOYOs, and Why Americans Don't Go Green
In this blog post Joel Makower points out four reasons why Americans have not gone green (as of 2006, when the entry was written). In summary:
Environmentalists have a marketing problem. It is h ...more
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WITTs, YOYOs and the age of right brainers
WITT (We're In This Together ) is gaining ground
in the human mindset, at the expense of the YOYO (You're On Your Own)
mentality. The power of WITT thinking is only fully understood by the right
brain ...more
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All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy
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As the new century unfolds, Americans face prodigious economic and
social challenges, yet nothing unifies the various strategies and
causes that attempt to meet these ch ...more
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The Way We Live Now: Why Bother?
This is an article by Michael Pollan, the author of an Omnivore's Dilemma, dissecting the argument of whether our individual acts of sustainability make a difference, in other words "why bother?" I es ...more
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