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Environment & Energy

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)

8. True - balance is necessary

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 06:15 PM

Mar 2013

True - too much fluffy talk is not enough. Al Gore put it nicely when he described the 904 scientific journals published between 1994 and 2004 that described global warming as a crisis caused by human activity. He said that we have the technology to return sustainability to human activity, what we need is the motivation. Any ideas to help motivate the human spirit toward our ecosystems without being overly sentimental?
I found it:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/127701471/The-Pledge-of-the-Rainbow-Warrior

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A teacher/blogger on systems science and climate change [View all] GliderGuider Mar 2013 OP

A Possible Outcome Anonymousecoview Mar 2013 #1

Thanks! reflection Mar 2013 #2

It's a fully noble sentiment. GliderGuider Mar 2013 #3

I can handle AGW, it's the neo-romanticism that has me worried. wtmusic Mar 2013 #5

True - balance is necessary Anonymousecoview Mar 2013 #8

As long as Andrew lloyd Weber isn't involved pscot Apr 2013 #17

I hear you Anonymousecoview Mar 2013 #10

Hey there ~ Anonymousecoview. I'm still willing to fight for the underdog. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #7

Pass it on if you can take the pledge Anonymousecoview Mar 2013 #9

The Pledge of the Rainbow Warrior In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #11

Welcome to DU. Delphinus Apr 2013 #13

The Documentary of the Dust Bowl Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #16

Alder Stone doesn't know what he's talking about with respect to Bill McKibben. wtmusic Mar 2013 #4

Re: McKibben GliderGuider Mar 2013 #6

+ 100, n/t CRH Mar 2013 #12

And let's not forget the very real possibility of 400 ppm THIS YEAR (though not as an annual avg.) hatrack Apr 2013 #14

Yikes Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #15