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Each one of us makes a difference.  How we live our lives and do what’s right has a huge influence on the well-being of humankind. And keep in mind that the battle for a sustainable civilization is becoming more interesting …

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Here’s another thing of beauty from Ken Burns, a man with an unsurpassed understanding of world history. Doesn’t the banning of books scare the hell out of anyone who might have read Fahrenheit 451 or 1984? If left to its …

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This is great. I’d like to think that the dozens of times my kids watched me do precisely this as they were growing up has helped bring two kind young adults into our world. A sustainable civilization is a kind …

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The Dalai Lama says, “My religion is kindness.” It’s easy to forget that people who are treated kindly tend to treat others in a similar fashion, and that the way we treat others has an effect that ripples through hundreds …

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Here’s a powerful reminder of an important fact: the road to the civilization we’d all like to see isn’t rooted in hate and violence, but in love, and respect for people who may not look or think like you. It’s …

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If you’ll excuse this guy’s French, he’s making an excellent point, one that had an attraction for me even as a small child. We boys of the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia were part of the so-called “Interacademic League,” …

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It’s the birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson,  who reminded us that “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”  And who wouldn’t be enthusiastic about the prospects for a sustainable civilization, given progress like that covered in these three news items? …

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According to the Writer’s Almanac:  It’s the birthday of novelist Joseph Heller (books by this author), born in Brooklyn (1923) and best known for the novel Catch-22 (1961), about an American bombardier named John Yossarian. During World War II, Yossarian …

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Let me begin by offering this two-minute video that I think you’ll find worthwhile. The reason I showed you that is so I could tell you this:  What we need to do to achieve a sustainable civilization does not call …

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Sometime later this evening, someone will post the 7000th comment here at 2GreenEnergy. My thanks to everyone who has participated so vociferously, and who continues to keep this site growing, both in size and importance.  When I go to conferences, even …

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