Bringing About Environmental Justice Requires Enthusiasm

It’s the birthday of Henry David Thoreau, who, after living at Walden Pond, left us with this gem: “I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

Let’s also remember that Thoreau was a close friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who taught us: “Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.”

As I wrote as a kind of “renewable energy new year’s resolution” late last year:

Truly, we’re right around the corner from a fully sustainable approach to energy here on our home planet. So let’s dedicate ourselves in 2014 to moving the ball across the goal line. What will be required? Little more than what we have in place right this minute: a powerful purpose, ever-improving clean energy technology and a ton of enthusiasm.