Arthur C. Clark and the Human Family
Science fiction legend Arthur C. Clark would have turned 98 today.
When he realized he was dying in 2007, he made a video in which he told future generations: “I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. So I hope we’ve learnt something from the most barbaric century in history – the 20th. I would like to see us overcome our tribal divisions and begin to think and act as if we were one family. That would be real globalization …”
Explorer Freya Stark has this to add: Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.
Good concepts for a winter’s day.
Mass production of electric cars throughout the world gives way to innovative concepts in the fields of green energy and sustainable design. Having said that, we are still far from achieving low greenhouse-gas emission standards. In countries as California, which gets most of its power from green sources, the use of electric vehicles is highly beneficial to the environment.
Life is easy if you have a big and comfortable home to spend your days in. But, even though obtaining such a place sounds far from easy, it does not have to be. Living in a nice environment is actually easier than ever with the concept of an eco-friendly home. Now, you too can create an embracing space that will make you feel good and still be the best possible solution for our planet and the environment. 
There are plenty of people and groups disappointed by the outcome of the Paris COP 21 meetings, in particular, those who stand to suffer most immediately and intensely as a result of climate change, or of the abusive processes related to fossil fuel extraction. Anyone with a heart needs to be sympathetic. 
