I'd Love To Have A President Who

Fifty Percent Of The World's Population Lives In Cities. In A Couple Of Decades, 70 Percent Of The World's Population Will Be Living In Cities. Cities Are Where The Problem Is. Cities Are Where The Solution Is, Where Creativity Exists To Address The Challenges And Where They Have Most Impact. This Is Why, In 2005, The C40 Was Founded, An Organization Of Cities That Address Climate Change. It Started With 18 Cities; Now It's 91. Cities Simply Are The Key To Saving The Planet.

Other Ways Of Looking At The Environmental Or Climate Change Stuff Is To Frame It In The Context That It Is Simultaneously A Public Health Issue. One Out Of Eight Premature Deaths Worldwide Happens Because Of Air Pollution. The Worst Power Plant In America Kills 278 People A Year And Causes 445 Heart Attacks. So, When We Improve Air Quality We Improve Our Lives, And At The Same Time We Improve The Climate As Well. We Must See Climate Policy From This Perspective And Not As An Abstract Threat That May Threaten Our Survival In 100 Years.

I've Always Respected Those Who Tried To Change The World For The Better, Rather Than Just Complain About It.

The Mistake That Was Made In The '70s Is We Stopped Policing The Streets, We Stopped Cleaning The Streets, We Stopped Cleaning The Graffiti Off Buildings, We Stopped Supporting Our Cultural Institutions And Building Parks And Schools And All Those Kinds Of Things.

I Was The One Of Those Students Who Made The Top Half Of The Class Possible.