The Country That Owns Green, That Dominates

When I Was Growing Up, My Parents Told Me, 'finish Your Dinner. People In China And India Are Starving.' I Tell My Daughters, 'finish Your Homework. People In India And China Are Starving For Your Job.'

The Poverty Fighters Resent The Climate-change Folks; Climate Folks Hold Summits Without Reference To Biodiversity; The Food Advocates Resist The Biodiversity Protectors. They All Need To Go On Safari Together.

If You Don't Visit The Bad Neighborhoods, The Bad Neighborhoods Are Going To Visit You.

It's Easy To Kind Of Say It's The Elite That's Putting You Down. Well, It Wasn't Really The Elite, Technology Will Do That.

So What Am I? I Guess I Would Call Myself A Sober Optimist...if You Are Not Sober About The Scale Of The Challenge, Then You Are Not Paying Attention. But If You Are Not An Optimist, You Have No Chance Of Generating The Kind Of Mass Movement Needed To Achieve The Needed Scale.