The best way to predict the future…is to invent it!

The second best way is to finance it!

Going green is the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century!

So make going green your next big thing!

Those who were before us didn’t know about the problem! Those who come after are powerless to do anything about it!

John Doerr: Seeking salvation and profit in greentech:

(via WijZijnKoel)

Read more about the recent visit of Al Gore to the Netherlands (in Dutch), where he delivered a speech to 2000 well-paying businessmen with a comparable message…

Take a look at Al Gore’s challenge to repower America:

John Doerr: Seeking salvation and profit in greentech

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Martti Ahtisaari at a news conference in Kosovo in 2006. Hazir Reka/Reuters

LONDON — Former President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland, who has worked to end conflicts in troubled spots around the world for more than three decades, won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday

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A young people’s summary of the  United Nations Human Development Report 2007/2008

The young people of the world have produced a Youth Booklet that includes drawings, poems and human stories on climate change and development, entirely made by and for young people!

The booklet has been developed by Peace Child International jointly with HDRO, and launched on Youth Day 2008.

Read more at the UNDP…

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I fear I may have poisoned my objectivity on this one after a recent post I did on Sarah Palin and her views on the cause of global warming; there’s no getting around that Gov. Palin’s viewpoint is at odds with what I consider to be good policy and sound science. Palin’s views aside though, the good thing about both Barack Obama and John McCain is the both have indicated that they will take action to combat global warming: Which is reassuring considering a number of sobering statements made towards the end of the summer about the state of arctic climate change.

Read more at Treehugger…

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