Paul Hawken: The New Great Transformation
This talk is quite long…but quite good. Take a bit of your day and be inspired…

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When I read this yesterday I wasn’t surprised.
Gov. Rick Perry today told the federal government that Texas doesn’t want $555 million to expand benefits for the unemployed in exchange for widening the program to include part-time workers.
The Legislature can decide to accept the money, but Perry said the state has repeatedly rejected the idea of [...]

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Dear Kitchen Gardener,
What’s a home garden worth? With the global economy spiraling downward and Mother Nature preparing to reach upward, it’s a good question to ask and a good time to ask it.
There isn’t one right answer, of course, but I’ll give you mine: $2149.15. Last year, my wife Jacqueline suggested to me that [...]

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High compensation doesn’t attract the very best. It attracts the greediest.
via Letters – Wall St. Bonuses – Enough Is Enough – NYTimes.com.
Why is this the first time I’ve ever seen anyone say this? A more true statement has never been said. This sentence should be the banner headline of the past decade…
Why are we not [...]

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I watched and listened to this as it was given on Tuesday. It wasn’t until today that I actually read it…I find myself even more encouraged than I was with the first hearing. I foresee the American people will be inspired to greatness once again. Maybe, just maybe, our leaders will be inspired by our [...]

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Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, launched the attack Saturday and repeated it twice Sunday, signaling a new strategy by John McCain’s presidential campaign to go after Obama’s character.
“The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn’t been talked about,” Palin said as she boarded her plane in Long Beach, Calif. “I think [...]

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Every time Joe Biden made mention of the last eight years, Sarah Palin would chastise him for looking to the past not the future. Look who’s digging deep now.
SEDONA, Ariz., Oct. 4 — GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin opened a new assault on Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing the Democratic presidential nominee of being [...]

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Makes sense to me…

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