Comments on: 350. org http://joytripproject.org/blog/2009/10/25/350-org/ Reporting on the business, art and culture of the sustainable active lifestyle Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9707 By: Joe Galliani http://joytripproject.org/blog/2009/10/25/350-org/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Joe Galliani Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:11:42 +0000 http://joytripproject.org/blog/?p=1515#comment-117 I find Bill McKibben such an inspiration and a wonderful role model in a world so desperately in need of forces for good. I hope Bill knows how much energy and motivation we get from him. I was touched when Bill said he no longer thinks in terms of optimism or pessimism he just gets up and does the work he can each day. I know how Bill feels. I frequently quote the late Italian political theorist, Antonio Gramsci, who wrote in his Gramsci: Letters from Prison,... Read More “I’m a pessimist because of intelligence,but an optimist because of will.” We have no choice. We must do everything we can every single day while we still can. And we should rejoice that we have others at our side, across the street, around the world and in our hearts who will be there with us every single step of the way. I find Bill McKibben such an inspiration and a wonderful role model in a world so desperately in need of forces for good. I hope Bill knows how much energy and motivation we get from him.

I was touched when Bill said he no longer thinks in terms of optimism or pessimism he just gets up and does the work he can each day. I know how Bill feels.

I frequently quote the late Italian political theorist, Antonio Gramsci, who wrote in his Gramsci: Letters from Prison,… Read More
“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence,but an optimist because of will.”

We have no choice. We must do everything we can every single day while we still can. And we should rejoice that we have others at our side, across the street, around the world and in our hearts who will be there with us every single step of the way.

]]> By: Hostelling http://joytripproject.org/blog/2009/10/25/350-org/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Hostelling Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:42:39 +0000 http://joytripproject.org/blog/?p=1515#comment-116 Small efforts often lead to more efforts and sometimes greater efforts. And pretty soon, each of us is a part of the solution in our own way. And best of all, most of the time it’s fun. In the course of planning this climate action I have experienced the power of taking action – like a pebble falling in water, the ripples never stop reaching out. Small efforts often lead to more efforts and sometimes greater efforts. And pretty soon, each of us is a part of the solution in our own way. And best of all, most of the time it’s fun.

In the course of planning this climate action I have experienced the power of taking action – like a pebble falling in water, the ripples never stop reaching out.

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