I invite you to face the darkness and all that it represents. People must work to limit the damage that DT is inflicting. At the same time, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. In a few minutes, I will send an action plan to carry out.
When George W Bush was president, I learned to make your demands and keep them simple enough to fit on a bumper sticker.
A world without poverty is a safe world.
The US is plenty powerful with 1,000 nuclear weapons.
The US is plenty powerful with 100 military bases overseas.
Reverse global warming.
Divert the asteroids rather than hoping for a near-miss.
Protect our power systems from a Carrington event.
Tame our volcanos.
People in my parents’ generation overcame the Great Depression and were part of the Allied Forces that brought victory over the Axis Powers.
In 2025, it is time to step up to the plate to rescue the world again and lead everybody to broad sunlit uplands.
See these thoughts from Wangari Maathai:
In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other.
From Wangari Maathai’s Nobel Lecture, delivered in Oslo, 10 December 2004.
Thank you for your attention,
Ed