<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for will.i.am debuts climate change song]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/Yes-we-can-take-our-planet-back/ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:03:22 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Yes-we-can-take-our-planet-back/1 Hate to say it

But I think the video would be better without Al Gore.

-David Ahlport

]]> Hate to say it

But I think the video would be better without Al Gore.

-David Ahlport

]]> Comment #2 by 2wheeler http://www.grist.org/article/Yes-we-can-take-our-planet-back/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:49:23 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Yes-we-can-take-our-planet-back/2 Like it

... Gore included.

It would be good to have included more examples of positive behaviors (or links to them in a subsequent piece).  Each one of us can actively play a role in restoring the planet through our own choices and actions, and it seems like a cop-out to say it is up to the Government to do all the work to "fix it".   The actual change will occur when each of us makes more sustainable choices.

The Gore quote about "taxing what we burn, not what we earn", is a positive one because it would incentivize some behaviors that are earth and climate friendly.

The sequel to this video should show Mr. will.i.am getting outside his insular apartment and reconnecting with the planet, the soil, the local ecosystem and working as one person can, to restore it.  Walking the talk, as it were.

For example: participating in watershed cleanups, bicycling transportation, changing ALL the light bulbs, tree planting and invasive species removal from public lands and parks-- heck, even driving the expensive electric car(s) he owns would be a positive thing.

For too long individuals have told or convinced themselves that they are powerless to change the planet's health.  That it is all someone else's fault or responsibility.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  "Yes, We Can" shift to sustainability together.

Moving toward sustainability with hopefulness, one revolution at a time.


]]> Like it

... Gore included.

It would be good to have included more examples of positive behaviors (or links to them in a subsequent piece).  Each one of us can actively play a role in restoring the planet through our own choices and actions, and it seems like a cop-out to say it is up to the Government to do all the work to "fix it".   The actual change will occur when each of us makes more sustainable choices.

The Gore quote about "taxing what we burn, not what we earn", is a positive one because it would incentivize some behaviors that are earth and climate friendly.

The sequel to this video should show Mr. will.i.am getting outside his insular apartment and reconnecting with the planet, the soil, the local ecosystem and working as one person can, to restore it.  Walking the talk, as it were.

For example: participating in watershed cleanups, bicycling transportation, changing ALL the light bulbs, tree planting and invasive species removal from public lands and parks-- heck, even driving the expensive electric car(s) he owns would be a positive thing.

For too long individuals have told or convinced themselves that they are powerless to change the planet's health.  That it is all someone else's fault or responsibility.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  "Yes, We Can" shift to sustainability together.

Moving toward sustainability with hopefulness, one revolution at a time.


]]> Comment #3 by YERTmark http://www.grist.org/article/Yes-we-can-take-our-planet-back/ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:05:39 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Yes-we-can-take-our-planet-back/3 Refusing the Status Quo

It seems like I'm seeing more and more brand new videos and songs that call for a flat out refusal of the status quo. And they speak to me. Do they speak to you? Why or why not?

For me, when I see the science behind climate change and resource depletion, then I take a look at our consumption habits, I see a HUGE gap between where we need to be and where we are. And it is getting wider. And the national and international institutions we created to manage so much of our civilization seem ill-equipped to bring about the change that the planet requires of us. What's going on?

Curiously Yours,
Mark

]]> Refusing the Status Quo

It seems like I'm seeing more and more brand new videos and songs that call for a flat out refusal of the status quo. And they speak to me. Do they speak to you? Why or why not?

For me, when I see the science behind climate change and resource depletion, then I take a look at our consumption habits, I see a HUGE gap between where we need to be and where we are. And it is getting wider. And the national and international institutions we created to manage so much of our civilization seem ill-equipped to bring about the change that the planet requires of us. What's going on?

Curiously Yours,
Mark

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