Quote for Friday, September 29, 2006

"Now I see the secret of making the best persons.  It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."
-Walt Whitman

Quote for Wednesday, September 27, 2006

"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way man thinks."
-Gregory Bateson

Quote for Tuesday, September 26, 2006

"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.  There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right.  To map out a course of action and to follow it to an end requires courage."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Journal for Friday, September 22, 2006

Now that we’ve decided to focus on home energy conservation for our Action Project, I’d like you to think about how we can present this issue as something that affects everyone.  Based on your initial research, what are some of the things that favor homeowners taking the time to consider home energy conservation?  Remember, it takes time, effort and sometimes costs a considerable amount of money to ‘go green’ and buy new products, such as solar heating or energy efficient windows, so we need to be clear about the benefits of changing the energy sources/dynamics of a home. 

For your response, I’d like you to try and convince Lisa, a homeowner with limited income, that spending what little extra money she has on home energy conservation is worth it.   Be sure to give her a number of reasons that support your argument.  Is this simply a financial issue?  Are ideals, morals and social responsibilities involved in this discussion?  Is there a ‘right’ thing to do?  Please make your response a letter to Lisa.

Thanks

Quote for Friday, September 22, 2006

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her serenity."
-E.B. White

Quote for September 20, 2006

"The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space."
-Edward Abbey

Quote for September 19, 2006

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve
the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny
ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of
energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the
mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
– Robert F. Kennedy

Journal for Friday, September 15, 2006

This week we sorted through a number of local environmental issues in order to choose a topic that will serve as the focus for our Action Project.  Our goal is to create awareness, educate and, ultimately, influence the community in which we live.  Before we venture out into the community however, I’d like you to consider which segment, or segments, of our community we want to address.  Who should we target in our effort to educate the community about the benefits of supporting green business?  Why these people and not others?  Is it beneficial to focus our efforts on a certain group, or should we try to get our message out to everyone without consideration?  Remember, I’m interested in your articulated opinion, so make this response a page in length.

Thanks

Quote for Friday, Sept. 15th

“This is the true joy in life, the being used up for a
purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; The being a force of nature
instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances,
complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of
the opinion that my life belongs to the community and as long as I live it is
my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when
I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own
sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a splendid torch which I have got
hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before
handing it on to future generations.”
-George Bernard Shaw

CAP Overnight, Sept. 9-10th

In addition to learning about ecologically friendly camping ethics, friction fire techniques and local ecosystems on our first overnight trip, the CAP class also had a few spare moments to perfect their Kung Fu!

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