All together now...
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In the green movement, there are so many steps we can take alone. For example:
But when confronted with the reality that even if every person in the US did everything An Inconvenient Truth suggested, carbon emissions would fall by only 22% vs. the 75% scientific consensus believes that emissions must be reduced, we realize that this fight is not about individuals. We need a major collective effort to bring down the worst polluting criminals, e.g.
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So, in the name of inspiring unity, solidarity, and collective effort, I thought this would be the best time bring in a few others to help us assign value to the concept of community.
Solidarity Forever
5 Community-Related Quotes to Inspire and Motivate
1. Eugene V. Debs sez:
"Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
2. Fannie Lou Hamer sez:
"There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people."
3. Sandra Day O'Connor sez:
"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone ... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something."
4. Margaret Mead sez:
"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
5. Chinese Proverb:
"One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade."
Collective Linkage
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