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Bill McKibben Quotes: What makes us different? We're the creature that can decide not to do something that we are capable of doing.
         

What makes us different? We're the creature that can decide not to do something that we are capable of doing.


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The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done.



Very few people on earth ever get to say: 'I am doing, right now, the most important thing I could possibly be doing.' If you'll join this fight that's what you'll get to say

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what you do every day is what forms your mind and precious few of us can or would spend most days outdoors.



In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?"

In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?"



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Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality.



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Advent: the time to listen for footsteps - you can't hear footsteps when you're running yourself.



We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them.

We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them.



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The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and physics, unfortunately, don't bargain.



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We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)





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