Green Impulse

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The Green Impulse: a Fulfilling Life That’s Also Good for the Earth

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A fulfilling life that's also good for the earth

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The Green Impulse:

a Fulfilling Life That’s Also Good for the Earth

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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new reality that makes the existing reality obsolete.

R. Buckminster Fuller

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Nature’s Operating System

From William McDonough and Paul Hawken

Waste = food

eliminate the concept of waste

Use current solar income

green plants can do it, we can too

Respect diversity

value nature’s services – live off interest, not capital

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The preachers will tell you how you ought to behave, specifically what you should do and what you should not do, but they never tell you how to become the kind of person who can do those things.

Alan Watts

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Conservatio

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AwarenessRestoration

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EconomyEconomyAttract capital Increase tax baseCreate jobs

BiosphereBiosphereNatural Capital:Clean air, clean water, soil, pollination

SocietySocietyHealthCulture & historySocial equity

The Three P’s: Planet, Prosperity, People

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20% all buildings over 7 years

10 days

30 days

$500,000,000

300,000

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Boston, MA

Pop. 589,181

Boston, MA 3-meter sea level rise

Pop. 589,181

Source: Architecture 2030 and Google

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Eco-anxiety is like the common cold.

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It is only when we find peace within that we will be able to live in peace with our environment.

Dalai Lama

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When spiders unite, they can tie up a lion.

Ethiopian proverb

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Your EcoBlueprint

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The GOforChange GuideFor Practical Green Living

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If you want to go fast, go alone.

If you want to go far, go together.