EPISODE · Oct 8, 2018 · 20 MIN
093: Want to win elections? Clean your neighborhood. Be a steward.
How do we elect people, including a United States President, who act on and steward the environment?I'm going to present a plan that I believe can win the next election that transcends the usual divisions that led to today's political situation, political misery, feelings of futility, and filth that we live in in air, land, and water, as well as our bodies.The links and images I referred to:'Disgusting' piles of trash a fixture outside NYC's first 'green' school, residents sayNew York City stops sewage train to Alabama after residents complain of ‘horrific’ smellSan Francisco’s crisis looks like New York’s futureNew York City's 1895 trash and sewage transformation Buzzfeed videos on getting fithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm7OtVr7yCEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXbPghYuRshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okM3OYaBQGgMy electric bill My electric Martha Graham's quoteHere is the quote:The dancer is realistic. His craft teaches him to be. Either the foot is pointed or it is not. No amount of dreaming will point it for you. This requires discipline, not drill, not something imposed from without, but discipline imposed by you yourself upon yourself.Your goal is freedom. But freedom may only be achieved through discipline. In the studio you learn to conform, to submit yourself to the demands of your craft, so that you may finally be free.Here it is in her voice:[archiveorg MarthaGrahamFree width=640 height=480 frameborder=0 webkitallowfullscreen=true mozallowfullscreen=true]Over a year to fill one bag of garbagehttps://youtu.be/L0Ud7gqcIMgFeeding 50 people with no packaging at under $3 per personSee the pictures of the event here. Note everyone enjoying themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How do we elect people, including a United States President, who act on and steward the environment?I'm going to present a plan that I believe can win the next election that transcends the usual divisions that led to today's political situation, political misery, feelings of futility, and filth that we live in in air, land, and water, as well as our bodies.The links and images I referred to:'Disgusting' piles of trash a fixture outside NYC's first 'green' school, residents sayNew York City stops sewage train to Alabama after residents complain of ‘horrific’ smellSan Francisco’s crisis looks like New York’s futureNew York City's 1895 trash and sewage transformation Buzzfeed videos on getting fithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm7OtVr7yCEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXbPghYuRshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okM3OYaBQGgMy electric bill My electric Martha Graham's quoteHere is the quote:The dancer is realistic. His craft teaches him to be. Either the foot is pointed or it is not. No amount of dreaming will point it for you. This requires discipline, not drill, not something imposed from without, but discipline imposed by you yourself upon yourself.Your goal is freedom. But freedom may only be achieved through discipline. In the studio you learn to conform, to submit yourself to the demands of your craft, so that you may finally be free.Here it is in her voice:[archiveorg MarthaGrahamFree width=640 height=480 frameborder=0 webkitallowfullscreen=true mozallowfullscreen=true]Over a year to fill one bag of garbagehttps://youtu.be/L0Ud7gqcIMgFeeding 50 people with no packaging at under $3 per personSee the pictures of the event here. Note everyone enjoying themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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