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This is an awesome video, with a shocking twist at the end.  It sums up in a dramatic fashion the consequences of ignoring the next generation.

I found this video as well; William McDonough is covering some of the same ground; updated.

William McDonough, the author of the book, Cradle to Cradle, challenges us to create the sustainable economy.  These two clips from the video ‘The Next Industrial Revolution’ hold the keys to our future: positive, hopeful, creative and challenging.

This first video is a taste of the the thesis of the the longer video, which is 45 minutes long. The thesis of this video is the fundamental thesis of creating a sustainable society: how do we love all the children of all species for all time,

The Tesla Car is Airwolf: beauty, intensity and majesty in one package. When I saw this video, I had a bit of an epiphany: being green is more than birkenstalks and wilderness. It is empowering our engineers, urban planners and business folk to create for us a world that we want to live in.

They so want to do it.

Imagine this kind of creativity put into homes, public transit, government services.

Mike De Souza, National Post

OTTAWA — It was denounced by Environment Minister John Baird as “the mother of all taxes,” but a new report for the federal government says a $50-per-tonne carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas pollution would do little harm to the Canadian economy.

The study - titled “Cost Curves for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Canada: The Kyoto Period and Beyond” - was submitted to the government in January.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May said it proves the Conservatives knew the top experts were urging them to accept her proposal of a $50-per-tonne carbon tax as the most effective tool to fight global warming.

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