Aug 30, 2010 
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity — instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn’t have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.
Clean Energy is a new source of jobs, home energy, and economic growth.
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No Comments Our desire to live comfortably on this planet does NOT give us the right to kill the oceans.
Offshore drilling is killing the oceans.
Our survival depends on healthy oceans.
We need to replace dirty energy with clean energy.
The amount of work required to replace dirty energy with clean energy is HUGE.
The effort to become a clean energy planet requires that we create 11.5 TW of new non-carbon based energy in the next 25 years.
To generate this much new energy, we will need to retool our global economy.
In chapter 9 of the video lecture below titled “Climate Change Recalculated,” Saul Griffith proposes a plan for what it would take to retool the world energy production.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated his commitment to bold action on clean energy and climate
Raising the share of renewable energy from 8.5% to 20% in the overall energy consumption is a necessary contribution to the global fight against climate change and towards better control over our energy dependence. The various uses of renewable energy are examined: electricity through wind and hydraulic energies; electricity or heat through geothermal and solar energies; electricity, heat, and biofuel coming from biomass.
Robert Redford calls on the Obama administration to work for clean energy now.
America’s Most Endangered Mountains - Blair Mountain, WV
Pledge to Help End Mountaintop Removal. Visit: www.iLoveMountains.org
The Coen Brothers directed a “clean coal” ad to help show the truth about this energy myth. Visit www.thisisreality.org for additional information.
What can global leaders do to create sustainable prosperity worldwide?
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