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Wednesday, 19 September 2007

From David Suzuki to Will Ferrel...

quotes on the interrelationships and challenges of humanity, economy, environment, technology, life, pollution amongst others... 

CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility vs. Greenwashing

"We note that TerraChoice is a private company that includes in its client list the Green Building Initiative, which we have described as greenwash.  So while they perhaps should not be casting the first stone, and it while it would have been so much more poetic with seven deadly sins of greenwashing, it is worth reading at ::Terrachoice. " - via Tree Hugger .

A deadly sin of Green Muting ... "4. Green consumers are a small niche. The Reality: Green is getting more mainstream than ever. There is enormous opportunity here to build the strength of a business, especially in terms trust, brand and reputation." - Bob Langert, McDonald's CSR VP  

"The challenge in our business is to strike the right balance between development and the environment. It's not about choosing between the two - we can do both."

Ron Brenneman,  CEO,  Petro-Canada at Canada Oil Sands

"For anyone who says let’s just refine it all up here (in Canada), I challenge you to find a community that welcomes a refinery into their area."

CoIP,  ,  September 03, 2009 at Canada Oil Sands

Environment and Health 

  • "We are air!" - David Suzuki, Public Forum: Our Environment is Our Health, at Ottawa, Canada on September 19, 2007
  • "Health and the environment, there is no distinction" - David Suzuki, Public Forum: Our Environment is Our Health, at Ottawa, Canada on September 19, 2007.
  • In response to a question about why Canada's governments have not done more about the environment: “We elect a group of people who are wimps!" - David Suzuki Read more about David Suzuki's speech and the public panel.
  • "My worst fears are coming true; and that has more to do with the politics of climate change than its reality. While concern on global warming reaches a crescendo, the world, instead of finding resolutions, is hurtling towards discord and dispute. Let us be clear: we do not have time to waste on bad politics and bad politicians." - Sunita Narain, of New Delhi’s Center for Science and the Environment, No more kindergarten approach to climate.

Entertainment

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  • Ron Burgundy: [driving in car, speaking to Baxter] Oh, Baxter, you are my little gentleman. I'll take you to foggy London town 'cause you are my little gentleman. Wow, this burrito is delicious, but it is filling.
    [throws burrito out the window]
"...a simple act of littering changed my life forever." Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

  • Chief of Staff John Sununu: Thank you. Mr. President, tonight I am extremely proud to welcome our distinguished guests from the nation's energy suppliers. From the coal industry, chairman of the Society for More Coal Energy, or "SMOCE", Mr. Terence Baggett. Representing the oil industry, head of the Society of Petroleum Industry Leaders, better known as "SPIL", Mr. Donald Fenswick... Donald Fenswick: [to applause] Thank you, thank you very much. Chief of Staff John Sununu: And from the nuclear industry, president of the Key Atomic Benefits Office of Mankind - "KABOOM", Mr. Arthur Dunwell.  - Quotes from Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
  • Champ Kind: ... what in the hell is diversity? Ron Burgundy: ... well, I I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era- Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell - From Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Green - Miscellaneous

“This planet has -- or rather had -- a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.”

 wolfdyke

 Douglas Adams quotes (British comic Writer, 1952-2001)

“If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

 Bill Watterson quotes (American Author of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, b.1958)

KFC creates a family sized nugget - from The Onion see the picture  

Trade

"The Doha Round of international trade negotiations collapsed mainly because of a fight for advantage in agricultural markets by large and powerful countries, corporations and lobbies... The Doha Round's focus was largely irrelevant to the least developed countries, who have seen almost no gains from past WTO agricultural trade agreements." - ("New focus needed for Doha Round - Trade talks failed to address developing country problems " 8/8/2006, Rome,John Riddle, Information Officer, FAO, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )
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