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To Twit Claire: We Pay You to Do “Really, Really, Really Hard Things”!

November 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Dear Claire, Perhaps the American public, who are paying your salary (and your health insurance and your retirement), might think that your job is to work on the hard and important problems that require addressing. Emotions can fly high when dealing with hard and important problems. And, hard and important problems often have people with […]

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Tags: climate change · climate legislation · Congress · Energy · energy efficiency · politics

“Me too! Me too! ME TOO!” Climate problem, climate solution

November 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on “Me too! Me too! ME TOO!” Climate problem, climate solution

1 minute to save the world is a short film competition about climate change that has aimed to create a platform for people all over the world, particularly young people, to get their messages out about climate change and to put those messages directly to the global leaders and decision makers in Copenhagen in December. […]

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Tags: advertising · climate change · environmental · Global Warming

Obama Admin looking to Cash for Caulkers?

November 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Alliterative titles often have power. “Cash for Clunkers” just rolled off the tongue and the program helped cars roll off dealers’ lots, providing a tangible economic boost while also (somewhat) providing a bump to automotive fuel efficiency. “Cash for Caulkers” might just be the next talk of the nation as President Obama has heard, from […]

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Tags: Clinton Climate Initiative · Energy · energy efficiency