“My view is there will be problems and bad people as long as the earth exists, and since we're moving into a completely interdependent global environment, we're better off building a world we'd like to live in when the United States are not the only military superpower. That is, we need to build a world of shared responsibility, shared benefits, and shared commitment to our common humanity.” PeopleWorldNeedsLongStatesProblemEarthMovingHumanityUnitedViewsCommonResponsibilityUnited StatesEnvironmentMilitaryBuildingBenefitsCommitmentBetter OffBad PeopleSuperpowerCommon HumanityShared Responsibility Author:William J. Clinton
“The Congress, the Administration and the public all share a profound commitment to the rescue of our natural environment, and the preservation of the Earth as a place both habitable by and hospitable to man.” MenEarthNaturalEnvironmentShareCommitmentProfoundCongressAdministrationRescuePreservationNatural Environment Author:Richard M. Nixon
“BlogHer would not exist...if we hadn't made a commitment that the only way to work with women in an entirely new record-breaking technological environment was to listen as hard as we could and try to deliver services that they might be interested in.” IfsWayTryingMadeHardMightRecordsEnvironmentCommitmentTechnologicalRecords Breaking Author:Lisa Stone
“Usually you just use these words: "I give you my, I make this commitment to you, I honor this idea between us." For me, commitment boils down to honor. Because you make a commitment to protect our environment, you make a commitment to species preservation, you make a commitment to stop things like human trafficking. You make a commitment to stop smoking, to eat better. Typically, something that is positive. A positive notion of honor.” GivingHumansIdeasUseEnvironmentHonorProtectCommitmentSpeciesNotionSmokingPreservationOur EnvironmentHuman TraffickingTraffickingStop Smoking Author:Ian Somerhalder
“Our goal is to turn solar electric technologies into a commodity business like computer chips, and make them ubiquitous in the built environment. I'd couple this with a huge commitment to fundamental research in nanostructure to goose the next generation of more efficient, cheaper, dematerialized cells. And if I'm truly czar, I'd emphasize silicon technologies, as that approach is the one least likely to encounter material constraints in supplying an explosive global demand.” IfsTurnsNextGoalTechnologyEnvironmentGenerationsMaterialsHugeCoupleDemandComputerApproachResearchCommitmentBuiltFundamentalsCellsEncountersEfficientElectricCommodityChipsNext GenerationConstraintsCheaperGeeseExplosivesSiliconCzarsBuilt Environment Author:Denis Hayes
“[Spike Lee ] went to a game six playoff game at Indiana which was a hostile environment believing we could bring it back to New York for a game seven. That's just the kind of person he is. Also his commitment to the team and our friendship.” BelieveKindPersonsGamesEnvironmentTeamNew YorkSixCommitmentSevenHostileIndianaPlayoffsHostile EnvironmentPlayoff Games Author:John Starks
“Brands must have a point of view on that purposeful engagement, whether it's directed towards the environment, poverty, water as a resource or causes such as breast cancer or education. Merely declaring your commitment to a category or cause will not be enough the distinguish your brand sufficiently to see a return on these well-intended efforts.” WellsEnoughCausesWaterViewsEffortPovertyEnvironmentReturnCommitmentResourcesCancerPoint Of ViewBrandsBreastsCategoriesEngagementBreast CancerDeclaring Author:Simon Mainwaring
“I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged.” PeopleWorldYoungStrongPresidentEnvironmentSecurityYouthCommitmentUniversityAround The World Author:Maurice Strong
“Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.” ChildrenEnvironmentJourneyPlanetsCommitmentOur ChildrenEnvironmentalLeavingSerenityOur EnvironmentEquilibriumLife Journey Author:Paul Tsongas
“From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.” SchoolStrongEconomyEnvironmentViolenceStreetsMilitaryCommitmentCleanEqualityBrotherhoodStrong WomenHonoredFundingWomen EqualityTrue Equality Author:Paul Tsongas
“Mystical experience of nature can be of particular relevance to our troubled age, bringing deeper into our consciousness and emotions the logic that nature sustains humanity as humanity must, in turn, sustain nature. Rationality alone, however, cannot be our guide in the task of restoring our environment. A spiritual connection to nature must inspire the emotional commitment that is the yin, complementing the yang of intellectual understanding.” AgeSpiritualHumanityTurnsUnderstandingEmotionConsciousnessEnvironmentEmotionalInspireParticularIntellectualCommitmentTasksConnectionsLogicDeeperGuidesContemplationMysticalRationalityOur EnvironmentRelevanceRestoringYangSpiritual ConnectionMystical Experiences Book:Ecomysticism: The Profound Experience of Nature as Spiritual Guide Source: Ecomysticism: The Profound Experience of Nature as Spiritual Guide
“It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it. Biodiesel and ethanol are better for the environment and for the air we breathe. The use of biodiesel is a positive step toward minimizing pollutive emissions and greenhouse gases. By focusing on school buses, we can affect the health and wellbeing of the people most susceptible to that pollution - our children - today.” PeopleChildrenLongImportantUseTodaySchoolEnergyTermStepsEnvironmentAirCommitmentOur ChildrenCleanBreatheLong TermBusPollutionEcologyWellbeingEmissionsRenewable EnergySusceptibleGreenhousesClean EnergyGreenhouse GasesMinimizingEthanolSchool BusBiodieselHealth And Wellbeing Author:Julia Roberts
“With a new national commitment, our scientists and engineers will overcome obstacles to taking these [hydrogen fuel cell] cars from laboratory to showroom, so that the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free.” FirstsChildrenTodayEnergyBornEnvironmentCarCommitmentScientistOvercomingClimate ChangeObstaclesDrivenCellsFuelPollutionEngineersLaboratoryHydrogenScientists And EngineersFuel CellsHydrogen FuelShowroom Author:George W. Bush
“The Caring for Climate initiative is fully aligned with our own explicit commitments, which reflect our respect for society in which we operate, respect for the environment, respect for the future generations. Climate change must be addressed through mutually beneficial collaboration and multi-stakeholder channels to be effective ultimately.” EnvironmentGenerationsCommitmentClimateClimate ChangeCaringCollaborationInitiativeBeneficialFuture GenerationExplicitStakeholder Author:Jose Lopez
“You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.” LittlesForceCan DoRolesEnvironmentInfluenceInspireModelsCommitmentPrimariesRole ModelsNudgeNudge NudgeLearning Organization Author:Peter Senge
“With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future” ThinkingImportantStatesHelpingEnergyWaterEnvironmentCarProduceCommitmentFuelSincereCrucialEfficiencyEnergy EfficiencyFuel Efficiency Author:Jennifer Granholm
“To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.” ThinkingMoralEnvironmentCommitmentFaultsProfoundOneselfWarmOppressedConquest Author:Robert Conquest