“The gap between the rich and poor is growing among and within most nations. The political and social effects of unequal location of energy and other mineral resources are acute. Population numbers continue to climb. The global environment shows signs of widespread deterioration. Both natural and social environments are increasingly vulnerable to catastrophic disturbances... There may, however, be a cheering challenge in the possibility that out of its struggle with these realities the human race may move a bit nearer to behaving as if it were indeed one family.” IfsHumansMayShowsRealityMovingPoliticalEnergyNationsSocialBitsNaturalChallengesPoorNumbersRaceStruggleRichEnvironmentGrowingEffectsPossibilityResourcesEnvironmentalPopulationVulnerableHuman RaceClimbsGapsCheerLocationRich And PoorDisturbanceMineralsDeteriorationSocial EnvironmentMineral Resources Author:Gilbert F. White
“Teams use trust as currency. If it is in short supply, then the team is poor. If trust abounds, the members of the team have purchase power with each other to access each others’ gifts, talents, energy, creativity, and love. The development of trust then becomes a significant leadership strategy. Trust creates the load limits on the relationship bridges among team members” IfsUseEnergyPoorCreativityTeamTalentDevelopmentLimitsMembersAnd LoveStrategyAccessSignificantBridgesLoadCurrencyTeam Member Author:Reggie McNeal
“Doing the same things you did when the economy was good is not good enough. You will have to put more coals on the fire in a poor economy to get the same heat you received in a good economy. You must give more energy, more thought, more service, and get into positive thinking material more frequently. Become more selective about who you spend time with. Love a little more, hate a little less. Think about it. You can progressively move on an upward path toward any goal. The choice is yours as to who or what controls you!” ThinkingGivingLittlesEnoughMovingHateChoicesEnergyGoalPoorEconomyPathFirePositive ThinkingMaterialsHeatGood EnoughEnd TimesCoalSpend TimeNot Good EnoughSelective Author:Bob Proctor
“I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds of energies in rehabilitation of its poor as long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube.” MenLongAmericaEnergyPoorAdventureSkillsDrawsDestructiveFundVietnamTubesRehabilitationMilitarismDemonicBreaking Silence Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people.” PeopleImportantUseBodyPoliticalEnergyPoorResourcesActivismAssetsPolitical Activism Author:Cornel West
“The poorest Americans use three time the energy as the percentage of their income as the average American does. This is going to disproportionately hurt the poor. It may make the whole electric grid unstable, depending on how it is enforced. And it does nothing for the climate.” MayDoeWholeUseThreeEnergyHurtPoorClimateAverageIncomeElectricThree TimesPercentagesPoorestUnstableGrids Author:Charles Koch
“It was with the Industrial Revolution, as society plunged ever more eagerly into the conquest of material riches and bent all its energies to the accumulation of goods, that material poverty became a major problem. Obviously, this meant abandonment or downgrading of spiritual values, virtue, etc. To share or not to share in the increase of the collective wealth-this was the Number One question. It was the desire to acquire wealth that prompted the poor to start fighting.” ProblemSpiritualDesireValuesFightingEnergyWealthPoorNumbersPovertyVirtueShareMaterialsRevolutionMajorsIncreaseRichesAcquireEtcCollectivesGoodsConsumerismBentConquestAbandonmentAccumulationOverconsumptionIndustrial RevolutionMajor ProblemsSpiritual ValuesDowngrading Author:Jacques Ellul