That on the one hand they should always remember to believe, to believe that one person can make a difference, to believe that good will triumph over evil, to believe that most people want to do the right thing, and to believe that all people are equal. How do we teach them this while at the same time they must know that almost everything leads back to the dollar, even the best people will make mistakes and sometimes do the wrong thing, that too much influence and power in the hands of too few will always cause problems… how do we teach them to combine the optimism of youth with the pragmatism of experience to achieve diligence with both?

We teach them this with consistency, integrity, compassion and joy. The consistency of doing/modeling the very things that we espouse to believe in. This must be done in a manner that earns their respect, with integrity. It must include some form of compassion, especially for those who might see the situation differently than we do. This compassion should not change the direction we go in but should allow that others might choose a different direction. And finally it must be done with joy, people who do things with joy will always do them longer, do them better, and inspire others to join them.

If you don’t believe in global warming, you think it is all a hoax, then you should stand up for what you believe.

If you believe that renewable energy is great, or rather it will be in the future, you should also stand up for what you believe.

Please just remember this; a college student who is working on a degree in a technological field will find that approximately 70% of what they learned in their first year of college will be obsolete when they graduate. Technology is changing at such a rapid rate that individuals, groups, businesses and nations that make decisions without taking this into account will be making poor decisions. Renewable energy is already the next great worldwide business revolution, would you like our nation to be a leader or a follower, our children’s future depends on the decisions that we make, maybe we ought to ask them what they think since they are the ones programming our cell phones and setting up our computers for us… maybe it’s time for them to teach us. Perhaps that would show we actually understand the lessons we say we are teaching them.

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