Economic Benefits to Going Green? - DNC Panel Discussion

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/26/TNR_Environmentalism_Whats_Next

Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope and SmartPower President Brian Keane argue that living in an environmentally friendly can be economically beneficial. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion entitled "Environmentalism: What's Next?" recorded at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, in collaboration with the New Republic.

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Panelists Brian F. Keane, Ted Nordhaus, Ben Nelson, and Carl Pope describe their efforts to make make "going green" easier, faster, and cheaper. They argue that the government shouldn't make fossil fuels more expensive, but rather they should invest in making alternative sources cheaper and marketing them to consumers.

Carl Pope is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist pioneer John Muir in 1892. Pope was appointed to his position as Executive Director in 1992, the club's centennial.

Brian F. Keane is President of SmartPower, a nationwide non-profit marketing organization dedicated to promoting clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Hailed as the "Got Milk" campaign for wind, solar and waterpower, SmartPower's award winning marketing campaign has been credited with creating hundreds of GWh of clean, renewable energy across the nation.

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[buttonsputon]

GREEN, how green can it possibly get? INDUSTRIAL HEMP green.

research/advocate industrial hemp alongside medicinal cannabis for health liberty and economy! and ecology! research the commodities we are not taking advantage of economically

[Plutonwolf]

So many simple solutions that really are almost effortless and require just the smallest of change to produce an enormous cumulative impact on our national energy consumption.

Too bad we have had our heads up our ass for the last 27 years, look at how far we could have come by now.