"Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world." Immanuel Kant
Posts By: Ford Church
Quote for Monday, May 21, 2007
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot-stove lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down… Read more »
Who Killed the Electric Car?
The Cottonwood Institute recently showed Who Killed the Electric Car? at our Change the World Movie Night at the Fluid Coffee Bar in Denver. I really enjoyed how this film presented and analyzed the various suspects that contributed to the life and death of GM’s Electric Vehicles (EV). Suspects included the California Air Resources Board,… Read more »
Quote for Thursday, May 17, 2007
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." -John F. Kennedy
Quote for Tuesday, May 15, 2007
"Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend." -Albert Camus
Survival Priorities: Shelter is Key!
When you head to the hills for a weekend backpacking excursion, you are not typically thinking about what you would do if you were in the middle of nowhere and your pack accidentally sailed off a cliff. This happened to one poor student that took a survival course with an organization I used to work… Read more »
Quote for Monday, May 14, 2007
"When a man throws and empty cigarette package from an automobile, he is liable for a fine of 50$. When a man throws a billboard across a view, he is richly rewarded." -Pat Brown, Quoted in David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising, 1985
Carbon Neutral Action Project, 1st Quarter 2006
This quarter’s CAP class’ action project focused on educating people about the practice of being “carbon neutral” and supporting renewable energy sources. In order to do this we studied conventional energy sources, alternatives to these, and what it means to be carbon neutral. In order to fully understand carbon neutrality you have to know how… Read more »
Myrtle Spurge: A Menace to the Neighborhood!
Myrtle Spurge is a funky little plant that has stealthily crept its way into the many rock gardens and landscapes of Park Hill. While this plant is aesthetically pleasing, requires little water, and has a beautiful yellow glow when it flowers in the spring, this plant is a menace to our neighborhood! So what’s the… Read more »
Quote for Monday, April 30, 2007
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." -Marshall McLuhan
