Once again, I’m starting something new here on my Home page. I launched ‘Noteworthy’ and ‘Quote of the Month,’ now I’m launching ‘Monthly Reminder.’ It’s a monthly reminder, aimed at helping get the point across that if you really care about saving the planet, I’ve got the ideas and strategies I don’t hear anyone else talking about, for how to do that.
I wish we didn’t live in an age where so many people don’t care about saving the planet. But we do. Ours is an age of perpetual war, ‘influencers,’ short attention spans, image over substance, techno-optimism, endless hours spent scrolling, playing video games, watching sports and fights.
So here’s what I’m going to do. Every month, going forward, I’m going to publish a ‘Monthly Reminder’ blog post.
I want to make sure that people who visit my website understand why I created it, what’s at stake, and that they personally can do something to help make a real difference. By doing little things. No. By supporting my work. By enabling me to move forward. I want to be crystal clear in stating I believe I have the best ideas, strategies, and thinking, for putting us on the right path. I believe we’re flying fast and furious in the wrong direction. And I don’t see anyone out there in my league. I don’t say that to pat myself on the back. I don’t say that because I want fame and fortune. It’s the opposite. I absolutely don’t! I say that because it’s true. And what’s also true is funding is fundamental — I can’t move forward without it.
All I want is the ability to share my wisdom, knowledge and ideas concerning how to save the planet, gained from a lifetime spent focused on that. And no, I don’t mean focused like a laser beam, on just that. Lots of things grab my interest. But that’s a strength, not a weakness. Sometimes one of the most disparate things you can imagine having to do with saving the planet connects in some way. It’s called the “cross-pollination of ideas.”
Here’s a funny way to explain why I’ve started ‘Monthly Reminder.’ There was a recurring bit that would resurface again and again throughout the 1950s sitcom The Honeymooners. On the sitcom, Audrey Meadows was married to Jackie Gleason (their characters were Alice and Ralph Kramden). Ralph was always getting himself into some sort of situation. And often, as a result, he’d wind up getting so frustrated that at some point he’d turn to Alice (this was usually directed towards Alice) and say: “Bang! Zoom!,” while motioning with his right fist. The point was that with one punch, Alice would land on the moon. Now rest assured, Ralph would never actually hit Alice. Perish the thought. It was a joke. Something done for comedic effect. And you could hear the audience laugh. It was filmed in front of a live, studio audience. No canned laughter. Just authentic laughter.
Anyhow, my point is simply that I’m posting this monthly reminder, going forward, because I don’t want to someday get funding, start releasing my ideas, and then hear someone — anyone — say: “WOW! Why didn’t you tell us that’s what you wanted to do?”
Because if that happens, I’ll be like “Bang! Zoom! What part of ‘saving the planet’ didn’t you understand? What part of ‘best ideas and strategies’ was confusing you?”
That’s why I will be preparing a monthly reminder to repost on a monthly basis. I don’t ever want to hear: “WOW! Why didn’t you tell us your ideas were that good?”
But let me also add that, in fairness, I can understand a certain level of skepticism. There are, after all, countless N.G.Os out there asking for funding and saying they’re in the fight to save the planet. But I would ask what have they actually accomplished? In fact, combined, what have they accomplished? And haven’t they raked in tens of billions of dollars in donations and funding? That’s not my model. I don’t throw out the phrase “save the planet” loosely. I really mean exactly that. Ideas and strategies that literally rise to that level. I can’t be held responsible if others abuse and misuse that phrase. Nor should I be lumped into that same category of those who do. In fact, it only helps make my point. About the vacuum that exists. I don’t see anyone talking about real solutions — of a holistic nature.
And that also points to the challenge of getting funding. If there’s such a scarcity of people genuinely concerned about saving the planet. And a scarcity of people with ideas for how to do that. Then there must no doubt also be a scarcity of people willing to fund someone with the right ideas and strategies.