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You Have to Give Yourself the Freedom to DreamJohn Graham, a former diplomat, now works to publicize and encourage local leaders across the globe to get involved. He talked to Summit participants about the key elements of leadership. by Timothy Lesle -- 09/12/2005 Sun 12noon
Marshall Ganz on the Key Elements of OrganizingHarvard Professor and social activist Marshall Ganz has been working with the Sierra Club for the last two years on how to become more effective. In his talk, he described some elements necessary for making an organization strong. by Timothy Lesle -- 09/11/2005 Sun 9pm
Sierra Club Mutual FundsNeil Stallings has been manning the Sierra Club Mutual Funds exhibit all day, fielding questions and giving out ball caps. Notebook in hand, I asked him for the spiel. by Pat Joseph -- 09/11/2005 Sun 3pm
Politicians Are Our Followers and We Are Their LeadersArianna Huffington says: "If there is one problem with the environmental movement, it is that we are willing to settle for crumbs." by Eric Wesselman -- 09/11/2005 Sun 1pm
Restoring the WildFor the last five years, Brigadier General Lehnert has been working to improve the environmental stewardship of Marine bases. by Marilyn Berlin Snell -- 09/11/2005 Sun 12noon
Knee-deep Advocacy"Tremendous strides have been made in cleaning up U.S. waters since the passage of the Clean Water Act," Robin Mann, a national Club leader on water-quality issues, said in introducing the session Water, Water Everywhere. "But we’re in a very rough period now, playing non-stop defense just to protect regulations that are already on the books." by Tom Valtin -- 09/11/2005 Sun 11am
Is the U.S. Model Really Better?The prevailing wisdom is that the U.S. economic model is superior to the European model, but Europe consumes half as much energy as the United States. by John Byrne Barry -- 09/11/2005 Sun 11am
Finding the NexusIantha Gantt-Wright: "The Sierra Club should make it a strategic imperative to engage more with different kinds of people across ethnicity, race, and class." by Tom Valtin -- 09/11/2005 Sun 10am
Take My President... Please!And we seem to suffer from a national epidemic of short-sightedness. Is the earth hotter than it's been at any time over the past 1,000 years? "Yeah, but the weekend's gonna be nice...." by Jon Zilber -- 09/10/2005 Sat 8pm
We Are at a Defining Moment: Lakoff on Hurricane KatrinaGeorge Lakoff applied some of his ideas on framing and values to the debate over the Hurricane Katrina disaster. by Timothy Lesle -- 09/10/2005 Sat 8pm
Keeping Hope AliveWriters Paul Loeb, Rebecca Solnit, and Mark Hertsgaard inspired Summit participants with stories of hope, what it means to them, and why we must hold on to it. by Timothy Lesle -- 09/10/2005 Sat 7pm
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