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Segway inventor Dean Kamen cut through the high economic theories (It would be disengenous of us to sit here and make the irrational assumption that people are rational) while Sustainable South Bronx activist Majora Carter took on Gov. Pataki for supporting a replica Omega 4150.20 watch commercial waste plant in her blighted neighborhood (I dont really blame you; when youre that high up, you dont have to see whats way down there). Carters comment wasnt just about Pataki, a longtime champion of sustainable development.
She was one of three African-Americans I counted at the summit, a sea of white faces plenty of green. Of course that was the point, and Carters hope for her district as well: Whether you are Wal-Mart or the Bronx or the USA, sustainability is good for both the planet and the wallet. Green roofs dont just make green spaces; they make green jobs as well. replica Omega 4500.30 watch Pondering all this up at the kids’ table, we sat with our red wine and chocolate chip cookies, scribbling quotes on the backs of our name tags as Lovins and Friedman traded big-brained ideas. Suddenly one of the waiters appeared, the nice one who’d smuggled us up a few forks.
