Patrick McKee
Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Businesses, organizations, and individuals all have a responsibility to consider the impacts of their actions on the environment. We must begin to appreciate the whole value of our natural resources; not only as they are useful to us, but how they are also important to other organisms that we rely upon indirectly.
We must change our historic business model of buying cheap and discarding of wastes, to a model that considers entire lifecycle analysis of products.
It is essential for society to develop sustainable, renewable energy solutions to tackle our long term energy needs without sacrificing human and environmental health.
It is the responsibility of industrialized countries such as the U.S. to develop policies that continually reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote renewable energy growth in order to set precedence for other countries to follow.
It is my goal to become a leader in my field by changing opinions on how business should be conducted. by demonstrating the economic, environmental, and social benefits of sustainable business practices.
Man emulates Earth
Earth emulates heaven
Heaven emulates the Way
The way emulates nature.
-Henry David Thoreau