[asa] AAAS President Keynote Address

http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2007/0216am_holdren_address.shtml

President Holdren's address at the AAAS annual meeting gave a
challenge that the ASA could take up.

> Holdren's address was a sweeping review of evidence which, taken
> together, shows a planet under profound stress. He said that one of
> the central problems, and the most complex, is ending the reliance
> on fossil fuels that is damaging and destabilizing the Earth's
> ecosystem.
>
> "Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic
> human needs and fueling economic growth," he said. "But many of the
> most difficult and dangerous environmental problems at every level
> of economic development arise from the harvesting, transport,
> processing, and conversion of energy."
>
> To address the gathering challenges, he said that world leaders
> would have to work on a range of fronts—economic, diplomatic and
> technological. He urged scientists and engineers to get personally
> involved in developing solutions, and he drew a standing ovation
> when he called on them to "tithe" 10% of their time to "to working
> to increase the benefits of science and technology for the human
> condition and to decrease the liabilities."
The AAAS is a secular organization and thus there is not the "why"
that we have in the ASA. On the other hand, we could:

Tithe 10% of our time to working to increase the benefits of science
and technology for the human condition and the glory of God.

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Received on Mon Feb 19 22:45:44 2007