Thomas L. Friedman - Energy - Green Power - Global Warming - Renewable Energy - The Power of Green - New York Times

NY Columnist, Thomas Friedman, has been recent recommended reading for state government moving into the modern world. here, the NY times online cites Mr. Friedman in his discussion of GREEN politics - "geostrategic, geoeconomic, capitalistic, and patriotic." No longer should it be a badge only for "liberals" and "tree-huggers."

Thomas L. Friedman - Energy - Green Power - Global Warming - Renewable Energy - The Power of Green - New York Times: "'Green: The New Red, White and Blue,' a documentary featuring Thomas L. Friedman?s reporting on green technology, premiers on the Discovery Channel on Saturday, April 21 at 9 p.m."

Mr. Friendman opens with the reasons for renaming Green politics is,

"I want to do that because I think that living, working, designing, manufacturing and projecting America in a green way can be the basis of a new unifying political movement for the 21st century. A redefined, broader and more muscular green ideology is not meant to trump the traditional Republican and Democratic agendas but rather to bridge them when it comes to addressing the three major issues facing every American today: jobs, temperature and terrorism."

Lotus and Law's of Nature: shotenzenjin

shotenzenjin: "there is the Law that exists and it is first. The person who realizes this Law becomes a Buddha. The Buddha teaches that he achieved Buddhahood by believing in the Law. Therefore, in order for others to realize Buddhahood they should practice as the Buddha did, believing in and practicing the Law. The Law is central. The shoten-zenjin are ancillary forces of nature."

Coke Facts - The Coca-Cola Company - Around the World: News - The Coca-Cola Company Commits to Engage in the United Nations Global Compact

Coke Facts - The Coca-Cola Company - Around the World: News - The Coca-Cola Company Commits to Engage in the United Nations Global Compact: "ATLANTA March 8, 2006 - The Coca-Cola Company today confirmed its support for the United Nations Global Compact, publicly expressing the Company’s serious commitment to taking a corporate leadership role in the focus areas of the Global Compact: human rights, labor rights, protection of the environment, and anti-corruption.

The Company’s support for the UN Global Compact was expressed in a meeting between E. Neville Isdell, chairman and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company, and Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at UN headquarters in New York City.

'Our support for the United Nations Global Compact is a formal expression of The Coca-Cola Company's commitment to conduct our business with the utmost respect for universal principles around human rights, workplace standards, responsible environmental practices and anti-corruption,' said Isdell. "