Interaction Institute for Social Change Blog

by Linda Guinee

This week over the Twittersphere people started posting “The Unforgettable Commencement Address by Paul Hawken” (from which the  title to this blog post is taken).  It is an amazing call, clear and  concise, to the graduating class of 2009 from the University of  Portland to dig in and work for the earth – but it is much more than  that.  It is a call to each of us to wake up, take hold and celebrate  the mystery of life.  If you haven’t seen it yet, you can find it here, I highly recommend taking a look!

A while ago, IISC also called us, through our viral video, to tend the planet.

So, in celebration of this fabulous spring – and new lives about to  come into it – I wanted to pass along these calls to all of us.  I’m hearing them loud and clear today.  And as Paul Hawken says, “Nature becons you to be on her side.  You couldn’t ask for a better boss.”