Aspen, Colorado | Amory, youve lost a lot of battles. But youre winning the war. Thats how Bill Clinton closed up his remarks last night at the Rocky Mountain Institute’s 25th anniversary celebration in Aspen, Colorado—or as I have come to think about it, the replica Omega 2223.80 watch Amory Love-In. Lovins, the sustainability guru who founded the Rocky Mountain Institute and whose book Natural Capitalism earned him countless disciples in business and government has gathered a fairly incredible group of luminaries to look at “The Convenient Truth,” looking for “profitable business-led climate solutions.”
Among them: Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, former New York governor George Pataki, Intece carpet visionary Ray Anderson, Wal-Mart owner Rob Walton, former CIA chief James Woolsey, the New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, replica Omega 2804.52.37 watch Sustainable South Bronx activist Majora Carter, venture capitalist Bill Joy, inventor Dean Kamen, Coca-Cola environmental head Jeff Seabright, and of course President Clinton. (Whose people hadnt yet released a photo when I posted this—apologies.)“Amory is relentlessly optimistic,” Clinton said, ruthlessly devoted to facts.
committed to being in the solutions business not the complaints business, and doing it in a way that creates good economics.”Clinton and Lovins, it turns out, go back to Oxford University in the 1970s. Lovins recalled getting a call from Clinton at the White House. “Amory,” he said, “I’m gonna give a speech on climate replica Omega 4617.11.02 watch change in two days. “What should it be?” Clinton became the first head of state, he reminded us, to articulate Amory’s vision and he quickly started tossing stats around— climate, economics, business, profits, etc—like he had founded RMI himself.
