Barbara Kingsolver 2008 Commencement Address How to be Hopeful Duke University

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  • Editor's Note: Barbara Kingsolver is a novelist, essayist, non-fiction and short-story writer.
    Transcript: today.duke.edu/...

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  • @cherylparker5071
    @cherylparker5071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best commencement speeches, ever. “With people in your life, who needs so much stuff.”

  • @andrewz4537
    @andrewz4537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We didn't reduce our carbon emissions by 80% in the decade after this address. We just finished COP 26 (2021) and they're still saying, "we need to think about it." Hope-fully that generation still has enough time to make a deposit. I'm doing all I can to support their endeavors for a sustainable livelihood by reducing my consumption.

  • @8181k
    @8181k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Intercept brought me here...

    • @ryanleonard4034
      @ryanleonard4034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same, this is such an amazing speech. Easily one of the best commencements ever given.

  • @julie5310
    @julie5310 ปีที่แล้ว

    That first sentence made my heart soar!

  • @paulnicholls50
    @paulnicholls50 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm listening to this because Shawn Spencer told me to