"If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic."
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The Politics of the Solar Age (1981). Quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women ed. Rosalie Maggio (1996).
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Hazel Henderson
Hazel Henderson (March 27 ,1933 – May 22 , 2022) was an American futurist and environmental activist, notable for Citizens for Clean Air, a 1960s effort to address the problem of air pollution in New York City.
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