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The Power of One

Philip Palade

Europe’s been burning, Pakistan is drowning, but I’m only one person, so how can I make a difference?  Then I remember Greta advocating wear old clothes, buy, drive and fly less.  So today I wear clothes and shoes with holes and eat more meatless meals to reflect the power of one to change the world.

Philip Palade is a professor in Pharmacology & Toxicology at UAMS who wrote this piece in response to “The Story of More,” a Provost’s Book Club selection on climate change. 

Posted on October 7, 2022

Filed Under: 6 – 55 Words

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