If today's young people are to have the capacity to
imagine shared solutions to seemingly intractable problems, they need to be given the opportunity and resources to develop democratic questioning, deliberation and collective problem - solving.
to clean energy; yes to dense, beautiful, and affordable communities; yes to safer streets for everyone from children to the elderly; yes to a walkable, bikable, transit - rich transportation system; yes to electric vehicles, internet - speed ride
sharing, and the smart grid; yes to wind, solar, and ultra-efficiency; yes to innovation and science and
solutions we haven't even
imagined yet; yes to restored, carbon - absorbing grasslands, to oceans no longer endangered by acidification, and to towering Northwest forests regrown to once again capture vast quantities of carbon.