Sweeping Our Past Clean, Preparing for the Future

While visiting Gulf Islands National Seashore today I observed workers sweeping tiny tar balls into dust pans. As I stood gazing out over the Gulf, watching billions of baby blobs of oil roll in the surf, I thought that it is time we clean up our past mistakes and clear the way for a new future.

I’m NOT saying hide our mistakes, like BP is doing by using dispersant, but own them, clean them up and lay the groundwork for a new and better future. We must learn from our past, both the mistakes and the successes. In our nurturing the earth, we create fertile ground for a brighter, healthier future.