Green Reptile As Pet/We Have, I Fear, Confused Power With Greatness
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Pet of the Week, 7/17/2021, below:
Ever considered keeping a tiny green reptile as pet? There are lots of them here in Central Florida.
Quote of the Week, 7/17/2021, below:
Stewart Udall once said, “We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.”
To find out more about Steward Udall, please refer to the excerpt from wikipedia, in italics, below:
Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010)[1][2] was an American politician and later, a federal government official. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.[3]
During the energy crisis in the 1970s, Udall advocated the use of solar energy as one remedy to the crisis. In October 1972, Udall published a seminal article in The Atlantic Monthly, entitled “The Last Traffic Jam”. The article contains arguments for the proposition that “less is more” and foresaw problems with U.S. transportation and energy policy and competition with emerging markets for scarce resources.[18] In 1974, Udall, along with Charles Conconi and David Osterhout, wrote The Energy Balloon, discussing the energy policies of the United States.
After leaving government service in 1969, Udall taught for a year at the School of Forestry at Yale University as a visiting professor of environmental humanism.[19] He later devoted his time to writing books and articles about environmental issues and to practicing law. In 1971, he published America’s Natural Treasures: National Nature Monuments and Seashores, which is about America’s national parks, monuments, and reserves.[20]
In 1979, he left Washington to return to the West. In 1980, Udall was elected to the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board and commissioned as a member of the Morrison Institute.[4] Udall was presented with the Ansel Adams Award in 1986, the Wilderness Society’s highest conservation award.[4] He also was awarded the United Nations Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement.[4] Udall received the Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award for his lifelong protection of the environment and defense of American citizens who were victims of nuclear weapons testing.[4]
In 1987, he published To the Inland Empire: Coronado and our Spanish Legacy, which retraces the trails of Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado as he searched for the “golden cities” of Cibola in what now is Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.[4] Udall published The Quiet Crisis and the Next Generation in 1988, a revised edition with nine new chapters of The Quiet Crisis (1963). “The Quiet Crisis” introduced the Myth of Superabundance.[4] In 1990, he co-authored Beyond the Mythic West, which examines effects of change upon the inhabitants and lands of the western United States.[4] In 1998, he published The Myths of August: A Personal Exploration of Our Tragic Cold War Affairs with the Atom.[21]
One of Udall’s last essays was his “Letter to My Grandchildren“, written with his wife, Ermalee, which asked for their grandchildren’s assistance in advocating for protection of the Earth. This letter resulted in Udall being contacted by the VillageTown Stewards who asked that they videotape the thoughts in that letter, since it was more likely that the generation of his grandchildren watch internet videos than read letters. Udall agreed, and the video may be seen on-line at, Stewart Udall on History: the greatest mistake. This video was then transcribed and adapted to a chapter of a book, Life Liberty Happiness. Udall also agreed to serve as Chairman Emeritus of the VillageTown Stewards. The video was filmed coincidentally on the Summer solstice of 2009 and Udall died nine months later on the Spring equinox. His public memorial was held on the Summer solstice of 2010. It is believed this video was the last recording of Udall’s views.
In November 2009, Congress enacted legislation to honor Stewart Udall by renaming the Morris K. Udall Foundation as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, in recognition of the historic Interior Secretary’s contributions. The Udall Foundation, an independent federal agency, was created initially to honor the legacy of the late Morris Udall, who represented Southern Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives for thirty years. Stewart Udall, who also represented Southern Arizona in Congress from 1955 to 1961, is Morris Udall’s older brother. The two worked together on many environmental and Native American initiatives while Stewart Udall was Secretary of the Interior and Morris Udall a member of Congress. Congress recognized that the Udall legacy really was a shared legacy, rooted in the work of the Udall brothers, which dominated environmental reform for three decades.
At the age of 90, Stewart L. Udall died peacefully at his home in the foothills of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the early hours of the Spring Equinox, March 20, 2010.[22] After his death, President Obama noted on March 20, 2010, “For the better part of three decades, Stewart Udall served this nation honorably. Whether in the skies above Italy in World War II, in Congress, or as Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall left an indelible mark on this nation and inspired countless Americans who will continue his fight for clean air, clean water, and to maintain our many natural treasures.”[23]
On June 8, 2010, President Barack Obama signed legislation to designate the United States Department of the Interior Building as the “Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building.”[24]
Point Udall, on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was named for him in 1968, honoring Udall’s work to support the economy of the island group.[25] The westernmost spot, Point Udall, Guam, is named for his brother Mo. This means that “America’s day … begin(s) and end(s) at a Point Udall.”[26]
Stewart Udall, a name worth remembering for he was ahead of his time and he wanted to protect our planet earth.
Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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