can begin to imagine a different future.What we need, first of all, is a vision.That’s the reason for this 50-year use of the AmericanLand bill we’re working on.If we get that vision our there in the same way Kennedy got a vision out there about putting a man on the moon in a decade, that increases our imagination about possibilities.Just recently, watching the Democratic convention, I was amazed.Martin Luther King’s vision was expressed 40 years ago, and now there is a black man running for president.It takes time.The question is, do we have that kind of time given the rapid climate change coming on?How is climate change affecting the institute’s work?First of all, let me throw out a disclaimer.I’m not a climatologist.I’m a geneticist.I respect a way of knowing through those who publish and referee journals.I think it’s the best way to come to know a physical reality.I accept the consensus of the Intergovernmental panel and the National Academy of Sciences.A little over a year and a half ago, they wanted to build a coal fired plant here in Kansas.Our Governor was for it, but there was a chance to testify so I did.Before it was over with, we turned our Governor 180 degrees.Kansas became the first state in the country to say no on the grounds of CO2.We then established a climate energy initiative.That now has a several people working in constituency building to do something about energy consumption, not just in Kansas, but on a larger geographical scale.I’m concerned about w