My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home.

If it's in people's interest to invest in renewables and invest in clean technologies, I'm convinced it will happen.

Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.

Young people are so often dissed by the media.

A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.

I do worry about young people in the business who have experienced a lot of success and are punted around doing those manic publicity trails, when you don't really know who you are yet.