What we can do
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008|
WHAT WE CAN DO
Berkshares: an example of local currencies in the US Courtesy: Susan Witt/Schumacher Society US 1. Seek genuinely renewable local and sustainable energy 2. Commit to low-carbon lifestyles and energy efficiency. 3. Lobby for a full re-evaluation of carbon trading and carbon offsetting. 4. Recognise that oil is near to peak production and plan with this in mind. 5. Demand moratoria on agro-fuel plantations and genetically engineered trees, foods and farming. 6. Press for full protection of all natural forests and biodiverse-rich marine and terrestrial areas. 7. Revise the Kyoto Protocol. 8. Regenerate biodiverse, resilient and vibrant local economies and food systems. 9. Reduce excessive global trade and consumption. 10. Reject the disposable consumer culture. 11. Support a diversity of sustainable approaches by communities, networks and movements. these actions taken together lead to 12. Integration of biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods into all climate strategies: a solution for one should be a solution for all. |
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Transcending the shell must feel like that little death we all heard about on the spiritual road. It means transforming from an acorn into a growing, becoming tree. We don’t know anything else besides being an acorn. Our integrity, our very being, seems to be falling apart. We may have read a lot about trees, we may dream about trees, but actually becoming one means real change, real transformation. A magazine article noted that many people talk about wanting to “go to heaven”, but if you ask if someone wants to go to heaven right now, or offered them the opportunity for instant enlightenment, very few are ready to accept all the changes involved in that transformation.