Think of it. ... We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all, to feed everybody, clothe everybody, give every human on Earth a chance. We dwell instead on petty things. We kill each other. We build monuments to ourselves. What a waste of time. Think of it. What a chance we have... -- Buckminster Fuller
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Local effortsRead more, but don't buy the books. Seattle Library & KC Library Northwest Environment Watch is a non-profit organization that aims to foster a sustainable economy and way of life in the Pacific Northwest Sail Transport Network is being launched in in the Puget Sound Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools (Seattle) Many more local environmental orgs. Worldwide effortsAdbusters - A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century. Get a life & >Turn off your TV! Hey kids, here's a newsflash. You are being sold. The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 5.5 (now 6) billion people are breeding exponentially …. While recycling and tree planting are good and necessary ideas, they are woefully inadequate. ... -- Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce Positive Futures Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people's active engagement in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. "Live simply, so that others may simply live." – Ghandi Intentional communities Instead of choosing where to live & then getting whatever neighbors are there, choose the people first.
You can't change the world, But you can change the facts. And when you change the facts, You change points of view. If you change points of view, You may change a vote. And when you change a vote, You may change the world ----- DM, 'New Dress'
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