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2. Say NO to normal
Hurricane Katrina, Occupy protests, and this decades prices at the gas pump remind us that normal is completely NOT WORKING. The trio of crises makes it clear that a bit of conservation and surface greening of business-as-usual patterns is entirely insufficient. The word radical comes from the same Latin source as root. Coping with these massive crises demands radical, root-level change. There are plenty of root-level solutions available. Many are marginalized by mainstream society as alternative, but the crises ahead dictate that we rethink that derogatory label. From urban farming to on-site greywater practices to permaculture building techniques, these low-impact, low-inputs techniques are the foundation of a livable future.
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ways to treat the earths precious resources. Set zero waste as an organizational policy, and strive to eliminate the volume you send curbside each week. Change begins at home, and for your organization that means each one of your meetings, gatherings and events.
(continued from previous page) expensive. All of this means greater pressure on L.A.s already-strained rich/poor social divide, and increased potential for food riots and conflict. Economics: Weve only seen the tip of the iceberg: Prepare for hard times to get much worse. This is because there are fatal flaws in the original design of our economy. Eternal growth is impossible on a finite planet. Globalization and our expectations of scale, volume, and throughput are entirely out of line with the realities of the physical world. At present, we call it normal to harvest raw materials on one continent, transport them to another for manufacturing, and transport them to a third continent for consumption. All the while, were burning fossil fuels and belching greenhouse gasses. North Americans consume world resources at a rate which if everyone on the planet lived the way we call normal would take FIVE PLANETS to provide for all. We cannot call this normal! Oil is not the only substance for which we are hitting Peak were also experiencing peak copper, peak natural gas, peak phosphorus (essential for agriculture), peak arable land, peak fresh water, and much more. We live on one small, finite planet. In nature, growth is not linear and unending. Rather, it is part of an interconnected cycle which includes the rich, life-giving beauty of compost and decomposition. Right now we are living in a contracting economy, and life as we once knew it is changing forever.
The Environmental Change-Makers community group helps people discover the skills, joys, connections and fulfillment of the new future. We work toward solutions to peak oil, climate change, and economic contraction.
Environmental Change-Makers
www.EnviroChangeMakers.org