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my Personal Actions: |
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I believe the human race passed a comfortably sustainable
population in about 1950, at 2.5 Bn, but now there's twice as
many of us, and three times as many in very few decades, with a most
influential minority using FAR too much. The middle- class and
rich have the wrong goals (largely induced by advertis- ing), if
the world is to remain as civilised as it was between ' 55 and
' 77 (not incl. Stalin/Amin). |
__ I have reduced my demands on the Earth to
a bare minimum by spending US$850 p.a. TOTAL; including no more
than US$450 a year, or $8.65 per week, on food (all of it bought
at the super- market). I pay for my share of the rates on our
mortgage- free house, and I walk or (occasionally) take the bus,
e.g. to buy the groceries. I walk barefoot year- round (@
lat. 37, maritime), wearing thongs/jandals if the road is rough
or my pack is heavy. I haven't thrown out clothes for a couple
of decades, and I'm now gradually using up that capital investment.
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Please read the recent Rachel's Weekly: #582: (01/22/98): |
I'm not recommending others do the above, though I am saying it's possible. |
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Click here for a real expert's view of the future (Donella Meadows). |
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Total costs under $900 p.a.?!: My diet, for minimum healthy eating (at under US$9/wk). |
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Please visit:
The Worldwatch Institute. Worldwatch is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society, one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment or the prospects of future generations.
Income for All (?) :
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Signs of hope:
Large lobsters challenge theory they are dying breed
By Allan Dowd
MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine (Reuters) - ....
In the waters of the Gulf of Maine, marine researcher Bob Steneck
believes he has found lobsters big enough to challenge a U.S.
government theory that the crustaceans may be a dying breed. His
findings could also support a resource conservation law Maine adopted
65 years ago but has never been able to convince neighboring states
and provinces to go along with. Using a research submarine, Steneck
found evidence of a healthy supply of breeding lobsters -- something
federal officials believe does not exist due to over-harvesting.
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*** Global warming issue pits north against south
Delegates to a 150-nation conference on global warming met in closed session Friday after saying there were large gaps to be overcome before a draft treaty could be approved at a December conference in Japan. The fight over global warming, thrust into the limelight this week when President Clinton presented U.S. proposals, pits industrial countries against developing nations who want a cleaner, cooler world but not obstacles to their economic growth. Delegates to the United Nations-sponsored conference on climate change in Bonn said the negotiations were expected to go down to the last minute in Kyoto, Japan, and would ultimately have to be settled at the highest levels.
The Kyoto Climate Treaty: U.S response (polls, etc.)
KyotoUSCANresp.html
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COALITION Contact: Henry Griggs 202-326-8714 315 CircleAvenue, #2;Takoma Park, MD 20912 Ken Bossong 301-270-2258 301-270-2258; fax: 301-891-2866 <kbossong@cais.com> For Immediate Release January 28, 1998
COALITION CALLS PRESIDENT CLINTON'S CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES IN THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
President Clinton's announcement in last evening's State of the Union address of a $6 billion package of increased R&D spending and tax incentives to address global climate change is a step in the right direction. However, given the serious environmental and public health threats posed by growing dependence on fossil fuels and the resulting greenhouse gases, the U.S. must move further and faster in deploying sustainable energy technologies. Wide-spread use of presently available and cost-effective energy-efficient technologies, renewable energy (i.e., biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric), fuel cells, and district energy could reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 10% below 1990 levels by 2010.
Accordingly, the Sustainable Energy Coalition, a coalition of 40+ national business, environmental, consumer, and energy policy organizations, plans to support the President's proposals to expand the use of sustainable energy technologies while pressing for additional funding increases and tax incentives; pro-efficiency, renewable energy, and environmental protection provisions as part of electric utility restructuring; and other policy initiatives.
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Green Economy Growing Hemp for Fibre, Fuel & Farmaceuticals! Washington State
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Ngai Tahu Agreement (NZ) |
Carol's Place | Clay and Judy Woods' place
More Simple Living Links. | LOTS of simple-living Links
Ash Grove Community Farm & Center for Sustainable Living
Sustainable Resources on the Internet (contributed to: sgarrett@wsu.edu by: Robert Wilson)
Center for A New American Dream
Homeless for years (and other letters by Elaine)
My reasons for living debt-free, (on Frugal-Ed). | First response. | Second response.
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