The most amazing thing about this presidential election is the wave, the huge wave of energy that unfolded into Barak Obama’s campaign. It was the best organized election campaign I have ever seen: people from all walks of life first registered voters, then switched to canvassing undecided voters and then worked on the logistics of getting out the vote. For the past six months, thousands of people made the campaign the sole focus of their life.
The question I have is: Will the Obama administration manage to capitalize the enormous amount of Energy and Goodwill that poured into the Presidential Campaign and direct it toward moving the country out of the consumption society that is killing us and our environment?
I am not suggesting that we duplicate the type of projects that the Roosevelt administration organized. That was seventy years ago, or rather seventy light years away. Then we lived on a different planet than the one we live on now.
I am suggesting that we use this capital of Energy and Goodwill to move to a more sustainable Economy.
I am calling for a GREEN NEW DEAL that support Urban Farming, local recycling efforts, zero carbon energy production, alternative modes of transportation, higher Energy Efficiency and stronger local communities.
Here are a few examples:
- Organize neighborhood wide Solar Water Heating Buying and Installation Groups.
- Offer very low cost house insulation services for the thousands of Philadelphia row house owners.
- Create Recycling based companies such as The Recycle Bank and “TerraCycle”.
- Offer more efficient modes of transportation than the ubiquitous one person car that is cloging our streets and the air.
With this in mind, PhillyEcoCity is launching the PhillyEcoCity Information Hub
The PhillyEcoCity Information Hub is a dedicated website that you can access from the Information Hub page. The PhillyEcoCity Information Hub is a database supporting information sharing among people in the Philadelphia area working toward building a more sustainable local economy.
The idea of this database is to help us help each other by sharing information and lessons learned from sustainability projects that have been implemented all around the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Please start sharing the lessons you learned while building your green roof or while installing your solar panels.
Time is short, do it now.
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