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> Where is Arcata at? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
Arcata is in Northern California, maybe 100 miles from the Oregon state
line.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 3 17:18:56 1997
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:21:18 +1000 (EST)
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 09:15:10 +1000
From: Lee Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Acting Up
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Thanks for the recommendation (: I'm glad you liked the pages.
Lee.
PS Pirro wrote:
> GRIFFIN wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---It's the very structure of the economy that must be transformed
> >
> > I'm all for it! How do you propose that we accomplish this?
> >
> > -gwendolyn
>
> I believe we need to work individually and in cooperation with others.
>
> As individuals (or families), we can grow some of our own food, we can
>
> eat less (or no) meat, we can buy locally whenever possible and reuse
> items instead of throwing them away, we can shop for clothes at resale
>
> stores or learn to make our own, we can walk or bicycle instead of
> using
> our cars, etc. etc. And we can talk about these things with our
> friends
> and coworkers, tell them what we're doing and why. Nothing
> particularly
> revolutionary there, but it counts, because we're learning to live our
>
> principles, and we're getting the word out that people do have
> choices.
>
> The real structural change comes when we work in cooperation with
> others. Check out Lee's sustainability website -- it's packed with
> constructive ideas for building sustainable local economies. It's
> very
> inspiring! Also, we can work the political process, get people
> elected
> to office who support our efforts (or run for office ourselves), and
> work with others at the national level to change laws that give
> corporations the same "rights" as people. (Check out Corporate Watch
> at
> www.corpwatch.org and Rathaus at www.ratical.com for some specific
> ideas
> on this subject; also, anything by Noam Chomsky).
>
> There's a lot being done right now that we don't hear about. One of
> our
> tasks is to publicize the successful efforts going on worldwide, so
> that
> people don't just shake their heads and call us Utopians. I agree
> with
> the person (was it Helen?) who wrote that education is the key. Lots
> of
> people want things to be different; they've just been laboring under
> the
> misperception -- supported by the current masters -- that There Is No
> Alternative.
>
> Zanne
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