(Please forward to anyone that you think may be interested)
Dear Friends and Associates,
I want to ask for your help. I dont know if you've heard yet, but there's
a citizens movement that was inspired by the presidential campaign that is
gathering ideas for what they think the Obama Administration should do to
improve America. It's called "Ideas for Change in America."
A colleague of mine submitted an idea and I want to ask you to vote for it.
The title is:
Develop & Implement a National Strategy for Sustainability.
You can read more and vote for the idea by clicking on the following link:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/develop_implement_a_national_strategy_for_sustainability
The top 10 ideas are going to be presented to the Obama Administration on
Inauguration Day and will be supported by a national lobbying campaign run
by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen leading nonprofits after the
Inauguration. So each idea has a real chance at becoming policy. My
proposal is among the top ones on the Environmental Conservation page; and
there are also many other interesting proposals listed there.
Here is the text of my proposal:
The Obama Administration should adopt Sustainable Change as an Organizing
Principle for the federal government. With only 5% of the worlds
population, the US consumes 1/4 of the natural resources. Meanwhile
humanity uses 30% more of the earths bio-capacity than can be sustained.
At this rate, well need two planets to meet everyone's needs by 2030. We
know the catastrophes that could result from global warming. The only
answer, short of total disaster, is to make a rapid transition to full
sustainability.
The US agreed, along with the other UN Member States, to create a National
Strategy for Sustainability - at the Rio Earth Summit Conference in 1992
and World Summit in 2002. The Obama Administration can lead our country in
developing and implementing such a National Strategy Plan by starting with
the reports and recommendations from the President's Council on
Sustainable Development under Clinton.
See: http://clinton5.nara.gov/PCSD
The National Strategy could encourage such things as Green Building
Practices, transitioning to renewable energy, protecting and restoring the
natural environment, limiting toxic chemicals, investing in Green Jobs
throughout the economy, adopting sustainable business practices, educating
for sustainable development, and ensuring that all peoples basic human
needs can be met.
I am also working with a team of sustainability practitioners in
contacting President-elect Obama's top energy and environment advisors.
We've given them more detailed recommendations for how the Obama
Administration can adopt Sustainable Change as an organizing principle and
lead our country to a more sustainable future.
Please vote for this proposal and join us in creating a Sustainable America.
Rob Wheeler
Working Group for Sustainable Change
US Citizens Network for Sustainable Development www.citnet.org/leadership
US Partnership on Education for Sustainable Development
www.uspartnership.org
717-264-5036
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Again you can vote by clicking on the following link:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/develop_implement_a_national_strategy_for_sustainability
<http://www.change.org/ideas/view/develop_implement_a_national_strategy_for_sustainability>
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Daniel Roth
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability
Cornell University
www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu
Youth Action Team Co-Chair
US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
www.uspartnership.org
607-254-8077 (office)
607-280-2312 (cell)
607-255-8461 (fax)
395 Pine Tree Road, Suite 230
Ithaca, NY 14850
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