Hi everyone. A colleague just sent this article around. I think its' excellent, and directly connects to the Sustainable Tompkins mission.....An interesting and relevant assessment of food security and the relocalization movement -- well worth reading: Homegrown Security vs Homeland security - I LIKE it!
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175039 After the Green Economy, Green Security *How to Build Resilient Communities in a Chaotic World* By Chip Ward Now that we've decided <http://www.newsweek.com/id/166859> to "green" the economy, why not green homeland security, too? I'm not talking about interrogators questioning suspects under the glow of compact fluorescent light bulbs, or cops wearing recycled Kevlar recharging their Tasers via solar panels. What I mean is: Shouldn't we finally start rethinking the very notion of homeland security on a sinking planet? _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
