My letter to Obama today...

[FirstLight]

Dear Senator Obma –
There are several words and talking points that are going around these days. One word I would love to see you use again & again is SUSTAINABLE / SUSTAINABILITY
You know our world is changing. The way we do business, the way we travel, the way we use oil in all means of production, our way of working and living HAS to change if we are to save our planet and its population. We need to get back to doing things on a more reasonable level. The hugeness of the banking and agriculture industries are the first example of this. Sustainabilty is the way to create the changes we want, rather than being at the mercy of the changes we are creating with our bad decisions.
Peak oil and population critical mass are a reality on our planet. We can’t continue to ship things the way we do. Populations are going to have to become sustainable in much of their own areas. This is an extension of the concept that “I am my bothers keeper.” If we live in communities that shared community gardens and worked together to rebuild with the innovation we need – then the problems we are facing today could be overcome.
Everything from infrastructure to agriculture and education and sharing responsibility is part of creating a sustainable world for our children and children’s children. We get to return to village mentality and from there, we can manage the largesse of the world village.
I don’t know the specifics of how to make all these changes happen. I am sure as a leader and community organizer you would be able to tap a number of folks to come up with good plans for this endeavor. I just know that the best way to sum up what we need is by making our world SUSTAINABLE.
Please feel free to take this word and run with it!

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It didn't come out nearly as noble as I wanted i to, but I think I got the point across. any comments?