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Citizenship, Community & Culture
Posts in this category are about Citizenship, Community, and Culture. Community is the convivial, day-to-day gathering of people of all ages and kinds to maintain family and friendships; transact business; establish neighborhoods; and join in common purpose. Facilitating opportunities for informal interactions and long-term formal organizations will increase civic participation and enhance community and culture.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
REVERSE GRAFFITI: South African Artists Tag Walls By Scrubbing Them Clean
Reverse graffiti is a type of street art that effaces – not defaces – public property. That’s right, the taggers or “scrubbers” that practice this art form actually remove filth from their canvases instead of adding it to create their imagery. We’ve been following reverse graffiti for a long time now, but a new sampling [...]
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(0)Vote for Van Jones & Green Jobs on The Economist
The Economist is running a 6-day poll on whether or not governments should support and try to create green jobs. It pits Van Jones (see: Van Jones is Back; NAACP: Van Jones is an American Treasure; Van Jones rejoins American Progress to lead Green Opportunity initiative; Van Jones: “Will all Americans have a fair shot at America's fair share?”) as a proponent of green jobs against Andrew P. Morriss who thinks the federal government should not be so involved in stimulating green jobs or proactively engaging in a clean energy future.
The main quote for Van Jones: “In a world of precarious energy supplies, mounting climate concerns and a global race for clean-energy jobs, Andy Morriss suggests that Americans should sit back and leave our energy security solely to the magic of the marketplace.”
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10% of Energy from Solar by 2030
Environment America (EA) released a report titled “Building a Solar Future” this week stating that the US should aim to obtain 10% or more of its total energy consumption from the sun by 2030.
Environment America found that “a comprehensive suite of public policy strategies can remove many of the common barriers to solar energy development and help to make this vision a reality.”
And if you look at where the US sits compared to other nations on solar energy and solar technology, you can see that it really needs to put these policies into practice.
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