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unplug magazine asks you to unplug from your current modes of thought and look at life in a new way, whether this means unplugging from our toxic consumer culture, mainstream society, the tv, or a limiting mindset. author megan prusynski explores life's alternatives and discusses activism, progressive thinking, and moving towards a "green" & sustainable life.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time for Change: Ideas from Change.org
Change.gov recently announced their winning Ideas for Change on behalf of the Obama transition team. Let's hope they act on these very important issues...
From EcoLocalizer... the Winning Ideas for Change are:
- Pass the DREAM Act. DREAM, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, would provide the children of illegal aliens a path to citizenship. The act would allow them to legally work, further their education, and attend school.
- Make the Grid Green in Ten Years. Let’s hatch a plan to rid the U.S. of its carbon dependency by building a renewable energy infrastructure!
- Appoint a Scretary of Peace. This idea also calls for establishing a Department of Peace and Non-Violence, which would be, “dedicated to training peace-keepers, educating our children, and suggesting non-violent alternatives to hostility, and war.”
- End Marijuana Prohibition. The war on drugs is costly, and it’s filling our prisons with nonviolent offenders. Marijuana is also proven to help relieve the suffering associated with many chronic illnesses.
- Free Single Payer Health Care. Free basic health care for all!
- Restore our civil liberties. Give U.S. citizens their First and Fourth Amendment rights back by repealing the Patriot Act and ending the domestic spying under FISA.
- Develop and Implement a National Strategy for Sustainability. Help the U.S. transition to a sustainable lifestyle. The typical American would require 5.2 planets to support that lifestyle. We need to take steps to make life in the U.S. more sustainable, and we need to do that quickly.
- Save Small Businesses from the CPSIA. This act was intended to address safety concerns in childrens’ toys but is going to put many independent artists and crafters and small companies who make handmade toys out of business unless the language changes to account for them.
- Health Freedom - Our First Freedom! We need to know what we’re putting into our bodies and the freedom to choose how we take care of ourselves.
