Achieving a healthy, sustainable local economy.
This is a good example of local growth busting. I just sent this letter to my local county regarding its growth-centric draft strategic plan:
Tim Wolken
Director, Community Services Department
El Paso County
2002 Creek Crossing
Colorado Springs, CO 80905
Dear Mr. Wolken:
I wish to provide this input regarding the draft El Paso County Strategic Plan 2012 – 2016.
I would like to point out some inconsistencies between Goal #5 and some of the strateg
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You Should be Doing This
Focus Our Outrage Where it Will Count
Last night I finally had a chance to see the film, GASLAND, which I highly recommend. It’s a fairly simple film, but one with heart and authenticity. The film shares the experiences of several families and communities whose water wells were poisoned by contaminants introduced into the groundwater system via nearby hydraulic fracturing. “Fracking,” as it is commonly called, is a process of injecting water, sand and a long list of chemicals into a gas well in order to fracture the rock below
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President Stands up to Growth Boosters; Redford Applauds
I’ve long admired Robert Redford for the active role he plays in making this a better world. I’m sharing this commentary from Redford today because he lauds President Obama for “standing up” to “Big Oil.” “Big Oil” is a major growth booster. And the $12 million Redford mentions in congressional campaign contributions over the last 2 years is one of the most powerful forces keeping us addicted to growth.
GrowthBusters is a non-partisan public educat
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Fear of Rejection
Film festival season is upon us. Sundance begins this week, followed by dozens of festivals over the next 4 months. I feel festivals should be a key part of the distribution strategy for GrowthBusters. The film easily attracts enlightened audiences who already understand the scale of the human enterprise has outgrown the planet. We’ve reached a deadly level of combined population size and economic throughput. The challenge is to raise awareness among those who haven’t yet gotten the message.
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How Do I Become a Growthbuster?
I just finished a great conversation via Skype with an audience in Salem, Oregon who viewed GrowthBusters tonight. Thanks to the Salem Progressive Film Series, I was able to answer questions and participate in the event without jumping on a jet airplane, increasing my footprint, and decreasing my bank account. The questions and comments indicated this audience understands it is time for some great change!
That’s obviously not me in this picture. This is what it would have looked like if I
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