“We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction in mere continuation of economic progress, in endless amassing of worldly goods. We cannot measure national spirit by Dow Jones Average, nor national achievement by the Gross National Product. For the Gross National Product contains air pollution and ambulances to clear our highways from carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and jails who break them. The Gross National Product grows with the production of napalm and missiles and nuclear warheads…it includes the broadcasting of television programs which glorify violence to sell goods to our children…it does not allow for the health of our families, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It is indifferent to the decency of our factories and the safety of our streets alike.”Robert Kennedy.
As Clive Doucet says, is the principal role of government about “administering greed and controlling compassion …[or]…about controlling greed and administering compassion”?
“Will we make it? Will the human race continue to prosper for millennia? Or will we be swept from the translucent bubble of earth’s surface like grass caught in a prairie fire? I don’t pretend to know, but I do know answers are to be found in our cities, among the people and governments there.” Clive Doucet.
Bibliography
Doucet, Clive. Urban Meltdown, Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual. ISBN 13 978-0-86571-584-4. New Society publishers. Gabriola Island, BC 2007.
For more information:
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SE 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063
Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot
Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map
Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map
Facebook Group Page: Users of the George Genereux Urban Regional Park
Facebook group page : Users of the St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Contact the Meewasin Valley Authority at 402 Third Avenue South Saskatoon, SK S7K 3G5 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The MVA has begun a Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area trust fund. If you wish to support the afforestation area with your donation, write a cheque to the “Meewasin Valley Authority Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area trust fund (MVA RSBBAA trust fund)”. Please and thank you!
Twitter: StBarbeBaker
Please contemplate joining the SOS Elms coalition or make a donation to SOS Elms ~ leave a message to support the afforestation area 😉
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Is there anyone anywhere who can redraft the same thoughts into the language of the “Make us great again” – thoughts and ideas that we so desperately need.
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The problem lies in the variety of understandings of that word “great.” 😦
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What a most excellent comment. Paul Hanley did in his book “Eleven” He examined the world population growth to Eleven billion (we are at 7.7 billion now), he had insight into challenges, and then Hanley went one step further and provided some keen modalities to survive and carry on. Eleven is a most excellent book, his other book, just released about Richard St. Barbe Baker, also shows the ripple effect Baker has had on current worldwide movements to plant trees, and the enormous effect just the planting of trees will also have. I like your concept – “Make us great again” – in the middle of examining challenges.
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It seems to be a constant “Push me/pull you” both philosophically and economically at the lowest level. Down here in my valley in Colorado demand has led to more opportunities to buy electricity from wind and solar farms. I’ve gone all solar but I don’t know yet what it will cost, how my bill will change (or if?). If it’s too much, then I might have have to back off for financial reasons from something I believe in.
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Oh, I do wish you luck with your conversion. There are more folks trying solar and wind power. The vortex wind generators look safer than the spinning blades for birds. It is, as you say a “Push me/pull you” but at least folks are becoming aware.
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It’s been a long time coming and will be a while before it’s perfect. But it is happening.
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