This past week some 150 businesses from Midwestern states met with officials in Washington, D.C. to push for new climate and energy policies.
A question raised was, “whether or not the U.S. will be a worldwide leader in the next global industry, green technologies.”
In Kansas City this week a couple of worthwhile events are taking place. On Tuesday 13 October from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Discovery Center on 4750 Troost, Audubon Missouri is hosting the Community Forum on Clean Energy, which will include a discussion on energy efficiency policies. It's free but requires registration. For more information call 816-333-3293.
On Wednesday 14 October from 3-4:30 p.m. at the offices of the Mid-America Regional Council on 600 Broadway, a program called “Monetizing Sustainability” will be presented as part of a web conference series. The discussion will concern itself with how incentives are created for sustainability. For more information and registration call 816-474-4240.
While unspoken and not on the agenda of these two events, I think they are small pieces in our moving toward resilient communities.
What form the resilient community movement takes on a global scale is yet to be determined, but I think we have little choice but to seriously contemplate how we create viable, “self-sufficient” regional and local entities.
Hidee Hoe Good Neighbors. I
Hidee Hoe Good Neighbors. I can see that you all have your swim garb in a twit when the pool parties had to be recently cancelled. You seem like just plain mean people to me who offer unrelated and nasty comments because you do not like Wally. I know, that is just like my first "unrelated" comment. It is irritating,isn' it? The YMCA is open all year and you can still have a swim party. It will relax you and not make you so angry, maybe. Good luck.
You're Right!
You're right, Walleye & Jeannedarc!
Walter, when is the meeting of the Kansas City Chapter of The Chicken Little Society (whose mantra is, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!")?
We need a good record of all the human-caused global-warming paranoid alarmists who call the rest of us "idiots" and "deniers." They should never again be allowed in rational discourse.
The fact is that the Arctic
The fact is that the Arctic ice pack has now returned to greater than normal mass and we are finding that Earth's temperatures peaked in 1998/'99 and have been cooling since.
The USA needs to walk backwards from this global environmentalist shell game and re-read the research. Policy is now being driven by headlines. Headlines that are supplied by a left-leaning media with an anti-growth agenda.
The United States is at risk of walking in lock-step with the world (minus China and Russia) off the cliff into a third-world, emasculated status.
Stop, Rewind, Review and Think.
Al Gore cuts off microphone when asked about errors
Just like Walter