Today we face a series of major issues that may threaten the very existence of humans on this planet. But the issues of climate change, the end of the fossil fuel era, terrorism and global economic collapse all pale compared to the one issue that keeps us all from addressing any of these issues in an enlightened and intelligent manner, the corporate control of all our major institutions. We have allowed electoral politics to become just another empty diversion keeping us from taking care of the important business of making a just society.
As an architect I’m used to looking at the big picture and have experience organizing teams of experts to do complex tasks such as building communities. We must design a new mode of human habitation, one that integrates the best of the past and present to build a better future, one that works in harmony with the natural world, of which we are an inseparable part, a vast network of self-governed, self-reliant, sustainable communities controlled by the people who inhabit them.
This is my Green vision, influenced by many other people I’ve met over my 65 years. I know we have the creative talent, skills, resources and the great American good humor that will be required to do this …and we will need to do it in order to create the future our children deserve.
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