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RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH NEWS #727 . ---June 21, 2001--- . THE IMPORTANCE OF VISION -- PART 1 . In recent decades, the natural environment has deteriorated and human poverty has increased, worldwide.[1] As a result, huge numbers of people have concluded that "business as usual" is not sustainable. People everywhere are devoting time and energy to questions of sustainability, but we still lack consensus on alternatives to the limitless growth of material consumption. With its high per-person use of energy and materials and its relentless commitment to growth, the U.S. is probably among the least sustainable of human societies. Many people in the U.S. sense this, and they worry about the future for their children and their children's children. But so far we have not been able to focus our efforts and work together toward a different future. What we are missing is a shared vision of what "sustainability" entails for the U.S. Without a coherent, relatively detailed, shared vision of what a sustainable society would look like, we cannot generate the political will or united effort to carry us from here to there. ... You can read more at http://www.rachel.org ========== . Environmental Research Foundation . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944; E-mail: erf@rachel.org . ========== . All back issues are available by E-mail: send E-mail to info@rachel.org with the single word HELP in the message. Back issues are also available from http://www.rachel.org . . To start your own free subscription, send E-mail to. listserv@lists.rachel.org with the words .. SUBSCRIBE RACHEL-NEWS YOUR FULL NAME in the message. .. The Rachel newsletter is now also available in Spanish; . |
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