How San Francisco is leading the Green Political Movement
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- Published on Thursday, 10 July 2014 11:00
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Political legislation can either greatly help or gravely hinder a
cause.
With permaculture and other green initiatives, it can easily
go
either way. In this email, we’ll take a look at Lecture 54 of the
video
series on Urban Permaculture Applications.
Whether we agree with all of the politics of San Francisco or not,
we can all learn from the leading city in green initiatives.
We can then adapt and apply them in our local communities.
The
group leading the green charge is the
San Francisco Department of the
Environment, a non-tax funded
city department
whose mission is to create policies and programs
that promote
sustainability. It is the driving force behind the
accolades awarded
to the city, such as:
- The Greenest City in
North America
- Best Green
Building Policies of Any City in the World
You
will learn about some of the latest initiatives of the program,
such
as the ambitious target of Zero Waste by 2020. This plan
calls for all waste to either be recycled back into the industrial
resources pool or into the soil. As of 2014, they’ve achieved
80% of their target.
Another astonishing fact you will learn is that the taxis of San Francisco
are
beating the protocols set forth by the Kyoto
Agreement of 1997.
However, SF is incentivizing mass transit to
encourage the public to
use public transportation and/or
bikes.
The
city is literally leading the nation in green-initiative legislation.
For example, the Healthy Products Healthy Children
Ordinance was
the first to ban phthalates. This
was also adopted by the state of
California and later by the United
States.
Some
of these examples showcase what can be accomplished on the
local
level. While San Francisco is a large and wealthy city, many of
these programs and initiatives can be adapted to work on the smaller,
more local level.
Whatever ideal you have of permaculture, green living, and the
community, you can take action now in your own
community and
make that change become
reality.
Thank you for doing your part for a better future,
- Vladislav
Vladislav Davidzon, Founder and CEORegenerative Leadership Institute - 1.800.376.3775
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