Discuss: Running on Wind and Sun

I think all of your comments are great and I would like to take this a step forward: I want to create an owner’s manual for planet earth called ‘The Annual Manual’.. 
  ..  to get it started I would like any and all readers of this to submit one passionate paragraph on a specific topic YOU feel would make for a better society.. a better earth.
  ... post it here or send it to me at .
      good luck to us all.. dan

You said your were a CEO in other words you worked hard and earned heaps of money before being able to buy your piece of paradise. Or did you inherit. You may be living as cheap as possible but how much money do you have hidden away for a rainy day or did you donate it all to a worthy charity?

What about the children?
what about home schooling?
what about home remedies?
What about allowing our children to learn about life by running free?
We cant shield our children from everything, we can try.

I too would love to live such a free lifestyle but everyone I met who does has inherited or worked hard for many years. Usually not even considering the environment while they drive cars, go to fancy restaurants and buy everything on the shelves.Its great to change your life but in this world money talks-try living with absolutely no money.

question for sharron…. while the rich do indeed put a great strain on the enviornment they influence all manner of governmental structures and programs - I would like to hear the specific thoughts of a person of modest means.  what would you do to provide a good education to children.

Right now I am planning a lesson plan on ecological footprints. Im still a student and yes very modest means.

Perhaps we have to reconsider how many tv’s are necessary for a family. One in every room or one?
(If any?)

Even in the smallest space some herbs could be grown and used in cooking.

perhaps the problem isn’t the number of TV’s a family has - or all of the other toys that most American family’s are addicted to.. the problem is how easy it all is to just throw a switch on and sit down and watch the idoit box.  In the U.S. we all expect an endless supply of POWER… juice.. electricity for our homes.. gas for our cars… heat in the winter…. air conditioning in the summer.
  What if each person needed to sit down on an exercise bike and charge up a battery that then plugs into the back of the TV - and you only get to watch TV or play video games with power you created.
  then how many of us would find a better way to spend our time.