Two references worth reading

The first reference offers within its text ideas for the reform camopaigns that need to be made in order to 'clean up our act' here in the United States. If we ever do make many of these reforms we will serve as a shining example for the rest of the world. I believe we certainly are not such an example now.l

The book is: Ralph Nader, ONLY THE SUPER-RICH CAN SAVE US.

Do not be put off by its size, which is a function of the font used by the publisher. Order the book for your local library. It tells what needs to be done! Any one of the ideas in it can be initiated by people who may not presently have money but who know how to lead, how to organize and mobilize. Nader has a remarkable sense of humor. He has written 'a practical utopia.' It DOES, in a way, tell us how to get from here to there.. so it does not meet the usual definition of a utopia. Perhaps it is not ONLY the super-rich that can get this done (or at least part of it.) Maybe you, or some you know, can do their bit -- just as Nader himself has done his ...as you can telll when you read his biography at the back of the book. He was instrumental in setting up OSHA and the EPA. And also the CUB groups - the citizens utility boards - in Chicago and San Diego.


The other reference is to an article in Salon Magazine on the topic of sustainability of our planet, our home. Both rich, and not-so-rich, have shown concern our climate change.

In this interview, Al Gore, the Nobel winner talks about how to save the world.

Here is a link to it:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/02/gore/index.html?utm

It is brief, and quite readable.

Enjoy !!