Albert Kaufman, Jim Lockhart and Richard Carpenter on today’s issues – Portland Cable Access – Fall, 2011
I took part in a show with Jim Lockhart and Richard Carpenter recently to discuss population growth and other environmental issues. I got to be the star and so thought I’d put this out into cyberspace for my own record of my current thinking and hopefully to entertain and enlighten others. Let me know what you think.
Posted in albertideation, climate change, ideation, Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, opening our minds, Peaceful Revolution, phone book opt in system, population growth, Portlandia, Revolution, thriving in the future, transit game
Tagged 350.org, 7 billion, albert kaufman, climate change, Growthbusters, human population, Mother, Oregon, population, population growth, Portland, Portland Oregon, portlandia
I wrote a long email which I sent out to my email list this week. I discussed what I think about facebook fan pages, and included a list of all of the pages that I administer. The article is here – feedback welcome.
Posted in albertideation, climate change, long-range planning, phone book opt in system, SB525
Tagged chlorine, climate change, dead trees, opt-in system, phonebook, phonebooks, waste
At Crema this morning, I attended a town-hall meeting that my state Rep. Jules Kopel-Bailey was holding. I learned that he will introduce legislation for an opt-in system for phone books on Monday! This is something I’ve been interested in for a while, and should be interesting to see what happens with it. If this passes in Oregon, it could set a national trend going, which would be pretty amazing.
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Tagged albertideation, ideas, phone book opt in system
So, I got an e-mail from Jules Kopel-Baily, my new 42nd District State Rep. that he has put forward a request for legislative review at the State level in Oregon. So, we may get some legislation that creates an opt-out system for getting off phone-book lists. Yeah! Also, Chai Guy found this site which lists useful information on the level of waste we’re talking about
http://www.stopthephonebooks.com/
And, Kari Chisolm blogged recently on the issue on BlueOregon.com
Which led me to a page that organizes all of the various legislation put forth nationally – looks like Hawaii has it figured out! http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=282
And, checking on the comments on a post on Daily Kos which I’m sure will hold some jewels on the topic.
So, we’re making progress. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how to move these ideas along quicker. The move by Jules may make this happen quicker than anything I can do, so I’m hoping that is the course this issue takes.
PS – for a quick fix for yourself, you can opt out here: http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org
PPS – There is also a paperless petition one can sign @ http://paperlesspetition.org/
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