Sustainable Development
There's a movement afoot to create a Nobel Prize for Sustainable Development. From their press release: "Climate change, global warming, desertification, the lack of clean water and the depletion of our natural resources, call for sustainable leadership. The future of the modern world is depending on it. We, people from many different nations and with different backgrounds, are calling for installing a Prize for Sustainable Development in Memory of Alfred Nobel."
We have friends who are building their dream house, and one of their dreams was to create a house that was completely off the grid and built in a way that its construction made no demands on the environment. We get updates every once in a while and it continually astounds me that they've found everything they need to construct this building from companies and individuals who are dedicated to materials that are either recycled or environementally friendly.
I signed the document. It's not the same as installing solar panels to drive my electrical needs, I know, but it is a start. I figure if I start thinking about it more, thinking will lead to action. Isn't that how the Buddhist Eightfold Path goes?