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Originally Posted by longsuffering
Idnami, I'd like to read your response to this post, specifically the suggestion to 'act' rather than talk.
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Well if it helps I may be volunteering my assistance in a local political campaign coming up. We'll see where that goes I guess.
There is also a facebook group called Common Ground which is made up of people from Occupy and anti occupy for community service, charity work, etc. It's a start.
And that is what I would like to stress about Occupy in general, its only just starting. Just learning. In 6 weeks I have learned so much my head feels 10 pounds heavier. And of course we are going to screw things up. It isn't necessary to be a perfect human being to be sincere.
Some of us may be stupid, but we are sincere.
Anyway, most people within the movement agree we need to think bigger. I've heard suggestions that we learn to be government and corporate watchdogs or that we need to simply begin establishing more sustainability in our communities. Things like that are my vision for this thing but it's pretty tough to do it with everyone hollering about tents all the time.
Some of my plans which I am hoping to get people on board with are things like a community garden and winter greenhouse. I realize that may sound kind of puny but a major focus of mine is food sustainability. I'd like to see Canadians taking a better interest in what they eat. Between the oil-dependent supply system and the reduced regulations on pesticide residue there is a lot of unnecessary waste and risk in the food industry. One simple solution is to grow more of it in our own communities.
I tend to hibernate in winter so my focus right now is reading as much as I can and writing. It's a full time job and I already have a full time job.