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Comment 68 for Comments on the RTAC (sb375-rtac-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Dante
Last Name: DeAmicis
Email Address: dante95422@hotmail.com
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Subject: Bottom up solutions
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Try as I might I cannot seem to find much overlap between the top down techno centered approach and the bottom up-permaculture-living lightly crowd. It seems obvious that any long term change will come from the people who are willing to make changes in their lives and communities right now. That being the case, there cannot be a more cost effective approach than removing the blocks at the local level that prevents people acting in community from pursuing and achieving small footprint objectives. Particularly onerous are the ancient single use consumer driven zoning and other local ordinances that treat as crimes collection and reuse of materials (construction materials and gray water), clustered, group, and small handmade housing, including a streamlined EcoVillage Zoning process, on site food production, energy creation, and waste treatment. There should be a general requirement for less car centered communities that are multi use in walking distance for work, living, socializing, shopping, and other activities that make a community functional as well as friendly toward AB 32 goals.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2010-02-04 03:12:53
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