Reply #312: Core value for environmental policy [View All]

While I haven't had time to read all of the great discussion posted in this thread, one subject that seems to have been neglected is the environment and our natural heritage. Without attention to this, everything else will eventually unravel.

I may not be as eloquent as some in discussing a topic, but i think a core value is that we must endeavor to maintain or improve our communities, natural resources, etc. so that this heritage is passed to our children, their children, etc. in as good or better condition than how it was when we inherited it. (BTW, if you hadn't noticed, we Americans - and that includes me - are doing a damn lousy job of this, but that's for another discussion.) To badly misquote a native American saying, we should be considering the impact of our proposed actions on the next seven generations before taking action.

To summarize, we must strive to maintain our natural heritage for our future generations, for without this they will have little of true value to inherit from us.

Thanks for starting an excellent thread, Skinner!