Tag Archives: Green party

Curbing Corporate Power

Posted on November 28, 2020 by mekorganic

We should want to reduce the economic and political power of large corporations, end corporate personhood and re-design corporations to serve our society, democracy and the environment. Unelected and unaccountable corporate executives are not merely exercising power in our society … Continue reading →

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Measuring Economic Health

Posted on November 28, 2020 by mekorganic

Economic growth has been a primary goal of U.S. policy. Corporations, politicians beholden to corporations, and economists funded by corporations advocate a theory of unlimited economic growth stemming from technological progress. Based upon established principles of the physical and biological … Continue reading →

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Ecological Economics

Posted on November 28, 2020 by mekorganic

To create an enduring society we must devise a system of production and commerce where every act is sustainable and restorable. We believe that all business has a social contract with society and the environment — in effect a fiduciary responsibility … Continue reading →

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International Environmental Policy

Posted on November 28, 2020 by mekorganic

An international agreement should be reached which sets (1) an executable and enforceable framework for keeping Earth well within its 7 measurable planetary boundaries (currently including climate change, biosphere integrity, land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, ocean acidification, and stratospheric … Continue reading →

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Ocean Protection

Posted on November 27, 2020 by mekorganic

Our oceans, with their enormous diversity of life and function, are essential to life on Earth and must be preserved. Our oceans are threatened by climate change, pollution, whaling, over fishing, factory fishing, bottom trawling, by catch, pirate fishing and … Continue reading →

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Forestry Practices

Posted on November 27, 2020 by mekorganic

From oxygen production to water conservation to carbon sinks to stratospheric ozone regulation to medicines and homes for all kinds of creatures, forests are indispensable to human and animal life and must be protected. Globally, the planet has already lost … Continue reading →

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Ethical Treatment Of Animals

Posted on November 27, 2020 by mekorganic

Cruelty to animals is repugnant and criminal. The mark of a humane and civilized society lies in how we treat the least protected among us. To extend rights to other sentient, living beings is our responsibility and a mark of … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on November 27, 2020 by mekorganic

Water is essential to all forms of life. We should call for an international declaration that water belongs to the Earth and all of its species. Water is a basic human right! The U.S. Government must lead the way in … Continue reading →

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Land Use

Posted on November 27, 2020 by mekorganic

Land use policies must promote sustainable development and respect ecology. Unlimited growth on a finite planet cannot be sustained. There is a fundamental difference between growth and development and between quantity and quality. Rather than exploiting the Earth for short-term … Continue reading →

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Clean Air and Ozone Depletion

Posted on November 27, 2020 by mekorganic

The strict, comprehensive protections of the Clean Air Act must be maintained and enhanced if we are to keep in place effective federal programs that deal with urban smog, toxic air pollution, acid rain, and ozone depletion. State and local … Continue reading →

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