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6B Wednesday, May 11,2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
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COMMUNITY GREEN
Pamela Noel
Transition Quincy
Except for humans, nothing
in nature takes more than it
needs. A tree takes the nutri-
ents it needs from the s0il and
the air. A bat eats mosquitoes
and other insects to survive.
Birds and fish take just what
they need. Trees, bats and
other animals and insects also
give back much to the earth
-- oftentimes much more than
they take.
What do we need to live?
How much are we giving back
to our community? Our plan-
et? These are questions we
can only answer for our-
selves. We don't have to judge
how others live. But each per-
son needs to make that per-
sonal determination, realiz-
ing that our choices will ulti-
mately have an impact upon
others.
We are a material culture. I
am not saying that "things"
are bad, but we need to ques-
tion whether our things serve
a purpose even if that pur-
pose is our own happiness. Do
our "things" make us happy?
And if the answer is "no,"
then what? Do our "things"
contribute to our environ-
mental dilemmas? There are
no easy answers, but there
are many questions.
Does someone need my ex-
cess more than I need it? If
everyone required the same
"things" that I possess what
would happen to this planet?
What kind of "footprint" am I
creating on the earth?
These questions create for
me a shift in my original life
plan, which was to acquire
certain things in order to en-
sure only my own enjoyment
and security. What I am com-
ing to realize is that I cannot
happily acquire things in iso-
lation to ensure my own hap-
piness and security. I am a
member of a community. This
community expands and con-
tracts from time to time...
sometimes a group of friends;
sometimes a neighborhood;
sometimes a greater town or
community. A change has
happened from my feeling as
an individual to a member of
a community. And as soon as
I feel a part of that communi-
ty t also feel a commitment to
that community. My happi-
ness is enhanced by replacing
excess (non-happiness-pro-
moting) things with reaching
out and helping to make con-
nections in our community ...
becoming a catalyst for every-
one having their needs met.
• This brings me to the point
where, as a community, we
need to decide how to an-
swer these questions. One
way to assess our impact on
our planet is to measure our
ecological footprint. The eco-
logical footprint is a re-
source accounting tool term
that is used to answer the
question, "How much of the
biological capacity of the
planet is required by a given
human activity or popula-
tion?" This definition and
personal assessment is avail-
able for you to measure
your impact at footprint
network.org.
When I took this assess-
ment I found that if everyone
on the planet lived like me
we'd need 3.8 planet earths to
provide enough resources.
What? This got my attention.
To support my lifestyle it
takes 16.9 global acres of the
Earth's productive area. This
Tea Party to meet Saturda)
The Plumas-Sierra Tea Par-
ty Patriots will host a meeting
Saturday, May 14, 6:30 - 8:30
p.m. at the Graeagle Fire Sta-
tion.
The meeting features two
guest speakers. Janice Bald-
win of PACT will present the
28 Principles of Freedom, the
fundamental beliefs of the
Founding Fathers, which
they said must be understood
and perpetuated by all who
desire peace, prosperity and
freedom.
In addition, Margie Strite
will address "cloud seeding"
in Plumas County. What
chemicals are used in "cloud
seeding" and what are the
health risks? Who benefits,
who pays, why should you
care?
The group will also host a
"welcome to summer" meet-
and-greet .Saturday, May 28, 6
- 8 p.m. at Graeagle Meadows
golf course clubhouse. No-
host cocktails and appetizers
will be served.
Special guests include Mark
Meckler, co-founder of the
Tea Party Patriots; Ken
Campbell, national chairman
of the Tea Party Patriots;
Steve Thompson, from As-
semblyman Dan Logue's of-
fice; and Grcg Hagwood, Plumas
County sheriff.
For more information, con-
tact Bill and Lynn Desjardin
at 832-0600, Sandy and Dave
Hopkins at 832-2310 and PTP-
patriots@wildblue.net or nor-
calteapartypatriots.org.
includes lands utilized for en-
ergy, crops, grazing, forest,
residential and fishing
grounds.
Some of the things I could
do to decrease my impact is to
reduce the amount of animal
products I eat by half, only
buy packaging made out of
100 percent recycled materi-
als, use alternative energy,
use energy-efficient appli-
ances, walk or bike more and
take a local vacation rather
than fly somewhere. If every
American did this we would
need 2,015,000,000 fewer acres
(that's 2 billion, 15 million).
These measures won't hap-
pen overflight. It took many
years to create this burden.
We have some soul searching
to do, in order to look at our
priorities for how we walk in-
to the future.
In addition to taking the
ecological footprint assess-
ment, you might like to take
in a documentary film that
will be shown at the Town
Hall Theatre Tuesday, May
17, at 7 p.m. This film ex-
plores a well-known direc-
tor's choices to leave his
newly purchased mansion in
Beverly Hills and move into
a mobile home, to explore
what people truly need to be
happy. The movie is entitled
"I Am," and will be shown
one night only.
Your next opportunity to
explore Quincy's Transition
Initiative will be Thursday,
June 16, at 5 p.m. in the Com-
munity Room of the Quincy
Library. This is the first pub-
lic meeting that will begin
work on the initiative toward
building a more resilient and
sustainable Quincy.
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Members of the Plumas County Democratic Central Committee gathered at Mt. Tomba
Saturday, May 7, to pick up litter on their stretch of Highway 70's "Adopt a Highway".
program. Anyone interested in joining the local Democrats' group can get information at their
website, plumascountydemocrats.org. Photo courtesy Plumas County Democratic Central Committee
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player
6. Middle of
Flintstone's yell
11. Early hrs.
14. For the birds?
15. Shoreline recess
16. "Can't Help Lovin'
Man"
17. Headline
announcing a sax
player's
retirement?
19. Nada
20. y Plata
(Montana's motto)
21. Patricia of"Hud"
22. Windy City el
initials
23. Knot art
27. Rod, Martha, or
Jan
29. Clar0 residue
30. Full of chutzpah
32. Hefty volumes
33. Dish out
whoppers
34. The Andrews
Sisters, e.g.
35. Quarterback-
turned-politico
Jack
36. Veg out
38. Grant's side
40. Belfry critters
43." Torino"
(Eastwood
movie)
45. Sign on a staff
47. Dander
48. Eskimo people
50. "Love Story"
author Erich
51. Big Bertha, for
one
52. Most resembling
Caspar
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56. Ullmann or Tyler
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67. Kate's sitcom. 13. March festive 46. Site of the
friend date, for short legendary
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Allen movies Natural" 48. White Rabbit's
69. Bambi's aunt 23. Shopaholic's lament
70. Have a craving hangout 49. Marcus (retail
71. Starts the pot 24. Home to most of chain)
Turkey 50. "by Starlight"
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1. Get droopy revolutionary's sight
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Lex 26. Land of the bug trapper
3. Half a quarter • leprechauns 58. Tend to the
4. Stropped item 28. Where life begins sauce
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7. Author unknown: 35. Did a pizzeria 64. Ending with ethyl
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8. Like Muddy 37. Estrada or Satie 65. Marv Albert
Waters's music 39. Gymnast Korbut catchword
9. Sired, biblically 41. Like Annie
10. Jack Oakley's aim
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