Barnet
What does Vermont mean to you?:
Best place in the world to live, freedom and community, clean, beautiful, organic
What common values do Vermonters share?:
Common sense, value of work and health, citizen power vs. corporate power
What challenges and opportunities do we see for our communities and state?:
We can lead towards real solutions to global warming--decentralized energy, local agriculture, communities having control over their own resources. Challenges are from increasingly globalized corporate and financial system, excessive federal power verging on fascist control (see Naomi Wolf, The End of America).
What should our priorities be as we work together to prepare Vermont for the future?:
Maintaining as much local control as possible. Incentives for small, decentralized energy and food production.
How do your thoughts about Vermont's values, future challenges and priority issues apply to YOUR community?:
My thoughts reflect the way I've lived my life here for the past 30+ years, and are shared by many in my community--one reason it's the best place in the world to live.
