Progress with Work in Environmentalism

LOHAS is the way for me; it’s proving both intrinsically and extrinsically fulfilling for me. Writing about ecological issues and solutions and practicing LOHAS is providing me with great equanimity and joy. It’s encouraging to know that I’m helping to abolish pollution, poverty, and injustice in the process. I really love The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen. I am citing Rogers and Kostigen’s work, Vandana Shiva’s Biopiracy and Water Wars, and the UN’s Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report in my next book. I thank them thoroughly for having created such an excellent work. I hope to improve upon their efforts in my own writing and life. I recommend Rogers and Kostigen’s Green Book as essential reading for those who want a work that describes practical steps for improving our earth.

We, concerned citizens, must leverage our power to produce the best improvements for our well-being. Thus, environmentalists, including Lohasians, must cooperate to abolish pollution, poverty, and injustice. The internet is an excellent resource for organizing like-minded individuals. Via LOHAS websites, listservers, and blogs, we can exchange ideas and launch campaigns. When possible and environmentally appropriate, we should also try to meet in person. By environmentally appropriate, I mean an action that does not contribute unnecessarily or excessively to the destruction of our earth’s resources or well-being. I will discuss the importance of environmentally appropriate and sustainable behaviors in my upcoming book about environmentalism. By uniting, we become vital, political bodies able to get laws passed and/or changed so that the political system(s), and thus socioeconomic system(s) of the world, benefit Gaia as much as possible and as soon as possible, including now. This will create a world of justice, peace and shared well-being (Sachs, The End of Poverty xvii). Thus we can pool our intelligence and resources to improve our world thoroughly.

© 2008 Paul Ainsworth Delano Francis. All rights reserved.