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Letter to the Editor: On “Living the Green Life in Greenpoint / Williamsburg”

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Letter to the Editor: On “Living the Green Life in Greenpoint / Williamsburg” (WG Nov 2010, Issue 24)

First, thank you for the very informative articles on ways that the Williamsburg / Greenpoint community can “go green.” I think it’s important, especially for those with the means, to move towards a sustainable lifestyle and to conserve as much as possible. I was surprised, however, that all of the articles in the series presented consumer-based solutions to environmental degradation, a strategy that I think is flawed and ultimately will not bring about the type of change that we both desire and desperately need.

The largest polluter in the United States is not the consumer, it’s the Pentagon. There are only 45 countries (entire countries!) that create more pollution than the United States war machine. The Pentagon is exempt from all climate change treaties, even ones that the United States is a signatory to (the Kyoto protocol, most glaringly). Beside the massive waste of transporting troops and equipment around the world to oppress local populations, the very weapons (depleted uranium shells) the Army uses causes lasting environmental damage on top of murdering civilians—cancer and birth defect rates in Fallujah, Iraq, have risen markedly since the US-led war and occupation began.

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TODAY: Vote On 7MM to be Spent in Greenpoint

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TODAY, you have the opportunity to express your preferences about which of the 22 projects you would like the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to fund.  Your preferences will be an important factor that the DEC will take into consideration when they make their final decision.
Anyone may go to one of the two physical locations to express preferences:
On Thursday, December 2, from 3pm to 8pm, you may go to PS34 in Brooklyn, at 131 Norman Avenue (near McGuinness Boulevard)
Because you attended one of the public meetings about this project, however, you have the option of simply returning the attached form by e-mail. Just download the form to your computer, fill it out, save the completed document and then send it back to this e-mail address, David.Rivel@parks.nyc.gov.
Please read the directions carefully.  You MUST indicate your top five choices.  Any forms listing fewer than five choices will be discarded.
Return your form by the end of this week: Friday December 3.
If you prefer, you may go to one of the two physical locations, but only one form will be accepted from each person.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.  Thank you for participating.

David.Rivel@parks.nyc.gov  (email David R. for forms)

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