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‘In most communities, there are already organizations promoting local food, public transportation, renewable energy, and other issues related to sustainability and resilience. Policy makers should work not only with these organizations but also with the public in general to educate and involve community members in these kinds of projects, to further long-term goals.
Specific policies may, for example, may have to do with food production in suburban and nearby rural areas; with establishment of a local recycling and compost-making service; with strengthening building codes for energy efficiency; with support for local renewable energy; with making city operations …
One relevant aspect of public policy receives too little attention—that’s local laws and ordinances, that can help or hinder resilience building efforts. Sometimes existing laws having to do with building design, energy, and food systems just make no sense. The Sustainable Economies Law Center works to highlight and change those kinds of laws.
A few years ago it collaborated with Project Better Block to organize an event in Dallas that featured newly created on-street parking, sidewalk dining, sidewalk flowers, parking-protected bike lanes, and pop-up shops, intentionally breaking several local ordinances in the process.
The organizers put the text of those ordinances on display, and invited the city council along to see how foolish those ordinances were.’
Richard Heinberg, Think Resilience Course, excerpt from the “Resilience in Major Sectors” lesson.
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