Wouldn't it be GREAT if we worked WITH nature instead of AGAINST it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQAgzfwuNQ

ECO-ECO-BONDS-NOW

Target:
Department of Treasury and both Houses of Congress
Sponsored by: 
NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION

The goal of this petition is to require the Treasury to issue BONDS specifically for the purpose of solving pollution. They shall be called "Economy/Ecology Bonds" 

The bonds are expected to perform the same rescue that "war" bonds performed after the depression. In addition they will provide funds to begin projects to lead us towards ZERO WASTE. 

These endeavors are expected to create jobs called "GREEN COLLAR JOBS"

The most important features are the deadlines. The bonds need to be sold to us within the next presidents first ten days of office.

If you want to BUY these BONDS, We need every person in the country to sign this petition, and then I have to mail it to EACH member of CONGRESS.

The other important feature is that ground should break on these new "factories" by April 15 2009


I can't do this alone. YOU have got to ask your friends to take a look at this petition.  If you can contact your representatives, even if you just speak to their receptionists, leave a message with the URL, please do so. I will try to add the phone numbers as I have time.

PLEASE CLICK and READ the "LETTER" below. It goes to the legislators. 


WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? Please talk about this idea in the groups you're in. I've seen your profiles you're in a lot of them.

watch videos at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GREENPOWERSCIENCE
http://www.youtube.com/user/aicram62
__________________________________________________________
NEWS

"The collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis in 2007 was a result
of the neglect and starvation of funds for maintaining infrastructure
that was built decades ago.
 
(VIEW THIS AND ASK WHY?                                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9B9Ui4BJAU) 

The ideology of privatization and hostility to 'big government' is no longer tenable during the financial crisis -- the current White House and Congress conceded as much when they began pushing for bailouts.  Public works programs built America, and public works, with hundreds of thousands of new Green jobs, is what America needs now for economic recovery," said
Rosa Clemente, the Green Party's 2008 candidate for Vice President
(http://www.rosaclemente.com).

__________________________________________________________


Saturday, 6 December 2008 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7768708.stm

Karen Nye
Business Reporter, BBC News, New York

The United States economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, marking the largest monthly job loss since 1974, during the recession triggered by the first oil shock in 1973.


___________________________________________________________

Akita Bank Offers [Eco Bonds] to Help Green Businesses
By japan for sustainability
Jun 28, 2006
Akita Bank is the first bank to introduce this kind of environment-oriented service in the region.  With an 'Eco-Bond' a company will be able to raise capital at a lower cost, a 0.2 percent discount on the guarantee rate compared to regular bank-backed private placements

http://www.civilizednation.com/news/article_1797.shtml
___________________________________________________________
World Bank Issues New [Eco Bonds] 
Washington, DC, September 17, 2007
 
World Bank and ABN AMRO Partner for Ethical Investing
The World Bank today announced its partnership with ABN AMRO to sell %u201CWorld Bank Eco 3 bonds%u201D exclusively through ABN AMRO%u2019s branch network in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

http://treasury.worldbank.org/Services/Capital%2BMarkets/News%2Bfor%2BInvestors/September_17_2007.html

____________________________________________________________


News from 10/17/08
Massachusetts successfully sold $750 million in bonds to pay state bills this week, but only after twice delaying the sale because of the paralyzed credit market.

Morning Edition, October 17, 2008 · California sold $5 billion in short-term bonds this week. That's cash state officials need to pay the bills until they collect tax revenues in the spring. Standard & Poor's analysts had put the deal on credit watch because of the freeze in credit markets.

Morning Edition, October 14, 2008 · Officials in California begin selling billions of dollars worth of bonds Tuesday. The state held off until now because of turmoil in credit markets. But officials say other states have managed to sell bonds, and they are gambling that the money is out there to cover at least part of the state's needs.
__________________________________________________________

EXERPT from NEWSWEEK Oct. 6, 2008

Perhaps it's a commentary on the woes of Wall St., but investors are seeing GOLD in GARBAGE (emphasis mine) With rising demand from markets like China and India, prices for scrap material like aluminum and paper, have soared, which makes the economics of recycling more compelling than ever.

__________________________________________________________

CBS   |   November 10, 2008 08:41 AM
The United States produces an enormous amount of e-waste -- the stuff discarded when we replace our old gadgets with newer ones. Computers and other electronic items are loaded with toxic parts, which is why it's so important to recycle them, rather than just throw them out. (my note: They are also VALUABLE in metals)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/toxic-discarded-electroni_n_142594.html#postComment
___________________________________________________________

Care 2 News
The scope of environmental damage from Hurricane Ike is only now becoming apparent: at least half a million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and water spaces of Louisiana and Texas.

The Minerals Management Service, which oversees oil production in federal waters offshore, said the storm destroyed at least 52 oil platforms and another 32 were severely damaged.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(editing suggestions, and content suggestions welcome, send a message to my inbox, REALLY send it to my email not on the petition.)
NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION

The goal of this petition is to require the Treasury to issue BONDS specifically for the purpose of solving pollution. They shall be called "Economy/Ecology Bonds" 

The bonds are expected to perform the same rescue that "war" bonds performed after the depression. In addition they will provide funds to begin projects to lead us towards ZERO WASTE. 

These endeavors are expected to create jobs called "GREEN COLLAR JOBS"

The most important features are the deadlines. The bonds need to be sold to us within the next presidents first ten days of office.

If you want to BUY these BONDS, We need every person in the country to sign this petition, and then I have to mail it to EACH member of CONGRESS.

The other important feature is that ground should break on these new "factories" by April 15 2009


I can't do this alone. YOU have got to ask your friends to take a look at this petition.  If you can contact your representatives, even if you just speak to their receptionists, leave a message with the URL, please do so. I will try to add the phone numbers as I have time.

PLEASE CLICK and READ the "LETTER" below. It goes to the legislators. 


WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? Please talk about this idea in the groups you're in. I've seen your profiles you're in a lot of them.

watch videos at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GREENPOWERSCIENCE
http://www.youtube.com/user/aicram62
__________________________________________________________
NEWS

"The collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis in 2007 was a result
of the neglect and starvation of funds for maintaining infrastructure
that was built decades ago.
 
(VIEW THIS AND ASK WHY?                                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9B9Ui4BJAU) 

The ideology of privatization and hostility to 'big government' is no longer tenable during the financial crisis -- the current White House and Congress conceded as much when they began pushing for bailouts.  Public works programs built America, and public works, with hundreds of thousands of new Green jobs, is what America needs now for economic recovery," said
Rosa Clemente, the Green Party's 2008 candidate for Vice President
(http://www.rosaclemente.com).

__________________________________________________________


Saturday, 6 December 2008 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7768708.stm

Karen Nye
Business Reporter, BBC News, New York

The United States economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, marking the largest monthly job loss since 1974, during the recession triggered by the first oil shock in 1973.


___________________________________________________________

Akita Bank Offers [Eco Bonds] to Help Green Businesses
By japan for sustainability
Jun 28, 2006
Akita Bank is the first bank to introduce this kind of environment-oriented service in the region.  With an 'Eco-Bond' a company will be able to raise capital at a lower cost, a 0.2 percent discount on the guarantee rate compared to regular bank-backed private placements

http://www.civilizednation.com/news/article_1797.shtml
___________________________________________________________
World Bank Issues New [Eco Bonds] 
Washington, DC, September 17, 2007
 
World Bank and ABN AMRO Partner for Ethical Investing
The World Bank today announced its partnership with ABN AMRO to sell %u201CWorld Bank Eco 3 bonds%u201D exclusively through ABN AMRO%u2019s branch network in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

http://treasury.worldbank.org/Services/Capital%2BMarkets/News%2Bfor%2BInvestors/September_17_2007.html

____________________________________________________________


News from 10/17/08
Massachusetts successfully sold $750 million in bonds to pay state bills this week, but only after twice delaying the sale because of the paralyzed credit market.

Morning Edition, October 17, 2008 · California sold $5 billion in short-term bonds this week. That's cash state officials need to pay the bills until they collect tax revenues in the spring. Standard & Poor's analysts had put the deal on credit watch because of the freeze in credit markets.

Morning Edition, October 14, 2008 · Officials in California begin selling billions of dollars worth of bonds Tuesday. The state held off until now because of turmoil in credit markets. But officials say other states have managed to sell bonds, and they are gambling that the money is out there to cover at least part of the state's needs.
__________________________________________________________

EXERPT from NEWSWEEK Oct. 6, 2008

Perhaps it's a commentary on the woes of Wall St., but investors are seeing GOLD in GARBAGE (emphasis mine) With rising demand from markets like China and India, prices for scrap material like aluminum and paper, have soared, which makes the economics of recycling more compelling than ever.

__________________________________________________________

CBS   |   November 10, 2008 08:41 AM
The United States produces an enormous amount of e-waste -- the stuff discarded when we replace our old gadgets with newer ones. Computers and other electronic items are loaded with toxic parts, which is why it's so important to recycle them, rather than just throw them out. (my note: They are also VALUABLE in metals)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/toxic-discarded-electroni_n_142594.html#postComment
___________________________________________________________

Care 2 News
The scope of environmental damage from Hurricane Ike is only now becoming apparent: at least half a million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and water spaces of Louisiana and Texas.

The Minerals Management Service, which oversees oil production in federal waters offshore, said the storm destroyed at least 52 oil platforms and another 32 were severely damaged.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(editing suggestions, and content suggestions welcome, send a message to my inbox, REALLY send it to my email not on the petition.)
NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION

To Our Divided Leaders:

We the undersigned, are EXTREMELY OUTRAGED at how you have allowed profiteering to destroy our economy, and our environment, and our relationships with other countries. You made business deals that have grown tentacles into every function of our society, which have failed, and now you are unsure of WHERE to apply any resolutions.

As you have commandeered 700 billion dollars, with the probability of more lurking every day, and are attempting YOUR solution. We are submitting this petition to tell you what we want in return for OUR MONEY.

OUR SOLUTION is in solving POLLUTION. This is a way of life that you have been avoiding, splitting hairs, and out right burying for over 30 years.
With the City of Malmo, Sweden as a beacon...  WE hereby DEMAND, ECONOMY/ECOLOGY BONDS!!!

  • We Demand that these Bonds be issued within the first 10 days of office of the next president.
  • We Demand that these bonds pay (matching) dollar for dollar amounts after two years.
  • We Demand that these funds be used to create GREEN COLLAR jobs beginning no later than April 15, 2009
               
The money from these bonds are to be LOANED to businesses to create the GREEN COLLAR JOBS.  Priority placed on 1 and 2, which can employ large amounts of people at once.

  1. M.R.F.:  Material Recovery Facilities are to be built on the site of EVERY landfill. They can be built by a private company OR by the Local government
  2. E-Waste: Factories are to be built for disassembling computers and other electronics, salvaging the parts. These MUST also exist at least one per county. 
  3. WE Demand ELECTRIC VEHICLES! The government is planning to loan MORE money to GM, according to news reports.
  4. Before any money is extended to GM, it should be required to resume production of an all-electric car, equivalent to the EV1, and to produce a panoply of hybrid and plug-in cars. Recover the technology for the electric cars that were on the road 10 years ago. We want you to make it possible for middle to lower income families to afford the purchase of these vehicles.
  5. We Demand that you make public toilets "waterless" as at the New York Bronx Zoo.
  6. We Demand that you STOP the use of FOOD for bio-diesel, and instead use farm scraps and grass clippings.
  7. We Demand that the airlines use  the company RWA (for starters) to find fuel through grease.
  8. We Demand that methane (natural gas) be collected from farms AND land fills (after M.R.F. sorts through them)to run the electric grid.
  9. We Demand that you clean our water with PLANTS and not CHEMICALS, creating wetland sewers. 
  10. We Demand that you support companies such as Michelle Kaufman's GLIDE HOUSE,  and L.E.E.D. approved housing. Call a moratorium on the clearing of new land for houses, instead encourage houses already built to be used or rebuilt.
  11. We Demand that you advertise and peer pressure people into making xeriscapes not lawns.
  12. We Demand that you contact Konarka Technologies, and negotiate FAIRLY for the use of their "solar inks"
  13. We Demand that you watch the videos outlining Environmentally friendly options at www.youtube.com/user/aicram62  for a start.
Once you have completed these tasks we will be in touch to give you more assignments.
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We signed the "ECO-ECO-BONDS-NOW" petition!
# 59:
6:52 am PST, Jan 4, Silky Wylder, Wisconsin
# 58:
4:49 am PST, Jan 3, Eric Straatsma, California
Green Sustainable Development Network 568 members http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/agreennetwork Union Of Concerned Scientists 18,000 members http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/ucs
# 57:
10:39 am PST, Jan 2, Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 56:
7:25 pm PST, Dec 29, Adriana Villasenor, Wisconsin
# 55:
7:03 pm PST, Dec 29, Whitley Horn, New Jersey
# 54:
9:03 am PST, Dec 28, Andrea Jones, North Carolina
# 53:
9:00 am PST, Dec 27, Bea Antos, New York
# 52:
6:38 am PST, Dec 22, Bonnie Haufe, Virginia
# 51:
10:41 am PST, Dec 19, Sasha E, North Carolina
# 50:
10:04 am PST, Dec 14, Howard Switzer, Tennessee
I appreciate the forceful demands but I think our energy decent plan must also include, decentralization, the resettlement of rural America with organic farmers and a plan to also ruralize the cities. Manufacturing should be limited to the essential tools and technologies for growing healthy food, medicine, and fuels as we implement appropriate community scale solutions. Also, I'm not sure electric cars will be free of the health effects that we are seeing with cell phones (tread lightly) and shouldn't mass transportation be added also?

yes I will

# 49:
8:25 am PST, Dec 13, Laura Tatti, Italy
# 48:
12:59 pm PST, Dec 9, Denise Lytle, New Jersey
# 47:
6:33 am PST, Dec 9, Brain Smith, North Carolina
Member of Dunn Chamber of Commerce(officer) Single father of one beautiful daughter Member of the government affairs committee graduate of UNCW '97 double major
# 46:
5:09 am PST, Dec 9, Don McCullers, North Carolina
The premise makes sense. Of course the bottom line will be how much will it cost to implement!
# 45:
5:09 am PST, Dec 9, Don McCullers, North Carolina
The premise makes sense. Of course the bottom line will be how much will it cost to implement!
# 44:
6:50 pm PST, Dec 8, Bryan Freehling, Pennsylvania
# 43:
11:37 am PST, Dec 8, Carson Rhodes, North Carolina
# 42:
4:23 am PST, Dec 6, Solomon Azar, Pennsylvania
tit for tat-fine-games as the solution for the energy crisis comes- i believe total collapse of american economy and global war shall come first before anyone actually helps
# 41:
9:43 am PST, Dec 4, Susan O'neil, North Carolina
# 40:
11:19 am PST, Dec 3, Mary Owens, Georgia
# 39:
8:07 am PST, Dec 3, Aletta Kraan, Canada
# 38:
11:59 pm PST, Dec 2, Janet Wintle, United Kingdom
# 37:
8:19 pm PST, Dec 2, Abbie Dawn, Australia
# 36:
7:46 pm PST, Dec 2, Lisa Grundmann, Australia
# 35:
11:56 am PST, Dec 2, Lisa Martin, Canada
# 34:
8:14 am PST, Dec 2, Jonathan Avalon, Arizona
# 33:
1:45 am PST, Dec 1, Asli Gedik, Germany
# 32:
6:48 pm PST, Nov 29, Diane F White, Pennsylvania
Independent Ecopreneur
# 31:
6:13 pm PST, Nov 29, Morgan Moss JR, Louisiana
I am member NCOBRA
# 30:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 29, Anthony Marr, Canada
www.HOPE-CARE.org - Capitalism can work in the medium and long term only if coupled with Ecology. No economy can work without regard for the environment and the limits to growth.

Would you copy this link at, at least one place where you leave a post? Thanks http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ECO-ECO-BONDS-NOW

# 29:
10:20 am PST, Nov 28, Ben Rall, Oregon
Please list any groups you to which you are a member. PLEASE, I want the readers to see we're involved in MANY things

Would you copy this link at, at least one place where you leave a post? Thanks http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ECO-ECO-BONDS-NOW

# 28:
6:58 pm PST, Nov 27, Alice Olivo, Italy
# 27:
5:29 pm PST, Nov 27, Joy Bergstrom, North Carolina
Its all comming to past The big Bear Russia will be ruling us before it is over with like the Bible says.

sorry I just messed it up and clicked and tryed to copy

# 26:
2:12 pm PST, Nov 26, James Carrell, Indiana
I am a member of many groups. WWF, USHS, ASPCA, Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace, just to name a few. I am deeply concerned with the state of the economy. Even more, I am deeply concerned with the fact that Bush has, and wants to permanently Sell-out the Environment for the state of the Economy. Not only do I not agree with his policies, But HIS policies have DONE NOTHING to help the economy, and the environment has suffered Deeply. We need to find a better solution, NOW!!!!!!
# 25:
11:54 am PST, Nov 26, Susan Marden, Maine
# 24:
1:44 am PST, Nov 26, Anita Kofta, Wisconsin
# 23:
11:11 pm PST, Nov 25, Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin
# 22:
7:34 pm PST, Nov 25, Janet Solomon, Canada
# 21:
6:11 pm PST, Nov 25, Edward Craig, Oregon
# 20:
5:15 pm PST, Nov 25, Amber Sky, Tennessee
# 19:
3:45 pm PST, Nov 25, Birdie Bay, Texas
# 18:
10:46 am PST, Nov 25, BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 17:
7:15 pm PST, Nov 24, Sam Bryan, Jr., North Carolina
# 16:
4:19 pm PST, Nov 24, Paul (Journey) Pfifferling, North Carolina
I Journey Pfiferling am a member of the Buncombe county Green Party. I Live in Asheville, NC. where I am currently trying to start an electric vehicle business. I could use your help It seems every hurdle I leap two more are added in its place. I am trying to simply bring a much needed service to the people of Asheville NC. I understand that you are busy, I am busy to. But I will make time for these Important solutions, I hope you will. I am your neighbor, if you can not contact the people with the solutions that you fortunately often speak of, then the words "We the people" is a only a hollow statement. I believe it is not, and therefore reach out to you, I hope you can do the same. I, Journey Pfifferling endorse this message. You can contact me personally at myspace.com/buncombegreens There is now historical hope, help U.S create Historical Action.
# 15:
1:57 pm PST, Nov 24, Jacinthe Vigneault, Canada
# 14:
1:37 pm PST, Nov 24, Robert Stockstill, California
# 13:
12:00 pm PST, Nov 24, Mike Antone, Arizona
# 12:
11:07 am PST, Nov 24, Rev. Robert E. Murchison, RPp, Oklahoma
I and many of the groups I am associated with would like to see this come to bear fruit. We need to restart the economy with this type of thinking and a treasury that will be a leader in helping get companies to think more about ecology. We as a people will do better and so will the land and water with all the creatures that live within them.
# 11:
10:21 am PST, Nov 24, Thomas Panto, South Carolina
# 10:
12:37 am PST, Nov 20, Franziska Eber, Germany
# 9:
10:46 am PST, Nov 19, Freddie Geisler, Florida
# 8:
8:42 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, New York
# 7:
6:28 am PST, Nov 19, Ralph Xx, Germany
# 6:
4:30 am PST, Nov 19, ALPHA WI, Germany
# 5:
3:01 am PST, Nov 19, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 4:
2:54 am PST, Nov 19, Bill Craig, Germany
# 3:
10:21 pm PST, Nov 18, Pam Boland, Georgia
# 2:
9:35 pm PST, Nov 18, Kris Kehe, Indiana
# 1:
7:48 pm PST, Nov 18, Marcia Everett, North Carolina
Green Party, Environmental Defense Fund, Plug In America, Electric Auto Association,National Public Radio, Link TV, Earth Justice, Human Rights Campaign, AVAAZ, Minority Rights Network, Black List Pub, National Resources Defense Council, Ballot Access News, Fairvote, Triangle Clean cities, and a couple of meet-ups
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