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What does that mean, really? This is one of those planks that sound very good, but I don't think anybody has a clear conception of what that means. This sort of thing should either be clarified or struck from the platform. Take out the platitudes - it will make the platform shorter and more meaningful.
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charge of monitoring food importations, so that stricter and standarize policies and
regulations across all the states are implemented, so that safeguards are put in place to protect our citizenry from lower
standards overseas.
Mandate that manufacturers must disclose components of outgases from furnitures, toys, household items, etc.
ReplyDeleteMandate that manufacturers label the ingredients for all non-food items besides food items. This ensures consumers can make better decisions about what products have less environmental impact in terms of chemical pollution, sustainability of material, safety if their baby's mouth is on something not made for babies, etc.
We declare that SUSTAINABILITY, NOT SUPERFICIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT, is of true value to our society. Once passed the natural capacity of resource supply and waste sinks, further "growth" only diminishes quality of life, not enhances it. Economic "laws" that tell us stimulating consumption promotes growth are not natural laws like laws of physics, but rather observed correlations based on a period of capitalistic free market that did not place a value on the sustainability of the environment and life supporting elements like clean air, water, soil, and robust ecosystems that are crucial for our own existence. That period was fleetingly short in human history, while its environmental damage is devastatingly apparent. We must measure all our future policies with how well they promote sustainability, particularly with regard to the climate emergency.
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