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Huey Johnson, “Green Planning at Nation Scale”

October 6th, 02008 by Stewart Brand

Huey Johnson

Green Plans

Green Plans, said Johnson, are government-run environmental programs that rise to the scale and longevity of environmental problems. Instead of acting piecemeal, they are comprehensive, systemic, integrated, and accountable. Instead of pursuing an energy policy, an air policy, and a water policy separately, you have to have one policy that covers them all.

He singled out three shining examples of how to make Green Plans work…

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3 Responses to “Huey Johnson, “Green Planning at Nation Scale””

  1. 10 ideas for greening the USA :: The Idea Hive Says:

    Posted on December 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

    [...] Create a National Green Plan. The Netherlands has one, and it has worked well for them. They “are government-run [...]

  2. R.L. Saum Says:

    Posted on March 8th, 2009 at 7:49 am

    Todays educational rooftops if converted could have plants growing to aid in our food supply issue’s. A cloth bio dome could keep groth of plants year around.
    Where is agraculture today, shouldent our klids have some basic knoladge of how to grow gardens?

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