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At
GOLDENCO.ORG we believe that environmental
sustainability makes economic sense and means good
government. We're not alone. • In
Counties
& Municipalities
you will find a list of local governments whose web
pages reflect the philosophy that quality of life
and conservation of nature count for more than the
mere increase of sales tax revenues. We've also
included the City of Golden's and Jefferson
County's web sites so that readers can view the
contrast for themselves. •The
Overcoming
Corporate Dependency
links track the confluence of fiscal conservatism
and respect for nature. Environmentalists have been
slow to understand that government is the primary
developer. The entire cost, for example, of
platting a subdivision or building a road is
absorbed not by private industry but by the
taxpayer. Fiscal conservatives have known this for
years, and environmentalists can learn something
from their concern about the politics of direct and
indirect subsidy. •Environment
covers an assortment of links. The unifying theme
is that it's smarter to live off environmental
income than off environmental
capital. •Babbitry
and Boosterism.
As Sinclair Lewis had George Babbit say, "All labor
agitators who try to force men to join a union
should be hanged. In fact, just between ourselves,
there oughtn't to be any unions allowed at all; and
as it's the best way of fighting unions, every
business man ought to belong to an employers'
association and to the Chamber of Commerce. In
union there is strength. So any selfish hog who
doesn't join the Chamber of Commerce ought to be
forced to." We couldn't provide a better
description of what this is all
about. •Historic
preservation,
i.e., the creative reuse of buildings, makes
economic and environmental sense. More than that,
historic preservationists conserve the
bricks-and-mortar story of who we are as a
community. •Under
Self
and Community
you'll find several links that might help you think
through the question "What can I do as an
individual?" Overcoming
Corporate Dependency The
Colorado Public Interest Research Group
(CoPIRG) ("Stop the
Sprawl") The
Corporate Welfare Shame
Page Envirolink
("Model Laws to Curb Corporate Welfare
Abuse") The
Independence Institute
("Growth") The
Utne Reader ("Ralph Nader Talks About Why
It's Time to Take Big Business off the
Dole") Center
of Excellence for Sustainable
Development Citizens
Involved in the Northwest Quadrant
(CINQ) Earthside
(GOLDENCO.ORG's Counterpart in
Arvada) Front
Range Mountain Backdrop
Project General
Agreement on a New
Economy Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) On-line
Industrial Ecology
Bibliography Golden
Urban Renewal Authority
(GURA) Colorado
Preservation Information
Network Jefferson
County Historical
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