Folks I posted this on the Center for Ecozoic Society list serve and someone suggested I post it here, so I am: Dear friends, On Wednesday, November 9th, we will wake up to a new world—the US election has that importance. Neither Clinton nor Trump will be able sufficiently to address the challenges of sustainability and resilience. Trump has however said that he will “save” $100 billion by cutting off federal funding for renewable energy, climate change, and environmental regulation, and will withdraw from the Paris climate treaty. On the other hand, Trump represents a move to localism that many environmentalists advocate albeit with something else in mind. I have been reading David Orr’s new book, Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency and the Way Forward. It is a fitting sequel to his book Down to the Wire and is a sober look at the times ahead. I highly recommend it. The work of ecozoans will be the same no matter who wins the presidential election. I think our work will benefit from Hillary Clinton’s election, although if elected, her presidency will run into tremendous turbulence and backlash on the right and cynicism on the left. Such is the state of American politics today. Together, Herman -- __________________________________________________ Herman F. Greene 2516 Winningham Road Chapel Hill, NC 27516 919-942-4358 (ph & fax) hfgreenenc@gmail.com