“People are getting fed up with a situation where everyone’s talking about doing something about climate change but no one’s actually doing anything,†says Thomas Vellacott, director of Switzerland’s WWF and the man behind a petition for a national vote on climate change.
Climate Change Barometer: The Swiss Decide on Global Warming
Climate Change Barometer: The Swiss Decide on Global Warming
(via ecoworldly.com)
Submitted by Marklad2020 on Mon, 2008-03-10 21:06.
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Real democracy in the US
On March 11th, 2008 inkabinkaboo182 says:
Think this idea of getting to propose and vote on legislation as a citizen, and as a supplement to the Congress, sounds good? Think it would be a good way to balance the corruption of politicians in Washington?
Then act! There is a movement afoot to get direct democracy in the United States. The proposed law that started this movement is called the National Initiative for Democracy. If you're over 18, you can vote for it at www.ni4d.us.
Whether you're 18 or not, you can go to www.ni4d.us to help out and learn about it.
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Real Democracy
"Under the Swiss system of direct democracy voters have a right to challenge parliamentary laws or pass constitutional amendments by collecting a minimum of 100,000 signatures to force a ballot."
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In the landscape of Spring there is neither better nor worse.
The flowering branches grow naturally, some long, some short.