A Green Economy
Wisconsin’s first peoples -- the Anishinabe (Ojibwe), Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Menominee, Oneida, Potawatomi, and Munsee Stockbridge Mohicans -- have in their traditions the idea that it its the duty of the present generation to look out for the interests of generations to come, generation after generation, onto the seventh generation. It’s a good idea.
To get there, we must today build an economy that:
- Relies on renewable energy -- wind, solar, biomass, geothermal -- not on coal, petroleum, or nuclear sources that are finite and poison our air, land, and waters -- and children.
- Makes Wisconsin the national leader in green business growth. When Americans hear talk of Fair Trade, organic, locally and/or worker owned and operated, union made, closed loop, cradle to grave, transparency -- you name it -- they should think, “Wisconsin.”
- Restores transportation choice to Wisconsinites by prioritizing, in concert with other upper Great Lakes states, a dense regional network of efficient, low-impact, mass transportation. Also expands non-motorized transportation alternatives (bike, foot) between communities.
- Not only honors our treaties with Wisconsin’s American Indian nations, but also strengthens intercultural and economic ties with the nations on the basis of Fair Trade and a commitment to sustainability.
- Puts family farm preservation, cooperative development, and ecotourism and eco-agrotourism at the center of our rural jobs creation and preservation policies.
- Moves away from a dehumanizing view of animals and other living beings as mere “inputs and outputs,” and which strengthens existing legal protections for animals against cruelty and mistreatment.
