Bringing Environmentalism to the Personal Level. I also saw a lot of people getting sick with asthma and cancer. I think many people are beginning to feel the American Dream is not working for them. They are working longer hours to sustain a consumer culture and are commuting farther and longer to work.
Some people experience road rage as a result.
We didn't have that in the past. Her research on sustainable development led her to the realization that in a democracy, solutions to these issues require the participation of everyone, at the local-government level and at the personal level, to be conscious of daily habits and how they impact the surrounding ecology, and to become wise and green consumers. So Allen teams up with Charlene Lee, who has an interest and professional experience in experiential behavior modification, to develop a workshop to bring awareness of the connection between the actions of local government and people on a daily basis, and the overall health of the supporting ecosystem to county officials and the general public. So far, the team has conducted a one-day workshop for county officials at the County Commission College. She said the goal of the workshop is to get county officials interested in developing an integrated approach and taking a long view of how the county plans and delivers services, such as giving incentives to companies that use recycle materials in their production, and adopt an accounting system that incorporates the full cost of doing business.